Reflection of Light: Curved Mirror Quiz

Reflection of Light: Curved Mirror Quiz brings a quirky twist to optics. Did you know that the mirrors used in old car headlights were concave? Their shape allowed beams of light to be focused and projected far ahead, making night time driving safer. This clever use of reflection is still applied in everything from satellite dishes to shaving mirrors. If you’ve ever wondered why your face looks huge in one mirror and small in another, you’re already thinking like a physicist. This light reflection quiz is packed with simple MCQs that revisit the basics through everyday applications. Curved mirror image questions are more relatable than they seem. Let’s see how many of them you get right!

Curved Mirror

What is the nature of the image formed by a concave mirror when the object is placed beyond the center of curvature?

Real, inverted, and smaller

Virtual, erect, and magnified

Real, erect, and magnified

Virtual, inverted, and smaller

A convex mirror always forms images that are:

Real and magnified

Real and inverted

Virtual and inverted

Virtual and erect

In a concave mirror, when the object is placed at the focus, the image is formed:

At the pole

At infinity

Between focus and center

Behind the mirror

What is the formula for spherical mirrors?

1/f = 1/u - 1/v

f = u + v

1/f = 1/v + 1/u

f = v/u

What happens to the image as the object moves closer to a concave mirror from infinity to the focus?

Image becomes larger

Image becomes smaller

Image moves behind the mirror

Image disappears

When the object is at the center of curvature of a concave mirror, the image is formed:

At the focus

At the center of curvature

Between focus and pole

Behind the mirror

What is the nature of the image formed when an object is placed between the pole and focus of a concave mirror?

Real, inverted, and diminished

Real, erect, and magnified

Virtual, inverted, and diminished

Virtual, erect, and magnified

Which mirror can form both real and virtual images depending on object placement?

Plane

Convex

Concave

None

The magnification of a mirror is given by:

m = v/u

m = u/v

m = f/v

m = v/f

Which part of a spherical mirror corresponds to the geometric center of the sphere?

Focus

Center of curvature

Vertex

Pole

Your score is

The average score is 35%

Sample Questions from This Quiz

In a concave mirror, when the object is placed at the focus, the image is formed at?
What is the formula for spherical mirrors?
What happens to the image as the object moves closer to a concave mirror from infinity to the focus?
What is the nature of the image formed when an object is placed between the pole and focus of a concave mirror?
The magnification of a mirror is given by?

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