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Reflection & Mirrors

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Q1MHT CET 2026 · 13 APR · SHIFT 1Easy

Reflection & Mirrors

If a parallel beam of light is incident on spherical mirrors then after reflection they pass through focal point. If F is the focal length and R is the radius of curvature of mirror then

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Q2JEE Main 2026 · 22 JAN · SHIFT 2Easy

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In parallax method for the determination of focal length of a concave mirror, the object should always be placed:

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Q3JEE Main 2026 · 6 APR · SHIFT 2Medium

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A concave mirror of focal length 10 cm forms an image which is double the size of object when the object is placed at two different positions. The distance between the two positions of the object is ______ cm.

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Answer: 10

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Q4JEE Main 2026 · 24 JAN · SHIFT 2Medium

Reflection & Mirrors

Distance between an object and three times magnified real image is 40 cm. The focal length of the mirror used is ______ cm.

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Q5JEE Main 2026 · 4 APR · SHIFT 1Difficult

Reflection & Mirrors

A rod of length 10 cm lies along the principle axis of a concave mirror of focal length 10 cm as shown in figure. The length of the image is ______ cm.

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Answer: (b)

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Q6JEE Main 2025 · 23 JAN · SHIFT 2Easy

Reflection & Mirrors

A concave mirror of focal length ff in air is dipped in a liquid of refractive index μ\mu. Its focal length in the liquid will be:

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Q7JEE Main 2025 · 2 APR · SHIFT 2Medium

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Two identical objects are placed in front of convex mirror and concave mirror having same radii of curvature of 12 cm, at same distance of 18 cm from the respective mirrors. The ratio of sizes of the images formed by convex mirror and by concave mirror is:

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Q8JEE Main 2025 · 4 APR · SHIFT 1Medium

Reflection & Mirrors

Distance between object and its image (magnified by −13-\frac{1}{3}) is 30 cm. The focal length of the mirror used is (x4)cm\left(\frac{x}{4}\right)\text{cm}, where magnitude of value of xx is _________.

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Answer: 45

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Q9JEE Main 2025 · 22 JAN · SHIFT 1Medium

Reflection & Mirrors

The driver sitting inside a parked car is watching vehicles approaching from behind with the help of his side view mirror, which is a convex mirror with radius of curvature R=2 m\text{R} = 2\text{ m}. Another car approaches him from behind with a uniform speed of 90 km/hr90\text{ km/hr}. When the car is at a distance of 24 m from him, the magnitude of the acceleration of the image of the car in the side view mirror is ' aa '. The value of 100a100a is __________ m/s2\text{m/s}^2.

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Q10JEE Main 2025 · 7 APR · SHIFT 2Medium

Reflection & Mirrors

A mirror is used to produce an image with magnification of 14\frac{1}{4}. If the distance between object and its image is 40 cm, then the focal length of the mirror is ________.

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Q11JEE Main 2025 · 4 APR · SHIFT 1Medium

Reflection & Mirrors

When an object is placed 40 cm away from a spherical mirror an image of magnification 12\frac{1}{2} is produced. To obtain an image with magnification of 13\frac{1}{3}, the object is to be moved:

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Q12JEE Main 2025 · 28 JAN · SHIFT 2Medium

Reflection & Mirrors

A concave mirror produces an image of an object such that the distance between the object and image is 20 cm. If the magnification of the image is –3, then the magnitude of the radius of curvature of the mirror is:

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Q13MHT CET 2025 · 25 APR · SHIFT 1Difficult

Reflection & Mirrors

The image of an object approaching a convex mirror of radius of curvature 20 m along its optical axis is observed to move from 253 m\frac{25}{3}\text{ m} to 507 m\frac{50}{7}\text{ m} in 30 second. The speed of the object in km/hr\text{km/hr} is

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Q14JEE Main 2025 · 4 APR · SHIFT 2Difficult

Reflection & Mirrors

A finite size object is placed normal to the principal axis at a distance of 30 cm from a convex mirror of focal length 30 cm. A plane mirror is now placed in such a way that the image produced by both the mirrors coincide with each other. The distance between the two mirrors is:

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Q15MHT CET 2024 · 2 MAY · SHIFT 1Easy

Reflection & Mirrors

A plane mirror produces a magnification of

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Q16NEET 2024Easy

Reflection & Mirrors

Given below are two statements:

Statement I: Image formation needs regular reflection and/or refraction.

Statement II: The variety in colour of objects we see around us is due to the constituent colours of the light incident on them.

In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

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Q17JEE Main 2024 · 29 JAN · SHIFT 1Easy

Reflection & Mirrors

A convex mirror of radius of curvature 30 cm30\text{ cm} forms an image that is half the size of the object. The object distance is:

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Q18MHT CET 2024 · 2 MAY · SHIFT 2Medium

Reflection & Mirrors

A concave mirror of focal length ' ff ' produces an image ' nn ' time the size of the object. If the image is real, then the distance of the object from the mirror is

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Q19JEE Main 2024 · 29 JAN · SHIFT 2Medium

Reflection & Mirrors

If the distance between object and its two times magnified virtual image produced by a curved mirror is 15 cm15\text{ cm}, the focal length of the mirror must be:

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Q20JEE Main 2023 · 11 APR · SHIFT 2Easy

Reflection & Mirrors

When one light ray is reflected from a plane mirror with 30∘30^\circ angle of reflection, the angle of deviation of the ray after reflection is:

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Q21JEE Main 2023 · 25 JAN · SHIFT 2Easy

Reflection & Mirrors

The light rays from an object have been reflected towards an observer from a standard flat mirror, the image observed by the observer is :-

A. Real

B. Erect

C. Smaller in size than object

D. Laterally inverted

Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

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Answer: (a)

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Q22MHT CET 2023 · 10 MAY · SHIFT 2Easy

Reflection & Mirrors

To get three images of a single object, the angle between the two plane mirrors should be

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Q23JEE Main 2023 · 10 APR · SHIFT 1Easy

Reflection & Mirrors

An object is placed at a distance of 12 cm in front of a plane mirror. The virtual and erect image is formed by the mirror. Now the mirror is moved by 4 cm towards the stationary object. The distance by which the position of image would be shifted, will be

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Q24JEE Main 2023 · 1 FEB · SHIFT 2Medium

Reflection & Mirrors

Two objects A and B are placed at 15 cm and 25 cm from the pole in front of a concave mirror having radius of curvature 40 cm. The distance between images formed by the mirror is _______________.

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Q25JEE Main 2023 · 8 APR · SHIFT 1Medium

Reflection & Mirrors

Two vertical parallel mirrors A and B are separated by 10 cm10\text{ cm}. A point object O\text{O} is placed at a distance of 2 cm2\text{ cm} from mirror A\text{A}. The distance of the second nearest image behind mirror A from the mirror A\text{A} is _________ cm\text{cm}.

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Q26JEE Main 2023 · 1 FEB · SHIFT 1Medium

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A thin cylindrical rod of length 10 cm10\text{ cm} is placed horizontally on the principal axis of a concave mirror of focal length 20 cm20\text{ cm}. The rod is placed in such a way that mid point of the rod is at 40 cm40\text{ cm} from the pole of mirror. The length of the image formed by the mirror will be x3 cm\frac{x}{3}\text{ cm}. The value of xx is _____________.

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Answer: 32

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Q27JEE Main 2023 · 30 JAN · SHIFT 1Medium

Reflection & Mirrors

In an experiment for estimating the value of focal length of converging mirror, image of an object placed at 40 cm40\text{ cm} from the pole of the mirror is formed at distance 120 cm120\text{ cm} from the pole of the mirror. These distances are measured with a modified scale in which there are 20 small divisions in 1 cm1\text{ cm}. The value of error in measurement of focal length of the mirror is 1K cm\frac{1}{\text{K}}\text{ cm}. The value of K\text{K} is __________.

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Answer: 32

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Q28JEE Main 2022 · 26 JUN · SHIFT 1Medium

Reflection & Mirrors

A light ray is incident, at an incident angle θ\theta1, on the system of two plane mirrors M1 and M2 having an inclination angle 75∘^\circ between them (as shown in figure). After reflecting from mirror M1 it gets reflected back by the mirror M2 with an angle of reflection 30∘^\circ. The total deviation of the ray will be _____________ degree.

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Answer: 210

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Q29JEE Main 2022 · 28 JUL · SHIFT 2Difficult

Reflection & Mirrors

An object 'O' is placed at a distance of 100 cm100\text{ cm} in front of a concave mirror of radius of curvature 200 cm200\text{ cm} as shown in the figure. The object starts moving towards the mirror at a speed 2 cm/s2\text{ cm/s}. The position of the image from the mirror after 10 s10\text{ s} will be at _________ cm\text{cm}.

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Answer: 400

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Q30JEE Main 2021 · 24 FEB · SHIFT 1Easy

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The focal length f is related to the radius of curvature r of the spherical convex mirror by:

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Answer: (c)

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Q31JEE Main 2021 · 27 AUG · SHIFT 1Medium

Reflection & Mirrors

An object is placed beyond the centre of curvature C of the given concave mirror. If the distance of the object is d1 from C and the distance of the image formed is d2 from C, the radius of curvature of this mirror is:

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Q32JEE Main 2021 · 26 FEB · SHIFT 2Medium

Reflection & Mirrors

The incident ray, reflected ray and the outward drawn normal are denoted by the unit vectorsa⃗, b⃗\vec{a},\ \vec{b}, and c⃗\vec{c}respectively. Then choose the correct relation for these vectors.

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Answer: (b)

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Q33JEE Main 2021 · 31 AUG · SHIFT 1Medium

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Two plane mirrors M1 and M2 are at right angle to each other shown. A point source 'P' is placed at 'a' and '2a' meter away from M1 and M2 respectively. The shortest distance between the images thus formed is: (Take 5\sqrt{5} = 2.3)

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Q34JEE Main 2021 · 26 AUG · SHIFT 1Medium

Reflection & Mirrors

Car B overtakes another car A at a relative speed of 40 ms−1{}^{-1}. How fast will the image of car B appear to move in the mirror of focal length 10 cm fitted in car A, when the car B is 1.9 m away from the car A?

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Q35JEE Main 2021 · 26 FEB · SHIFT 1Medium

Reflection & Mirrors

A short straight object of height 100 cm lies before the central axis of a spherical mirror whose focal length has absolute value | f | = 40 cm. The image of object produced by the mirror is of height 25 cm and has the same orientation of the object. One may conclude from the information:

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Q36JEE Main 2021 · 26 FEB · SHIFT 2Difficult

Reflection & Mirrors

A point source of light S, placed at a distance 60cm in front of the centre of a plane mirror of width 50 cm, hangs vertically on a wall. A man walks in front of the mirror along a line parallel to the mirror at a distance 1.2 m from it (see in the figure). The distance between the extreme points where he can see the image of the light source in the mirror is __________ cm.

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Answer: 150

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Q37NEET 2020 · PHASE 2Easy

Reflection & Mirrors

An object is placed on the principal axis of a concave mirror at a distance of 1.5f1.5f (ff is the focal length). The image will be at,

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Q38JEE Main 2020 · 2 SEP · SHIFT 1Medium

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A spherical mirror is obtained as shown in the figure from a hollow glass sphere. If an object is positioned in front of the mirror, what will be the nature and magnification of the image of the object?

(Figure drawn as schematic and not to scale)

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Q39JEE Main 2020 · 8 JAN · SHIFT 2Medium

Reflection & Mirrors

An object is gradually moving away from the focal point of a concave mirror along the axis of the mirror. The graphical representation of the magnitude of linear magnification (m) versus distance of the object from the mirror (x) is correctly given by:

(Graphs are drawn schematically and are not to scale)

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Q40JEE Main 2020 · 3 SEP · SHIFT 2Medium

Reflection & Mirrors

When an object is kept at a distance of 30 cm from a concave mirror, the image is formed at a distance of 10 cm from the mirror. If the object is moved with a speed of 9 cms–1, the speed (in cms–1) with which image moves at that instant is ____.

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Answer: 1

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Q41JEE Main 2019 · 9 APR · SHIFT 1Medium

Reflection & Mirrors

A concave mirror for face viewing has focal length of 0.4 m. The distance at which you hold the mirror from your face in order to see your image upright with a magnification of 5 is:

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Q42JEE Main 2019 · 9 JAN · SHIFT 2Medium

Reflection & Mirrors

Two plane mirrors are inclined to each other such that a ray of light incident on the first mirror (M1) and parallel to the second mirror (M2) is finally reflected from the second mirror (M2) parallel to the first mirror (M1). The angle between the two mirrors will be:

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Q43JEE Main 2019 · 12 JAN · SHIFT 1Difficult

Reflection & Mirrors

A point source of light, S is placed at distance L in front of the centre of plane mirror of width d which is hanging vertically on a wall. A man walks in front of the mirror along a line parallel to the mirror, at a distance 2L as shown below. The distance over which the man can see the image of the light source in the mirror is

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Q44NEET 2018Medium

Reflection & Mirrors

An object is placed at a distance of 40 cm from a concave mirror of focal length 15 cm. If the object is displaced through a distance of 20 cm towards the mirror, the displacement of the image will be

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Q45JEE Main 2018 · 15 APR · SHIFT 1Difficult

Reflection & Mirrors

A particle is oscillating on the XX-axis with an amplitude 2 cm2\text{ cm} about the point x0=10 cm,x_0 = 10\text{ cm}, with a frequency ω\omega. A concave mirror of focal length 5 cm5\text{ cm} is placed at the origin (see figure).

Figure

Identify the correct statements.

(A) The image executes periodic motion.

(B) The image executes non-periodic motion.

(C) The turning points of the image are asymmetric w.r.t. the image of the point at x=10 cmx = 10\text{ cm}. (D) The distance between the turning points of the oscillation of the image is 10021 cm.\frac{100}{21}\text{ cm.}

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Q46NEET 2017Medium

Reflection & Mirrors

A beam of light from a source L is incident normally on a plane mirror fixed at a certain distance x from the source. The beam is reflected back as a spot on a scale placed just above the source L. When the mirror is rotated through a small angle θ\theta, the spot of the light is found to move through a distance y on the scale. The angle θ\theta is given by

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Answer: (d)

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Q47NEET 2016 · PHASE 1Easy

Reflection & Mirrors

Match the corresponding entries of column 1 with column 2. [Where m is the magnification

produced by the mirror]

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Q48JEE Main 2015 · 10 APR · SHIFT 1Medium

Reflection & Mirrors

You are asked to design a shaving mirror assuming that a person keeps it 10 cm from his face and views the magnified image of the face at the closest comfortable distance of 25 cm. The radius of curvature of the mirror would then be:

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Q49NEET 2013Medium

Reflection & Mirrors

Two plane mirrors are inclined at 70°. A ray incident on one mirror at angle, θ\theta after reflection falls on second mirror and is reflected from there parallel to first mirror. The value of θ\theta is

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Q50NEET 2012 · AIPMT · MAINSMedium

Reflection & Mirrors

A rod of length 10 cm lies along the principal axis of a concave mirror of focal length 10 cm in such a way that its end closer to the pole is 20 cm away from the mirror. The length of the image is

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Q51JEE Main 2011 · AIEEEMedium

Reflection & Mirrors

A car is fitted with a convex side-view mirror of focal length 20 cm20\text{ cm}. A second car 2.8 m2.8\text{ m} behind the first car is overtaking the first car at a relative speed of 15 m/s15\text{ m/s}. The speed of the image of the second car as seen in the mirror of the first one is:

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Q52JEE Main 2003 · AIEEEEasy

Reflection & Mirrors

To get three images of a single object, one should have two plane mirrors at an angle of

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Answer: (b)

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Q53JEE Main 2002 · AIEEEEasy

Reflection & Mirrors

If two mirrors are kept at 60∘60^\circ to each other, then the number of images formed by them is

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Answer: (a)

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Q54NEET 2000 · AIPMTEasy

Reflection & Mirrors

A tall man of height 6 feet, want to see his full image. Then required minimum length of the mirror will be

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Answer: (b)

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