On holding a stainless steel spoon near our face, we see

Options

A. Our inverted image on outer side of the spoon
B. Our erect image on inner side of the spoon
C. Our inverted image on inner side of the spoon
D. Both B and C are possible.

Answer

D

Explanation

A stainless steel spoon has two surfaces, i.e., inner surface and outer surface. The inner surface of the spoon works as a concave mirror and outer surface works as a convex mirror. The nature of the image formed by a concave mirror depends upon the distance of the object from the pole of the mirror but convex mirror gives only one kind of image, i.e., virtual and erect, whatever may be the position of the object. Hence both erect and inverted images are possible on inner side of the spoon.