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

(a) retraces its path

(b) passes through the focus

(c) passes through the pole

(d) becomes parallel to the principal axis.

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Solution

For an incident ray directed towards the centre of curvature of a spherical mirror, the reflected ray retraces its path.

Hence, the correct choice is (a).

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