Mirror and Types of Mirrors
Author:Maharashtra Board
9th Maharashtra Board
IMPORTANT
Important Questions on Mirror and Types of Mirrors
MEDIUM
IMPORTANT
Which type of mirrors are used in the following?
Periscope, floodlights, shaving mirror, kaleidoscope, street lights. headlamps of a car.
MEDIUM
IMPORTANT
Explain the difference between a plane mirror, a concave mirror and a convex mirror with respect to the type and size of the images produced.
EASY
IMPORTANT
If a spherical mirror breaks, what type of mirrors are the individual pieces?
HARD
IMPORTANT
Draw ray diagrams for the cases of images obtained in concave mirrors as described in the table given below.
| Si No | Position of the object | Position of the image |
| 1 | Between pole and focus | Behind the mirror |
| 2 | At the focus | At infinity |
| 3 | Between focus and centre of curvature | Beyond the centre of curvature |
| 4 | At the centre of curvature | At the centre of curvature |
| 5 | Beyond the centre of curvature | Between the centre of curvature and focus |
| 6 | At a very large(infinite) distance | At focus |
