{"id":190941,"date":"2025-02-14T04:02:40","date_gmt":"2025-02-14T04:02:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=190941"},"modified":"2025-02-14T04:02:42","modified_gmt":"2025-02-14T04:02:42","slug":"all-of-the-following-statements-are-correct-except","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2025\/02\/14\/all-of-the-following-statements-are-correct-except\/","title":{"rendered":"All of the following statements are correct except"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

All of the following statements are correct except:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(a) The magnification produced by a convex mirror is always less than one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(b) A virtual, erect, same-sized image can be obtained using a plane mirror.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(c) A virtual, erect, magnified image can be formed using a concave mirror.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(d) A real, inverted, same-sized image can be formed using a convex mirror.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Correct Answer and Explanation is :<\/strong><\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Correct Answer:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

(d) A real, inverted, same-sized image can be formed using a convex mirror.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Explanation:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

To understand why option (d) is incorrect, let’s analyze each statement carefully:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(a) The magnification produced by a convex mirror is always less than one. \u2705<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
    \n
  • A convex mirror<\/strong> always forms a virtual, erect, and diminished<\/strong> image, regardless of the position of the object.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • The magnification (( m )) for a convex mirror is given by:
    [
    m = \\frac{\\text{image height}}{\\text{object height}}
    ]<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Since convex mirrors always produce smaller images, ( m ) is always less than 1<\/strong>, making this statement correct<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    (b) A virtual, erect, same-sized image can be obtained using a plane mirror. \u2705<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
      \n
    • A plane mirror<\/strong> always forms a virtual, erect, and same-sized image<\/strong> as the object.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • The image is formed at the same distance behind the mirror as the object is in front of it.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Since this is a fundamental property of plane mirrors, this statement is correct<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

      (c) A virtual, erect, magnified image can be formed using a concave mirror. \u2705<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
        \n
      • A concave mirror<\/strong> can produce a virtual, erect, and magnified<\/strong> image when the object is placed between the focal point (F) and the mirror<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • This is used in makeup mirrors or shaving mirrors to enlarge the image.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Since this is a known property of concave mirrors, this statement is correct<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

        (d) A real, inverted, same-sized image can be formed using a convex mirror. \u274c<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
          \n
        • A convex mirror<\/strong> never<\/strong> forms a real image<\/strong>; it always forms a virtual and erect<\/strong> image.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • It also never forms a same-sized<\/strong> image, as the image is always diminished<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Since the statement contradicts the properties of a convex mirror, it is incorrect<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

          Thus, the correct answer is (d)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

          All of the following statements are correct except: (a) The magnification produced by a convex mirror is always less than one. (b) A virtual, erect, same-sized image can be obtained using a plane mirror. (c) A virtual, erect, magnified image can be formed using a concave mirror. (d) A real, inverted, same-sized image can be […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-190941","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-exams-certification"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190941","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=190941"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190941\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=190941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=190941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=190941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}