If an incident ray passes through the centre of curvature of a spherical mirror, the reflected ray will pass through

pole

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parallel to axis

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focus

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retrace its path

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Solution

The correct option is D retrace its path
An incident ray which passes through the center of curvature C of the mirror is reflected back along its own path (since it is normally incident on the mirror).

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