Ray Passing Through The Center of Curvature of Concave Mirror

Q.

For an incident ray directed towards center of curvature of a spherical mirror, the reflected ray:

1. Retraces its path

2. None of these

3. Passes through the focus

4. Passes through the pole

Q.

A ray of light passing through the centre of curvature retraces its path.

1. True

2. False

Q.

In the given mirror:
C – the centre of the sphere to which the mirror is part of
F – the focus of the mirror
P – pole of the mirror
A – a point on the mirror
D – a point on the principal axis.
If a ray of light starts from C and is incident on the mirror at the point of incidence A, then the reflected ray will pass through which point?

1. P

2. D

3. C

4. F

Q.

A ray of light passing through the ________ retraces its path.

Q.

A ray through the Centre of Curvature hitting the spherical mirror makes an angle of __________ with the normal.

1. ${90}^{\circ }$
2. $0^{\circ }$
3. ${180}^{\circ }$
4. ${45}^{\circ }$

Q.

In the given mirror

C – centre of the sphere to which the mirror is part of

F – focus of the mirror

P – pole of mirror

A – point on mirror

D – point on the principal axis

If a ray of light starts from C and is incident on A, then from which point the reflected ray will pass through?

1. P

2. D

3. C

4. F

Q. Explain why a ray of light passing through the center of curvature of a concave mirror gets reflected back along the same path.

Q. A ray through the Centre of Curvature hitting the spherical mirror makes an angle of ___ with the normal.

1. ${90}^{\circ }$
2. $0^{\circ }$
3. ${180}^{\circ }$
4. ${45}^{\circ }$

Q. Explain why, a ray of light passing through the centre of curvature of a concave mirror gets reflected back along the same path.

Q. A ray through the Centre of Curvature hitting the spherical mirror makes an angle of with the normal.

1. ${180}^{\circ }$
2. ${90}^{\circ }$
3. $0^{\circ }$