LIGHT REFLECTION AND REFRACTION
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CHAPTER
Previous Years' Examination Questions
[Sample
Paper, Delhi, Outside Delhi, All India, Foreign, Comptt.]
1. Where will the image be formed by a concave mirror when an object is placed between the
pole and the focus point of the mirror? [CBSE 2005 (D.B.)]
2. What are the values of (i) the angle of incidence, and (iz) the angle of reflection for normal
incidence on a plane mirror surface? [CBSE 2005 (A.I.)]
3. Where will the image be formed by a convex mirror if the object is placed between infinity
and the pole of the mirror? [CBSE 2005 (F)]
4. A ray of light is incident on a convex mirror as shown.
Redraw the diagram after completing the path of the light ray after reflection from the·
mirror. [CBSE 2006 (A.I.)]
5. Take down this figure into your answer book and complete the path of the ray.
6. Why does a ray of light bend when it travels from one medium into another? [CBSE 2009 (D.B.)]
7. Draw the given diagram in your answer book and complete it for the path of ray of light
beyond the lens. [CBSE 2009 (F), CBSE 2013]
8. The outer surface of a hollow sphere of aluminium of radius 50 cm is to be used as a
mirror. What will be the focal length of this mirror? Which type of spherical mirror will it
provide? [CBSE 2010 (D.B.)]
9. What is nature of the image formed by a concave mirror if the magnification produced by
the mirror is+ 4? [CBSE 2010 (D.B.)]
10. Which phenomenon is responsible for making the path of light visible ? [CBSE 2012 (D.B.)]
11. What is the magnification of the images formed by plane mirrors and why? [CBSE 2015 (D.B.)]
12. What is meant by power of a lens? [CBSE 2015 (D.B.), 2017 (F)]
