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When a plane wave front incident on a concave mirror as shown in figure then shape of reflected wave front just after reflection :-

A

B

C

D

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C

Incident wave front is planar, which implies incident rays are parallel. Concave mirror will converge them at its focus. Wavefront will be perpendicular to reflected rays.
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