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Give reasons why convex mirrors are gene...

Give reasons why convex mirrors are generally used as driving mirrors.

A

plane mirror

B

concave mirror

C

parabolic mirror

D

convex mirror

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BINA LIBRARY-Optics-I-EXERCISE
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  2. A concave mirror forms an image of a real object. Which statement is w...

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  3. Give reasons why convex mirrors are generally used as driving mirrors.

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  4. The image of an object placed between the principal focus and the cent...

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  5. The distance of an object and its image from the focus of a concave mi...

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  6. An inverted image can be seen in a convex mirror

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  7. A concave mirror produces a virtual image when the object is

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  8. What is the speed of light in glass of refractive index 1.5 if the vel...

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  9. The refractive index of a medium is 1.8. A bubble lies in this medium ...

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  10. When light travels from glass to air, there is no change in its

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  11. The lateral shift produced in a parallel sided glass slab depends on

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  12. What is optical fibres? What principle is used in it?

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  13. The refractive index of an equilateral prism is 'sq.root 3' . What is ...

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  14. The minimum distance between an object and its real image is

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  15. Critical angle of light passing from glass to air is minimum for

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  16. The critical angle for a medium is 60°. Then the refractive index of t...

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  17. In which of the following cases total internal reflection can not be o...

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  18. The distance between the object and its real image formed by a convex ...

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  19. The focal length of a lens depends upon

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  20. A contact combination is made of a thin convex lens (f = 9 cm) and a t...

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