A perpendicular drawn at the point of incidence of a light ray on the surface of a mirror is called -
A
incident ray
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B
reflected ray
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C
normal
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D
none of these
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Solution
The correct option is A normal Normal is perpendicular drawn to the surface at the point of incidence so that angle between incident ray and normal is angle of incidence.