Spherical Mirrors

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Spherical Mirrors: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as, Focus of Convex Mirror, Focus of Concave Mirror,Aperture of a Mirror and Focal Length of a Spherical Mirror etc.

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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What is focus in a spherical mirror?

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What happens when a ray of light is incident at the pole?

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Which ray striking a spherical mirror will be reflected along itself?

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What happens if aperture is increased in spherical mirror?

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What is the aperture of a spherical mirror?

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Which type of mirror has a virtual focus?

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Explain the meaning of the term focus of a convex mirror, with the help of a suitable ray diagram. 

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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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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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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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An object is placed 5 cm in front of convex mirror whose radius of curvature is 3 cm. Find the position and nature of image.

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

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Explain the relation between the radius of curvature and the focal length of concave mirror and convex mirror.

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The radius of curvature is equal to twice the focal length of concave mirror.

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The radius of curvature is equal to twice the focal length of convex mirror.

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The radius of curvature is equal to twice the focal length of convex mirror. Explain.

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The radius of curvature is equal to twice the focal length of concave mirror. Explain.