Real and virtual image - class-X

real and virtual image

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

A real image :

  1. cannot be captured on a screen
  2. can be captured on a screen
  3. can be captured only on a celluloid screen
  4. none of the above
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If image is formed behind the mirror, it is:

  1. real and inverted
  2. virtual and erect
  3. virtual and inverted
  4. real and erect
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The image of our face in a plane mirror is :

  1. real
  2. magnified
  3. diminished
  4. virtual
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Multiple Answers)

A real image is formed where two or more :

  1. reflected rays meet
  2. refracted rays meet
  3. reflected rays appear to meet
  4. refracted rays appear to meet
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Is it possible to photograph a virtual image?

  1. Yes
  2. No
  3. Sometimes
  4. Yes, provided that object is virtual
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The image of an object which cannot be obtained on a screen is called-

  1. Enlarged image
  2. Real image
  3. Virtual image
  4. Inverted image
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The image formed by a plane mirror is -

  1. virtual
  2. inverted
  3. diminished
  4. magnified
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

An image which can be only seen by the eye but cannot be taken on a screen is called a ________ .

  1. virtual image
  2. real image
  3. artificial image
  4. shadow
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Pick the odd one out of these :

Real image, virtual image, inverted image, diminished image

  1. Virtual image
  2. real image
  3. inverted image
  4. diminished image
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Multiple Answers)

Name : The image which cannot be obtained on the screen 

  1. Virtual image
  2. Erect Image
  3. Real Image
  4. Inverted Image
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the basic difference between a real image and a virtual image ?

  1. Real image are the image that can be obtained on a screen whereas virtual image cannot be obtained on the screen
  2. Virtual image can be obtained on a screen while real images cannot be obtained on a screen
  3. Virtual images are formed only in refraction not in reflection while real image can be formed in both
  4. Virtual images are formed only in reflection while real image are also only found in refraction
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

When a  beam of light from an object appears to meet at a point after reflection from a mirror then the image formed is known as:

  1. Real image
  2. Virtual image
  3. Incident image
  4. All
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

When a beam of light from an object meets actually at a point after reflection from a mirror then the image formed is known as

  1. Real and virtual image both
  2. Real image
  3. Virtual image
  4. No image
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Choose the correct statement about real and virtual images:

  1. Real images can be obtained on a screen, whereas virtual images cannot be obtained on the screen.
  2. Virtual images can be obtained on a screen, while real images cannot be obtained on a screen.
  3. Virtual images are formed only in refraction not in reflection, while real images can be formed in both reflection and refraction.
  4. Virtual images are formed only in reflection, while real images are only formed in refraction.
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Rear view mirrors in vehicles forms:

  1. Real Image
  2. Virtual Image
  3. Both A and B
  4. Neither A nor B
Question 16 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

A movie projector forms real images. Why is it not inverted?

  1. Real images are erect in nature.
  2. Final image is formed using virtual image.
  3. Multiple mirrors are used
  4. Films are inverted
Question 17 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Real image can be obtained on a screen.

  1. True
  2. False
Question 18 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Virtual image cannot be caught on a screen.

  1. True
  2. False
Question 19 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Virtual image can be caught on a screen.

  1. True
  2. False
Question 20 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

A virtual image larger than the object can be produced by a

  1. Concave lens
  2. Concave mirror
  3. Convex mirror
  4. Plane mirror
Question 21 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Name the type of image which can not be obtained on a screen

  1. Real
  2. Virtual
  3. Diverging
  4. Converging
Question 22 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Read the following statements and select the correct option.
Statement 1: It is not possible to photograph a virtual image.
Statement 2: An image is said to be virtual if the reflected or refracted rays are diverging in nature.

  1. Both statement 1 and statement 2 are true and statement 2 is the correct explanation of statement 1.
  2. Both statement 1 and statement 2 are true but statement 2 is not the correct explanation of statement 1.
  3. Statement 1 is true but statement 2 is false.
  4. Statement 1 is false but statement 2 is true.
Question 23 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The image formed by a convex mirror of a real object is

  1. virtual and erect
  2. virtual and inverted
  3. real and erect
  4. real and inverted
Question 24 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

A driving mirror on a car is never concave because :

  1. its field of view is too small.
  2. the image would be inverted.
  3. the image would be virtual and therefore useless for the driver.
  4. only a plane mirror forms true images.
Question 25 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

An arrow is placed at a distance of 25 cm from a diverging mirror of focal length 20 cm. Find the image distance.

  1. $12.1 cm$
  2. $13.1 cm$
  3. $11.1 cm$
  4. $14.2 cm$
Question 26 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

 The time in a clock is $8 : 40 : 10$.The time in the image of the clock formed by plane mirror is 

  1. $8 : 40 : 10$
  2. $8 : 50 : 30$
  3. $3 : 19 : 50$
  4. none of these
Question 27 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

When a plane mirror is rotated through an angle $  \theta,  $ the reflected ray turms an angle $2  \theta  $ , then the size of the image is

  1. Doubled
  2. Halved
  3. Remains the same
  4. Becomes infinite
Question 28 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

A fish is near the centre of a spherical water filled fish bowl. A child standard 2R (R is radius of curvature of the sphere) from the centre of the bowl. The centre would the child's noe appear to the fish situated at the centre?

  1. 4R
  2. 2R
  3. 3R
  4. R
Question 29 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Choose the correct options.

  1. If the incident rays are converging, we have a real object.
  2. If the final ray are converging, we have a real image.
  3. The image of a virtual object is called a virtual image.
  4. If the image is virtual, the corresponding object is called a virtual object.
Question 30 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The image formed by a convex mirror of focal length 30 cm is a quarter of the size of the object. The distance of the object from the mirror is 

  1. 30 cm
  2. 90 cm
  3. 120 cm
  4. 60 cm
Question 31 Multiple Choice (Multiple Answers)

The distance of an object from the pole of a concave mirror is equal to its radius of curvature. The image must be

  1. real
  2. inverted
  3. same sized
  4. erect
Question 32 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which one of the following does not use concave mirror?

  1. Magnifire mirror by dentist
  2. Reflector in flashlight
  3. Solar heater
  4. Rear view mirror in cars
Question 33 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

 A small object of height $0.5 cm$ is placed in front of a convex surface of glass$ (\mu = 1.5)$ of radius of curvature $10 cm$. Find the height of the image formed in glass.

  1. $2cm$
  2. $1cm$
  3. $3cm$
  4. $4cm$
Question 34 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

A oncave mirror of radius of urvature R is kept on a horizontal table. Water (refractive $ index \mu ) $ is poured into it upto a height t. Where should an object be placed so that its image is ormed at the position of object itself?

  1. $ t \left( 1-\frac { 1 }{ \mu } \right) + R from the mirror $
  2. $ t + R \left( 1-\frac { 1 }{ \mu } \right) from the mirror $
  3. $ \frac {R-t}{\mu} from mirror $
  4. $ t \left( 1-\frac { 1 }{ \mu } \right) + \frac {R}{\mu} from the mirror $
Question 35 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

A virtual image is

  1. always magnified
  2. always erect
  3. always caught on a screen
  4. uncapturable on a screen
Question 36 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

A virtual Image cannot be taken on the screen. 

  1. True
  2. False
Question 37 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Real images are always ......................

  1. Erect
  2. Smaller is size
  3. Inverted
  4. Large in size
Question 38 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Consider the following statements :
A real image
1. can be formed on a screen
2. is always magnified and inverted
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. 1 only
  2. 2 only
  3. Both 1 and 2
  4. Neither 1 nor 2
Question 39 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following can produce a virtual image for any position of the object?

  1. Plane mirror
  2. Concave mirror
  3. Convex lens
  4. All of the above
Question 40 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

A luminous object is separated from a screen by a distance $D$. What is the greatest focal length a lens could have to focus the object on the screen?

  1. $D$
  2. $4D$
  3. $D/4$
  4. $D/2$