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In a radio telescope, the shape of the mirror used is __________.

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concave
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cylindrical
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plane
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convex
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Solution

The correct option is A concave
Radio emissions from the sky are detected using radio telescopes. A concave mirror is used in the telescope and the incident radio waves gets reflected by the mirror and converge at the focus where a radio receiver is placed. The information about the object is then gathered by the receiver and is passed on to a computer which analyses and constructs the object's image.

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