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Fill in the blank:

________ mirrors are used in roads and driveway.

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  1. Concave

  2. Convex

  3. Plane

  4. No

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Convex mirrors help in viewing wider area which is not possible with the help of plane and concave mirror. It helps to look over a wide range and thus is helpful in avoiding accident.

What type of mirrors are used in ATM counters?

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  1. Concave

  2. Convex

  3. Plane

  4. None

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

To capture wide area. Convex mirror on widely used in ATM centres.

Find the odd one out:

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  1. Shaving mirror

  2. Dentist mirror

  3. Headlight of car

  4. Camera

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Spherical mirrors are used as shaving mirror, dentist mirror and reflector in the headlights of the car. Camera, on the other hand, uses convex lens.

What kind of mirror is suitable for street light bulb reflectors?

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  1. Concave

  2. Convex

  3. Plane

  4. None

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Convex mirrors are used widely as reflectors for street light bulbs as it diverges light ray over a wide area.

_________ mirrors are used in telescopes.

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  1. Concave

  2. Convex

  3. Plane

  4. No

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Concave mirrors provide large images and the purpose of telescope is to view long distance images.

Mirrors on the outside of the passenger side of cars often contain a message that says something like, "Objects are closer than they appear." In other words, the image seen in the mirror, although looking like the objects in other respects, appear to be further away than they actually are, because the images are smaller than the objects.
What kind of mirror is being used in this case?

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  1. Plane mirror

  2. Convex mirror

  3. Concave mirror

  4. The mirror could be concave or convex

  5. The mirror could be flat or concave

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The mirror used is a convex mirror. 
Since it forms virtual and 'diminished' images, the objects appear to be distant in the mirror than they actually are.

Also the outward curvature of the mirror makes it cover more area to view.

State whether true or false : 

Convex mirrors enable the driver to view much larger area than would be possible with a plane mirror.

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  1. True

  2. False

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Convex mirror give an erect ,virtual,full size image of distant object with a wider field of view. Thus,convex mirrors enables the driver to view much larger area than would be possible with a plane mirror.

The mirror used by E.N.T. specialists is _____

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  1. Plane

  2. Concave

  3. Convex

  4. None of these

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The mirror used by E.N.T. specialists is concave mirror. 

Concave mirror concentrate all the rays at desired part which makes it bright.

In torches, search lights and headlights of vehicles the bulb is placed:

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  1. between the pole and the focus of the reflector

  2. very near to the focus of the reflector

  3. between the focus and centre of curvature of the reflector

  4. at the centre of curvature of the reflector

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

In torches, search lights and headlights of vehicles the bulb is placed very near to the focus of the reflector to get a parallel beam of light through which we can see to a longer distance.

Magnification produced by a rear view mirror fitted in vehicles:

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  1. is less than one

  2. is more than one

  3. is equal to one

  4. can be more than or less than one depending upon the position of the object in front of it

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

We know, magnification(M)$=\dfrac{\text {height  of  image}\ (h _i)}{\text{height  of  object}\ (h _o)}$
If the magnification will be 1 or more than 1, then the height of image will be equal or greater than the height of object. So, only a part of the image will be viewed through the possible aperture of the mirror. This situation will not provide the driver with the detailed idea of motion of vehicles following.
Hence, Magnification produced by a rear view mirror fitted in vehicles is less than one.