D.A.V Senior Secondary School (Boys), Mogappair. Assignment - 1 Light - Reflection and Refraction
D.A.V Senior Secondary School (Boys), Mogappair. Assignment - 1 Light - Reflection and Refraction
ASSIGNMENT – 1
1. A 4.5 cm needle is placed 12 cm away from a convex mirror of focal length 15 cm.
Give the location of the image and magnification. Describe what happens as the
needle is moved farther from the mirror?
2. A concave mirror produces a real image 10 mm tall, of an object 2.5 mm tall placed
at 5 cm from the mirror. Calculate the focal length of the mirror and the position of
the image.
3. Light travels through water with a speed of 2.25 × 10 8 m/s. What is the refractive
index of water?
6. Determine how far an object must be placed in front of a converging lens of focal
length 10 cm in order to produce an erect image of linear magnification 4.
11. Two thin lenses of power +3.5 D and – 2.5 D are placed in contact. Find the power
and focal length of the lens combination.
12. Sanjay was going to his office in his car. While driving his car, Sanjay saw a man
behind him on a motorcycle through his rear-view mirror. A woman was also sitting
behind the man on the motorcycle. Through his rear-view mirror, Sanjay noticed
that the saree of the woman was almost touching the spokes of motorcycle wheel.
He signalled the motorcyclist to stop and alerted the woman. She tied her saree
properly and thanked Sanjay for the alert.
(b) State two characteristics of the image formed by such a rear-view mirror ?
(c) What could have happened if Sanjay had not alerted the woman sitting at the back
of motorcycle ?