Reflection of light: past paper questions

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• Question 21May/June 2026, paper 11Multiple choice1 mark

  The diagram shows a ray of light incident on a plane mirror. What is the angle of reflection of the ray?

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• Question 19Oct/Nov 2024, paper 11Multiple choice1 markHas a diagram

  The ray diagram shows the formation of an image when light is reflected by a plane mirror. Which lines represent light rays?

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• Question 20Oct/Nov 2023, paper 11Multiple choice1 markHas a diagram

  A ray of light is reflected by a plane mirror. Which row shows the angle of incidence and the angle of reflection?

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• Question 20May/June 2026, paper 12Multiple choice1 markHas a diagram

  The diagram shows a ray of light striking a plane mirror. Through which point does the reflected ray pass?

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• Question 20Oct/Nov 2025, paper 12Multiple choice1 mark

  Light reflects from a plane mirror. The angle between the incident ray and the reflected ray is ${68}^{\circ }$. What is the angle of incidence?

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• Question 20Oct/Nov 2023, paper 12Multiple choice1 markHas a diagram

  Which diagram shows the image correctly formed by reflection?

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• Question 20Oct/Nov 2025, paper 13Multiple choice1 markHas a diagram

  A ray of light is incident on a plane mirror. A student measures the angle of incidence $i$ and the angle of reflection $r$. The student varies the angle of incidence and then plots a graph of $r$ against $i$.

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• Question 20Oct/Nov 2023, paper 13Multiple choice1 mark

  The diagram shows a ray of light incident on a plane mirror. The angle between the ray and the mirror is ${35}^{\circ }$. The ray is reflected by the mirror.

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• Question 19May/June 2026, paper 22Multiple choice1 mark

  Which description of the image of an object in a plane mirror is correct?

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• Question 6Oct/Nov 2024, paper 42Structured8 marksHas a diagram

  A student plays the violin near the doorway to a large room. Fig. 6.1 shows a young teacher standing where he can hear the sound but cannot see the student.

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• Question 19Oct/Nov 2025, paper 22Multiple choice1 markHas a diagram

  A water droplet is falling towards a horizontal plane mirror. At one moment, the droplet is a distance of $1.5\text{ m}$ above the mirror and falling at a speed of $2.0\text{ m/s}$.

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• Question 18May/June 2024, paper 12Multiple choice1 markHas a diagram

  The diagram shows a ray of light reflecting from a mirror. Which row shows the correct names for $x$, $y$ and $Z$?

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• Question 7May/June 2026, paper 32Structured9 marksHas a diagram

  Figure 7.1 shows a ray of light striking a plane mirror. State the name of the dashed line AB in Figure 7.1.

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• Question 19Oct/Nov 2025, paper 23Multiple choice1 markHas a diagram

  The diagram shows a scale drawing of the formation of an image by the reflection of light from a plane mirror. What are the relationships between the labelled angles?

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• Question 21May/June 2025, paper 11Multiple choice1 markHas a diagram

  The diagram shows the image of a clock as seen by a person standing in front of a plane mirror. What is the actual time?

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• Question 17May/June 2024, paper 21Multiple choice1 mark

  The angle of incidence of a ray of light incident on a plane mirror is gradually increased. To the nearest degree, what is the maximum possible angle between the incident and reflected rays?

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• Question 5Oct/Nov 2023, paper 42Structured7 marksHas a diagram

  Fig. 5.1 shows a road junction, a moving car and a stationary truck. The road has high walls on each side. The driver of the truck is at position X. The car moves around the corner.

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• Question 6May/June 2026, paper 43Structured7 marksHas a diagram

  An image of object O is formed by a plane mirror. A person views the image. Figure 6.1 shows a scale diagram of the arrangement.

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• Question 22May/June 2025, paper 11Multiple choice1 markHas a diagram

  The diagram shows a ray of light incident on the surface of a glass block. The ray of light is partially reflected back into the air and partially refracted into the glass block. Which row correctly identifies the angle of reflection and the angle of refraction?

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• Question 19May/June 2024, paper 22Multiple choice1 markHas a diagram

  Diagram 1 shows the page of a book in front of a plane mirror. An eye is looking at the image of the page. Diagram 2 shows a large letter G on the page facing the mirror.

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• Question 18May/June 2023, paper 11Multiple choice1 markHas a diagram

  A student draws a diagram to show the directions of a light ray reflecting off a plane mirror.

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• Question 19May/June 2025, paper 21Multiple choice1 markHas a diagram

  The diagram shows two plane mirrors at ${90}^{\circ }$ to each other.

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• Question 20May/June 2025, paper 22Multiple choice1 markHas a diagram

  The image of an object is formed by a plane mirror. Which row gives the correct properties of the image?

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• Question 7May/June 2024, paper 31Structured8 marksHas a diagram

  Fig. 7.1 shows a ray of light striking a plane mirror. The ray is reflected as shown. The angle of incidence for the ray of light is ${40}^{\circ }$.

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• Question 18May/June 2023, paper 13Multiple choice1 markHas a diagram

  The optical image formed by a plane mirror is the same size as the object. Which row describes the other characteristics of the optical image formed?

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• Question 19May/June 2025, paper 23Multiple choice1 mark

  An object is placed $30\text{ cm}$ in front of a plane mirror. Which statement describes the image of the object?

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• Question 5May/June 2023, paper 41Structured8 marksHas a diagram

  Fig. 5.1 shows a block ABCD made of glass that has a refractive index of 1.5. The block has one curved side AB and three straight sides, BC, CD and DA.

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