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OPTICS ASSIGNMENT: 1
TOPIC: PLANE MIRROR

Q.1 Two plane mirrors are inclined to one another at an angle of 60º. A ray is incident on mirror M1 at
an angle i. The reflected ray from mirror M2 is parallel to mirror M1 as shown in figure. The angle
of incidence i is -
M2

i i
60º
O M1

(A) 20º (B) 10º

(C) 30º (D) 40º
Q.2 The mirrors are perpendicular to each other as shown in the Fig. A light ray AB is incident on the
mirror M1. Then the reflected ray will also suffer a reflection from the mirror M2. Then the final
ray after reflection from M2 will be parallel to the incident ray, if -

M1 A

i
B

M2

(A) i = 45º (B) i = 60º

(C) i < 30º (D) for any i between 0º and 90º

Q.3 Two plane mirrors parallel to each other and an object O placed between them. Then the distance
of the first three images from the mirror M2 will be (in cm) –

O
cm

   
15 cm

(A) 5, 10, 15 (B) 5, 15, 30

(C) 5, 25, 35 (D) 5, 15, 25

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Q.4 Figure below shows two plane mirrors and an object O placed between them. What will be
distance of the first three images from the mirror M2?


cmcm

 

(A) 2 cm, 8 cm, 14 cm (B) 2 cm, 12 cm, 18 cm

(C) 2 cm, 18 cm, 22 cm (D) 2cm, 24 cm, 38cm

Q.5 A plane mirror rotating at an angular velocity of 3 radian/s reflects a light beam. The angular
velocity of the reflected beam is -
(A) 3 rad/s (B) 6 rad/s
(C) 9 rad/s (D) 12 rad/s
Q.6 Rays of light strike a horizontal plane mirror at an angle of 45º. A second plane mirror is arranged
at an angle  with it. If the ray after reflection from the second mirror goes horizontally parallel to
the first mirror then  is -
(A) 45º (B) 60º

(C) 67.5º (D) 135º

Q.7 A point source of light B is placed at a distance L in front of the centre of a mirror of width d hung
vertically on a wall. A man walks in front of the mirror along a line parallel to the mirror at a
distance 2L from it as shown. The greatest distance over which he can see the image of the light
source in the mirror is -

B
d

2L
(A) d/2 (B) d

(C) 2d (D) 3d

Q.8 When a clock is viewed in a mirror, the needles exhibit a time which appears to be 8.20. Then
the actual time will be -

(A) 4.40 (B) 3.40

(C) 8.20 (D) 3.20

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Q.9 A ray of light making an angle 10º with the horizontal is incident on a plane mirror making a
angle  with the horizontal. What should be the value of  so that the reflected ray goes
vertically upwards -

(A) 20º (B) 30º

(C) 40º (D) 45º

Q.10 A mirror is inclined at an angle of º with the horizontal. If a ray of light is incident at an angle
of incidence º then the reflected ray makes the following angle with the horizontal-

incident ray







(A) º (B) 2º

º
(C) (D) None of these
2

Q.11 Which of the following letters do not surface lateral inversion:

(A) HGA (B) HOX

(C) VET (D) YUL

Q.12 When a small plane mirror is placed horizontally on level ground at a distance of 60 m from
the foot of a tower, the top of the tower and its image in the mirror subtend an angle of 90º
at the eye, where eyes is placed at the mirror itself. The height of the tower is:

(A) 30 m (B) 60 m

(C) 90 m (D) 120 m

Q.13 Two mirrors are inclined at an angle  as shown in the figure. Light ray is incident parallel to
one of the mirrors. The ray will start retracing its path after third reflection if–



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(A)  = 45º (B)  = 30º

(C)  = 60º (D) All three

Q.14 A point source has been placed as shown in the figure. What is the length on the screen that
will receive reflected light from the mirror ?

SOURCE

SCREEN
H

H H 2H

(A) 2 H (B) 3H

(C) H (D) None

Q.15 A person’s eye level is 1.5 m. He stands in front of 0.3 m long plane mirror which is 0.8m above
the ground. The length of the image he sees of himself is –

(A) 1.5 m (B) 1.0 m

(C) 0.8 m (D) 0.6 m

Q.16 Figure shows a cubical room ABCD with the wall CD as a plane mirror. Each side of the room
is 3m. We place a camera at the mid-point of the wall AB. At what distance should the camera
be focussed to photograph an object placed at A -

A Camera B


3m

D C

(A) 1.5 m (B) 3 m

(C) 6 m (D) more than 6 m

Q.17 Rays of light strike a horizontal plane mirror at an angle of 45º. A second plane mirror is
arranged at an angle  with it. If the ray after reflection from the second mirror goes
horizontally parallel to the first mirror then  is-

(A) 45º (B) 60º (C) 67.5º (D) 135º

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Q.18 A cubical room is formed with 6 plane mirrors. An insect moves along the diagonal of the floor
with uniform speed. The velocity of its image in two adjacent walls (seen by insect) is 20 cms–1.
Then the velocity of image formed in the roof is -

(A) 20 cms–1 (B) 40 cms–1

(C) 20 2 cm/s (D) 10 2 cm/s

Q.19 Two plane mirrors A and B are aligned parallel to each other, as shown in the figure. A light ray is
incident at an angle of 30º at a point just inside one end of A. The plane of incidence coincides with
the plane of the figure. The maximum number of times the ray undergoes reflections (including
the first one) before it emerges out is -

2 3m
B

0.2m 30°

(A) 28 (B) 30

(C) 32 (D 34

Q.20 A boy is walking under an inclined mirror at a constant velocity V m/s along the x-axis as shown
in figure. If the mirror is inclined at an angle  with the horizontal then what is the velocity of
the image?

V

X

(A) V sin i + V cos j

(B) V cos i + V sin j

(C) V sin 2i + V cos 2j

(D) V cos 2i + V sin 2j

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Q.21 A point object is placed midway between two plane mirrors distance 'a' apart. The plane
mirrors form an infinite number of images due to multiple reflections. The distance between
nth orders images formed in the two mirrors is -

(A) na (B) 2 na

na
(C) (D) n2 a
2

Q.22 A man of height 'h' is walking away from a street lamp with a constant speed 'v'. The height
of the street lamp is 3h. The rate at which of the length of the man's shadow is increasing
when he is at a distance 10h from the base of the street lamp is -

(A) v/2 (B) v/3

(C) 2v (D) v/6

Passage: I (No. 23 to 25)

The figure shows time varying  can be given by equations is:  = (2 + 6t2). The mirror is
rotating about a horizontal axis in clockwise direction.

Object
(at rest)


y

x
(–2, 0) (0, 0)

Q.23 Locus of the image is –

(A) x2 + y2 = 52 (B) (x + 2)2 + y2 = 52

(C) (x – 2)2 + y2 = 52 (D) x2 + (y – 2)2 = 52

Q.24 Angular velocity of the image at t = 2 s -

(A) 12 rad/s (B) 24 rad/s

(C) 36 rad/s (D) 48 rad/s

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Q.25 Acceleration of the image at t = 1 s -

(A) 100.2 m/s2 (B) 120 m/s2

(C) 131.4 m/s2 (D) 144.4 m/s2

Passage: II (No. 26 to 28)


The figure shows, an object having initial velocity vO  2î  6 ĵ and constant acceleration
  
a  2î  3 ĵ . The mirror is also moving with initial velocity v M  5î and acceleration a M  2 ĵ .
Calculate -

y
aM = 2 ˆj

 vM
vO  2î  6 ĵ

x
Object

Q.26 Acceleration of the image is -

(A)  2î  3 ĵ (B)  2î  3 ĵ

(C)  2î  2 ĵ (D) – 2î  5 ĵ

Q.27 Acceleration of the image with respect to mirror is -

(A)  2î  3 ĵ (B)  2î  ĵ

(C)  2î  ĵ (D)  2î  5 ĵ

Q.28 Velocity of the image with respect to mirror at

t = 1 sec -

(A) î  3 ĵ (B) î  4 ĵ

(C) î  5 ĵ (D) î  7 ĵ

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Q.29 A boy of height H is standing in front of mirror, which has been fixed on the ground as shown
in figure. What length of his body can the man see in the mirror? The length of the mirror is
(H/2) –

(A) H (B) H2/(H2 + L2)1/2

(C) Zero (D) 2H2/L

Q.30 When a clock is viewed in a mirror, the needles exhibit a time which appears to be 8.20.
Then the actual time will be -

(A) 4.40 (B) 3.40 (C) 8.20 (D) 3.20

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