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Image Formation by Mirrors

Physics ⇒ Light and Optics

Image Formation by Mirrors starts at 7 and continues till grade 12. QuestionsToday has an evolving set of questions to continuously challenge students so that their knowledge grows in Image Formation by Mirrors. How you perform is determined by your score and the time you take. When you play a quiz, your answers are evaluated in concept instead of actual words and definitions used.
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A 5 cm tall object is placed 10 cm in front of a plane mirror. What is the height of the image?
A convex mirror has a focal length of 20 cm. An object is placed 40 cm in front of it. Calculate the image distance.
A person is standing 1 meter in front of a plane mirror. If he moves 0.5 meters closer to the mirror, how far is he from his image now?
A person stands 2 meters in front of a plane mirror. How far is the image from the person?
A student places a candle 30 cm from a concave mirror of focal length 10 cm. Is the image real or virtual?
Describe the nature and position of the image formed when an object is placed at the focus of a concave mirror.
Describe what happens to the size of the image formed by a concave mirror as the object moves from infinity towards the mirror.
Explain why a convex mirror is preferred as a rear-view mirror in vehicles.
Explain why your left hand appears as your right hand in a plane mirror.
If an object is placed at the center of curvature of a concave mirror, where is the image formed?
If an object is placed between the focus and pole of a concave mirror, what type of image is formed?
If the focal length of a concave mirror is 15 cm, what is its radius of curvature?
State one difference between a real image and a virtual image.
State the law of reflection.
What is meant by lateral inversion?
What is the focal length of a spherical mirror whose radius of curvature is 20 cm?
What is the mirror formula relating object distance (u), image distance (v), and focal length (f)?
What is the nature of the image formed by a convex mirror for any position of the object?
What type of image is formed by a plane mirror?