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Name the point where all the incident rays coming parallel to the principal axis meet after reflection from a concave mirror.
(Center of curvature/ focus).

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Important Questions on Light – Reflection and Refraction

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An object is placed 5 cm in front of convex mirror whose radius of curvature is 3 cm. Find the position and nature of image.
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Define the principal focus of a concave mirror.
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The distance between pole and principal focus of a spherical mirror is called
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_____ is located behind a convex mirror :
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The image formed by a concave mirror is observed to be virtual, erect and larger than the object. Where should be the position of the object?
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An object is placed at a distance of 10 cm. From a convex mirror of focal length 15 cm. The position and nature of the image are :
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Define the focal length of a spherical mirror.
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In a car a rear view mirror having a radius of curvature 1.50 m forms a virtual image of a bus located 10.0 m from the mirror. The factor by which the mirror magnifies the size of the bus is close to
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A concave mirror of focal length 15cm forms an image. The position of the object when the image is virtual and linear magnification is 2 is.

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A student holding a mirror in his hand, directed the reflecting surface of the mirror towards the Sun. He then directed the reflected light on to a sheet of paper held close to the mirror.

Will he be able to determine the approximate value of focal length of this mirror from this activity ? Give reason and draw ray diagram to justify your answer in this case.

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Match the corresponding entries of column 1 with column 2. [Where m is the magnification produced by the mirror]
  Column 1   Column 2
(A) m=-2 (a) Convex mirror
(B) m=-12 (b) Concave mirror
(C) m=+2 (c) Real image
(D) m=+12 (d) Virtual image
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Observe the following diagram and answer the question given below

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Explain why a ray of light passing through the centre of curvature of a concave mirror gets reflected back along the same path.

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A wire is bent in the shape of a right angled triangle and is placed in front of a concave mirror of focal length f , as shown in the figure. Which of the figures shown in the four options qualitatively represent(s) the shape of the image of the bent wire? (These figures are not to scale.)
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A spherical mirror and a thin spherical lens each of focal length -10 cm are given. The mirror and lens are likely to be:
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You are asked to design a shaving mirror assuming that a person keeps it at 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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To find the focal length of a convex mirror, a student records the following data:
Object pin Convex Lens Convex Mirror Image Pin
22.2 cm 32.2 cm 45.8 cm 71.2 cm
The focal length of the convex lens is f1 and that of mirror is f2 . Then taking index correction to be negligibly small, f1 and f2 are close to:
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A hemispherical glass body of radius 10 cm and refractive index 1.5 is silvered on its curved surface. A small air bubble is 6 cm below the flat surface inside it along the axis. The position of the image of the air bubble made by the mirror is seen :

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Does focal length of a spherical mirror changes when it is completely immersed in water? Predict and write the reason.
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At focus F and between F and 2F, a concave mirror always forms a
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A ray of light makes an angle of 50° with the surface S1 of the glass slab. Its angle of incidence will be