Question

In which of the following cases, the rays after reflection from a concave mirror diverge:

• A. When the object is place at infinity
  
• B. When the object is placed between center of curvature and the focus
• C. When the object is placed between focus and the pole
• D. Never. Concave mirror is a converging mirror.

Answer 1

The correct option is C

When the object is placed between focus and the pole

Concave mirror is called as converging mirror but that is in context of the parallel incident rays. In one case when the object is placed between the pole and the focus of the mirror, the incident rays after reflection do diverge.