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A plane mirror reflects a beam of light to form a real image, The incident beam should be

A

parallel

B

convergent

C

divergent

D

None of these

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The correct Answer is:
B
(b) When convergent beam incident on a plane mirror, then mirror forms real image, for a virtual image , for a virual object.
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