Advertisements
Advertisements
प्रश्न
Explain the following term:
Incident ray
Draw diagram/diagrams to show them.
Advertisements
उत्तर
Incident ray: The light ray striking a reflecting surface is called the incident ray.

संबंधित प्रश्न
Explain the following term related to spherical lenses:- centres of curvature
Explain the following term related to spherical lenses: focal length
A student obtained on a screen the sharp image of a candle flame placed at the farther end of laboratory table using a concave mirror. For getting better value of focal length of the mirror, the teacher suggested to him to focus the sun. What should the student do?
(A) Should move the mirror away from the screen.
(B) Should move the mirror towards the screen.
(C) Should move the mirror and screen both towards the sun.
(D) Should move only the screen towards the sun.
Name the mirrors shown in Figure (a) and (b).

State two uses of a concave mirror.
Draw a ray diagram to show the formation of image of an object kept in front of a convex mirror. State three characteristics of the image.
A point light source is kept in front of a convex mirror at a distance of 40 cm. The focal length of the mirror is 40 cm. Find the position of image.
Draw a ray diagram to show the formation of the image, when the object is placed between optical centre and principal focus of a convex lens.
State the signs and values of magnifications in the above mentioned case.
Define the following term in relation to concave mirror.
Aperture
What is the focal length (f) of a mirror?
