THE PRESIDENT’S OFFICE

REGIONAL ADMINISTRATION AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT

FORM THREE SERIES No.01
PHYSICS 1
TIME 3 :00 HOURS

SUB TOPIC: REFLECTION OF LIGHT FROM CURVED MIRROR

INSTRUCTION
1. This paper consists of section A, B and C with a total of Eleven (11) questions
2. Answer ALL question in section A and B and Two (2) from section C
3. Section A carries sixteen (16) marks, Section B fifty-four (54) marks and section C
Thirty (30) marks
4. Non-programmable calculators may be used
5. Cellular phones and any unauthorized materials are NOT allowed in the
examination room
Write your Examination name on every page of your answer sheet provided

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 SECTION A (16 Marks)
Answer all questions in this section
1. i) Is the phenomenon of thrown back of the light rays when strikes the highly polished surface
like a mirror
a) Refraction of light
b) Reflection of light
c) Transmission of light
d) dispersion of light
ii) If the glass is silvered from outside so that light can be reflected from inside, it is called _____
a) Concave or converging mirror
b) Concave or diverging mirror
c) Convex or diverging mirror
d) Convex or converging mirror
iii) If the coating is done so that the reflection is from outside it is called _________
a) Concave or converging mirror
b) Convex or converging mirror
c) Concave or diverging mirror
d) Convex or diverging mirror
iv) For a concave mirror, ______________ it is the point at which all rays parallel and close to
the principal axis appear to converge after reflection
a) Focal point
b) Principal axis
c) Focal length
d) Converging mirror
v) It is the center of the sphere which the mirror is made
a) Pole
b) Concave mirror
c) Centre of curvature
d) Radius of curvature

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vi) The geometric centre of the spherical mirror is called __________
a) Centre of curvature
b) Pole
c) Focal length
d) Diverging mirror
vii) In the case of convex mirror, ____ is the point at which all rays parallel and close to the
principal axis appears to diverge from after reflection
a) Converging mirror
b) Focal length
c) Principal axis
d) Focus
viii) It is the distance between the centre of the sphere and the vertex
a) Pole
b) Principal focus
c) Radius of curvature
d) Centre of curvature
ix) The line joining the pole of the mirror and its centre of curvature is called _______
a) Principal focus
b) Convex mirror
c) Principal axis
d) Focal length
x) The distance between the pole and the principal focus is known as
a) Focal length
b) Focal points
c) Converging mirror
d) Focus

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2. Matching the parts of a concave mirror in a reflecting telescope in column A with their
corresponding answer in column B.
COLUMN A COLUMN B
A. Concave mirror
B. Brass tube
C. Convex mirror
D. lens
E. Light rays
F. Test tube
G. Light rays from a star
H. Principal axis
I. Image

SECTION B (54 Marks)

Answer all questions in this section
3. (a) You are provided with two types of mirrors, concave mirror and convex mirror. What type
of the mirror among the two will you prefer on driving car to see the traffic at your back?
Explain your choice.
b) Mr. Robert Msaki wants to form an image in concave mirror using a ray diagram but he gets
confusion with the rates of reflection of rays on concave mirror. You are a form three student
help him to explain three rules to be followed during image formation in concave mirror.
C) An object 20cm high is placed 40cm in front of a concave mirror of focal length 15cm.
determine the position and magnification of the image formed.

4. (a) State one example of the use of a convex mirror and indicate why it is preferred to a plane
mirror
b) An object is set 20cm in front of a lens and the real, inverted, magnified and great distance
image was formed. State the type of the lens used and determine the value of focal length.

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5. (a) An objects 20mm high stands on the axis of concave mirror of focal length 100mm and at a
distance of 300mm from the mirror. Draw a scale diagram to find the position, size and nature of
the image produced.
b) Use a ray diagram to show enlarged and upright image of an optical pin when erected in front
of concave mirror.

6. State briefly
a) Position of the image of a very distant object in a concave mirror
b) Cause for a blurred image in a concave mirror or concave lenses

7. a) i) Explain the terms opaque and translucent and give an example of each.
ii) Danger signs along the road as well as tail and brake lamps of motor vehicle rear are painted
in red. Briefly explain the reason behind.
b) What is the basics difference between real and virtual image as formed by curved surfaces?
c) A convex mirror of focal length 18cm produces an image on its axis 6 cm away from the
mirror. Calculate the position of object.

8. (a) What is meant by reflection of light

(b) A virtual image always produces __________, ____________ and ____________ image
(c) A convex mirror produces an image which is diminished four times when an object is placed
40 mm in front of it. Find the position of the image and the focal length of the mirror

SECTION C (30 Marks)

Answer only two questions from this section
9. (a) Why are convex mirrors used as driving mirror? Give two reasons
(b) Three plane mirrors are arranged along three sides of a square. A ray of light is incident on
the left side mirror at its midpoint with an angle of 40° to the mirror. Draw the appropriate path
of the ray and calculate the angle through which the ray is turned at each of the three reflections

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10. (a) What happens to the image formed by a convex mirror as the object distance is decreased?
a) Show that to obtain an image with a magnification of m using a concave mirror with a focal
length f1 , the object distance, u is given by:
�+�
�= �
�
c) Parallel light rays from a distant star are incident on a concave mirror with a radius of
curvature of 120 cm. How far from the mirror will the star’s image be formed?

11. (a) By using the diagram below, show that

−�
i) M = �
� � �
ii) �
= �
+ �

b) The sign conventions for the given quantities in the mirror equation and magnification
equations are as follows;
i) f is positive if _________________________
ii) f if negative if ________________________
iii) v is positive if ________________________
iv ) v is negative if _______________________
v) h1 is positive if _________________________
vi) h1 is negative if ________________________

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c) Complete the tables bellow by summarizing the image characteristics formed by a concave
mirror for different position of the object.
Position of object Position of image Nature of image Image size
At infinity
Beyond C
At C
Between F and C
At F
Between F and PS

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