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State the direction of incident ray which after reflection from a spherical mirror retraces its path. Give a reason to your answer.

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Incident ray which is directed towards the centre of curvature of the spherical mirror retraces its path because the ray is normal to the spherical mirror. Normally incident ray on mirror retraces its path after reflection.
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ICSE-LIGHT-TOPIC 2 Spherical Mirrors (2 Marks Questions )
  1. What is the focal length of a concave mirror of radius of curvature ...

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  2. What is a spherical mirror?

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  3. The radius of curvature of a convex mirror is 40 cm. Find its focal l...

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  4. Name the two kinds of spherical mirrors and distinguish between them.

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  5. The focal length of a concave mirror is 10 cm. Find its radius of cur...

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  6. State the direction of incident ray which after reflection from a sphe...

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  7. The image formed by a convex mirroris of size one third the size of ob...

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  8. The erect image formed by a concave mirror is of size double the size...

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  9. The magnification for a mirror is -3. How are u and v related?

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  10. (a) For what position of object, the image formed by a concave mirror...

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  11. State the position of object for which the image formed by a concave ...

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  12. Write three characteristics of the image formed by a plane mirror.

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  13. What is a real image?

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  14. What type of spherical mirror can be used to obtain a real image of a...

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  15. Discuss the position and nature of image formed by a convex mirror wh...

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  16. Name the kind of spherical mirror used to obtain : A real and enlarged...

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  17. Name the kind of spherical mirror used to obtain : A virtual and enla...

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  18. Name the kind of spherical mirror used to obtain : A virtual and dimin...

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  19. Name the kind of spherical mirror used to obtain : A real and diminish...

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  20. What may be the maximum distance of the image in a convex mirror can ...

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