SCIENCE worksheet Class X

Chapter - Light

1.

What are the differences between real image and virtual image?

2.

The radius of curvature of a concave mirror is -24cm.What is its focal length?

3.

How will you identify a plane mirror, a concave mirror and a convex mirror without touching
their surface?

4.

Which mirror has a wider field of view? Where is it used?

5.

What happens to a ray of light when it travels from a rarer medium to a denser medium?

6.

What will be the signs of u, v and f for a convex lens as per sign convention?

7.

State Snells law of refraction.

8.

A lens always forms a diminished, erect and virtual image. Identify the nature of the lens.

9.

Where should an object be placed so that a real and inverted image of the same size is
formed using a convex lens?

10. How is the power of a lens related to its focal length?

11. What is the S I unit of power of a lens? Define it.
12. Two lenses having power P1 and P2 are placed in contact. What is the net power of the
combination?
13. Two lenses of powers 4D and -5D are kept in contact. Find the focal length of the
combination. What is the nature of the combination?
14. What do you understand by the term refractive index? Define it.
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15. The image of our face is viewed in and out of the curved surface of a spoon. What change in
the image is observed? How will you explain this?
16. You should not look at the sun directly or even into a mirror reflecting the light from the sun.
Justify.
17. You need an erect and enlarged image of on object on a mirror. Which mirror would you
choose?
18. You need to get an image of the size as that of the object using a lens. What is the suitable
lens to be used?
19. The image of an object at a distance of 20 cm from a mirror is formed at the object itself.
1) Identify the mirror

2) The nature of the image

3) size of the image

4) the focal length of the mirror

5) radius of curvature of the mirror

Draw the corresponding ray diagram.
20. A convex mirror used on an automobile has radius of curvature of 2 m .If a car is located at 4
m from the mirror, find the position nature and size of the image
21. Why is convex mirror preferred to be used as a drivers rear-view mirror?
22. For what position of an object, a virtual image is formed by a convex lens? Draw a ray
diagram to show the formation of a virtual image by a convex lens. What are the other
characteristics of the image?
23. Why is a concave lens is called diverging lens, whereas a convex lens a converging lens?
Explain with the help of ray diagrams.
24. Give two uses of a) convex lensb) convex mirror c) concave mirrord)concave lens
25. Show the path of a ray of light through a rectangular glass slab. Label incident ray, refracted
ray, emergent ray, the angle of incidence and angle of emergence and lateral displacement.
Why is angle of incidence equal to the angle of emergence?
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26. State three rules for drawing geometric images in concave lens.
27. A reflected ray of light from a mirror makes an angle of 90 0 with the incident ray of light.
What are the angle of incidence and the angle of reflection?
28. State the laws of refraction.
29. An object 4cm high is placed 15cm away from a concave lens of focal length 10cm. Draw a
ray diagram and find the position, size and nature of the image formed.
30. An object is kept in front of a concave mirror of focal length 20cm.The image formed is three
times the size of the object. Calculate the two possible distances of the object from the mirror.
31. An object 0.4m high is placed at a distance of 0.8m from a concave mirror of radius curvature
0.4m. Find the position, nature and size of the image formed?
32. Two thin converging lenses of focal length 15cm and 30cm are held in contact with each
other. Calculate the power and focal length of combination.
33. Find the position of an object which when placed in front of a concave mirror of focal length
20cm, produces a virtual image, which is twice the size of the object.
34. Draw a ray diagram to show the formation of an object placed between the pole and focus of
a concave mirror.
35. What is a lens? Distinguish between a convex and concave lens.
36. What do you understand by the power of a lens? Define magnification in case of spherical
mirror and lens. Mention the new Cartesian sign convention applicable to in this case.
37. Draw a ray diagram to show the formation of the image of an object placed between optical
centre and focus of a convex lens.
38. You are required to obtain an erect image of an object placed in front of a concave mirror of
focal length 15cm.What should be the approximate distance of the object from the pole of the
mirror? What is the nature of the image? Is the image larger of smaller in size than the
object? Draw a ray diagram to show the formation of image.
39. An object of size 5cm is placed at a distance of 25cm from the pole of a concave mirror of
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radius of curvature 30cm.Calculate the distance and size of the image so formed. What will
be the nature of the image?
40. An object of size 3cm is placed at a distance of 15cm from a convex lens of focal length
10cm.Calculate the distance and size of the image so formed. What will be the nature of the
image?
41. Determine the speed of light in glass which has refractive index of 1.5, if the speed of light in
vacuum is 3x108m/s.
42. A 1cm high image is obtained on a screen at a distance of 20cm from a convex lens of focal
length 10cm.What is the size the object?
43. The radius of curvature of a convex mirror is used on a moving automobile is 2.0 m. A truck is
coming behind it at a constant distance of 3.5 m. Calculate (1) the position, and (2) the size of
image relative to the size of the truck. What will be the nature of the image?
44. A transparent medium A floats on another transparent medium B .When a ray of light travels
obliquely from A into B the reflected ray bends away from the normal. Which of the media A
and B is optically denser and why?
45. A convex lens has a focal length of 50cm. Calculate its power.
46. Identify the lens/mirror
i) Focal length positive
ii)

Focal length negative

iii) Power positive
iv) Power negative
v) Forms virtual image always magnified
vi) Forms only diminished virtual images
vii) Magnification always positive

viii) Magnification always less than one

ix) Can produce image of the same size
x) Forms real point sized image
xi) Forms virtual point sized image
xii) Used as shaving mirror
xiii) Used as rear view mirror
xiv) Have wide field of view
xv) Converges the incident rays
xvi) Diverges the incident rays
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