
Name the mirror used in street light.
Important Questions on Light – Reflection and Refraction

The radius of curvature of a converging mirror is . At what distance from the mirror should an object be placed so as to obtain a virtual image?

Which of the following statements is not true in reference to the diagram shown above?


A student holding a mirror in his hand, directed the reflecting surface of the mirror towards the Sun. He then directed the reflected light on to a sheet of paper held close to the mirror.
Which type of mirror does he have?


An object of height is kept at a distance of from the pole of a diverging mirror. If the focal length of the mirror is , the height of the image formed is ____.

Focal length of one convex mirror is and object distance is , then find the image distance.


In which of the following is a concave mirror is used?

A concave mirror of focal length 15cm forms an image. The position of the object when the image is virtual and linear magnification is 2 is.

What should he do to burn the paper?


Observe the following diagram and answer the question given below
Explain why a ray of light passing through the centre of curvature of a concave mirror gets reflected back along the same path.





For the diagram shown, according to the new Cartesian sign convention the magnification of the image formed will have the following specifications.

A student holding a mirror in his hand, directed the reflecting surface of the mirror towards the Sun. He then directed the reflected light on to a sheet of paper held close to the mirror.
Will he be able to determine the approximate value of focal length of this mirror from this activity ? Give reason and draw ray diagram to justify your answer in this case.


