The direction of ray of light incident on a concave mirror is shown by PQ while directions in which the ray would travel after reflection is shown by four rays marked
and 4 (figure). Which of the four rays correctly shows the direction of reflected ray?

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B
The PQ ray of light passes through focus
and incident on the concave mirror, after reflection, should become parallel to the principal axis and shown by ray- 2 in the figure.
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