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प्रश्न
What is a spherical mirror?
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उत्तर
A reflecting surface which is a part of a sphere is called a spherical mirror.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
The shiny outer surface of a hollow sphere of aluminium of radius 50 cm is to be used as a mirror:
State whether this spherical mirror will diverge or converge light rays.
A lens forms a real image 3 cm high of an object 1 cm high. If the separation of object and image is 15 cm, find the focal length of the lens.
What do you understand by the focus and focal length of a spherical mirror? Show them on the separate diagrams for each of a concave mirror and a convex mirror.
How is a spherical mirror used to diverge a beam of light from a point? Name the type of mirror used.
Name the spherical mirror which (i) diverges (ii) converges the beam of light incident on it. Justify your answer by drawing a ray diagram in each case.
Define the following term in relation to concave mirror.
Principal axis
Define the following term in relation to concave mirror.
Focal length
The following figure shows a concave mirror with its pole (P), focus (F), and center of curvature (C). Draw a ray diagram to show the formation of the image of an object AB by the concave mirror.

Define the term Normal.
