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A ray of light going towards the centre of curvature of a convex mirror ............

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become parallel to the principal axis after reflection
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appears to be coming from its focus after reflection from the mirror
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is reflected back along the same path
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Solution

The correct option is C is reflected back along the same path
The ray going toward the centre of curvature of a convex mirror is along the radius of the sphere and hence is perpendicular to the surface of mirror at the point of incidence.

Hence, it is reflected back along the same path .

Answer-(C).

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