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How many images of himself can an observer see in a room whose ceiling and two adjacent walls are mirrors ?

Important Questions on Reflection of Light

MEDIUM
12th West Bengal Board
IMPORTANT
A Text Book of PHYSICS PART 2 : CLASS 12>Chapter 12 - Reflection of Light>EXERCISE 12>Q 8
If a man runs at the rate of 5 cm/sec towards a mirror, at what rate will he approach his image formed by the mirror ?
MEDIUM
12th West Bengal Board
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A Text Book of PHYSICS PART 2 : CLASS 12>Chapter 12 - Reflection of Light>EXERCISE 12>Q 9
A man is running towards a plane mirror with a velocity v in a direction making an angle θ with the normal to the mirror. Find the magnitude and direction of the velocity of his image relative to the man.
MEDIUM
12th West Bengal Board
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A Text Book of PHYSICS PART 2 : CLASS 12>Chapter 12 - Reflection of Light>EXERCISE 12>Q 10
Two plane mirrors inclined to each other form images of an object placed between them. Prove that the object and its images will lie on the circumference of a circle.
MEDIUM
12th West Bengal Board
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A Text Book of PHYSICS PART 2 : CLASS 12>Chapter 12 - Reflection of Light>EXERCISE 12>Q 11
A ray is so incident on a plane mirror that the incident ray and its reflected ray subtend an angle of 20° between them. If the mirror is now rotated through 15°, what are the possible angles between the incident ray and the new reflected ray ?
MEDIUM
12th West Bengal Board
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A Text Book of PHYSICS PART 2 : CLASS 12>Chapter 12 - Reflection of Light>EXERCISE 12>Q 12
Two plane mirrors are inclined to each other at 90°. A ray of light is successively reflected by the mirrors. Show that the incident the ray and the reflected ray after second reflection are parallel to each other. 
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12th West Bengal Board
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A Text Book of PHYSICS PART 2 : CLASS 12>Chapter 12 - Reflection of Light>EXERCISE 12>Q 13

A concave mirror forms an erect image of an object three times magnified. The radius of curvature of the mirror is 36 cm. What is the position of the object?

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A Text Book of PHYSICS PART 2 : CLASS 12>Chapter 12 - Reflection of Light>EXERCISE 12>Q 14
The magnification of an image formed by a convex mirror is 1p. Calculate the object distance if the focal length of the mirror be f.
MEDIUM
12th West Bengal Board
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A Text Book of PHYSICS PART 2 : CLASS 12>Chapter 12 - Reflection of Light>EXERCISE 12>Q 15
A converging beam of rays would have met at a point 30 cm behind a mirror, but after reflection, actually met at a point 15 cm in front of the mirror. Was the mirror concave or convex ? What was its focal length ?