Spherical Mirrors

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Spherical Mirrors: Overview

This topic states that a spherical mirror has a curved reflecting surface and it is of two types. A convex mirror or diverging mirror has its reflecting surface bulging outwards. A concave mirror or converging mirror has its reflecting surface caving inwards.

Important Questions on Spherical Mirrors

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When a spherical mirror is held up almost facing the sun, a sharp image of the sun is formed on a small piece of paper, which causes it to catch fire. The spherical mirror is _____ in nature and the sheet of paper is placed at the _____ of the mirror. Fill in the blanks by choosing an appropriate option from the ones given below.

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A student determines the focal length of a device 'X' by focusing the image of a distant object on a screen placed 20 cm from the device on the same side as the object. The device 'X' is

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What are real life applications of a concave mirror?

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An object of height 10mm is placed in front of a concave mirror and virtual image of height 20mm is obtained. If the object is placed at 20 cm from the concave mirror, the focal length of mirror is

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Identify the correct statement:
 

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Type of spherical mirror are:

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Correct relation between radius of curvature(R) and Focal length (F) of a spherical mirror is:

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An object is placed at a distance of 10 cm. From a convex mirror of focal length 15 cm. The position and nature of the image are :

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_____ is located behind a convex mirror :

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In the following diagram ‘M’ is a mirror and ‘P’ is an object and ‘Q’ is the magnified image of ‘P’ formed by the mirror. The mirror ‘M’ is a:

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A spherical mirror and a thin spherical lens each of focal length -10 cm are given. The mirror and lens are likely to be:

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Which of the following mirror is used by a dentist to examine the patient tooth?

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A concave mirror of focal length 15cm forms an image. The position of the object when the image is virtual and linear magnification is 2 is.

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The image formed by a concave mirror is observed to be virtual, erect and larger than the object. Where should be the position of the object?

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The ratio of the focal length of spherical mirror to its radius of curvature is

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An object placed at the centre of curvature of concave mirror. Its image is formed at :

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At focus F and between F and 2F, a concave mirror always forms a

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Give the ray diagrams indicating the position, size and nature of the image formed by a convex mirror when an object is kept

(a) at infinity

(b) between pole and infinity

Describe the formation of images in both the cases.

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An object is placed in front of convex mirror at a distance of 50 cm. A plane mirror is introduced covering the lower half of the convex mirror. If the distance between the object and plane mirror is 30 cm. It is found that there is no parallax between the images formed by two mirrors. Radius of curvature will be

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A candle flame 3 cm is placed at a distance of 3 m from a wall. How far from wall must a concave mirror be placed in order that it may form an image of flame 9 cm high on the wall