Reflection of Light

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Reflection of Light: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as, Reflection of Light, Laws of Reflection of Light, Properties of Image in Plane Mirror, Beam of Light, Normal Incident Rays & Grazing Incident Rays etc.

Important Questions on Reflection of Light

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A ray of light is incident on a plane mirror and the angle of reflection is 50°. Calculate the angle between the incident ray and the reflected ray.

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Which of the following is not a characteristic of the image formed by a plane mirror?

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Assertion(A): The formula connecting u,v and f for a spherical mirror is valid in all situations for all spherical mirrors for all positions of the object.
Reason (R): Laws of reflection are strictly valid for plane surfaces.

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Match Column I with Column II

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(A) Relative speed (P) Concave lens
(B) Undeviated passage (Q) Convex lens
(C) Divergence of rays (R) Refractive Index
(D) Converging lens (S) Ray through optical centre

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The radius of curvature of a plane mirror is infinity.

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Angle of _____ is always equal to the angle of reflection.

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When light fall obliquely on the surface of a thick glass slab, a part of the light reflects at the surface and a part of it refracts.

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Light falls obliquely on the surface of a thick glass slab as shown in the figure. Which statement among the following is correct?

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This is the angle (in degree) of reflection when a ray of light falls normally on a plane mirror.

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No matter how far you stand from a mirror, your image appears erect. The mirror is likely to be

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A ray of light takes grazing incidence on the first face of a prism and the emergent ray is normal to the second face of the prism. If D is angle of deviation then the refracting angle of the prism is equal to

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Grazing angle is also represented as:

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In which year did Sir C.V. Raman got Nobel prize?

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Explain lateral inversion.

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A ray of light is incident at an angle of 30° to a plane mirror. What is the angle between the incident ray and reflected ray?

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What should be the minimum length of a plane mirror if you want to see your whole image in it?

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A person standing in front of a plane mirror 2 m away seems to be _____.

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For a light ray incident on a smooth surface and symbols denoting the usual meanings, which of the following relations are true?

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The relative refractive index of diamond with respect to glass is 1.6. The optically denser medium of the two is _____.