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A perpendicular drawn at the point of incidence of a light ray on the surface of a mirror is called -

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incident ray

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reflected ray

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C

normal

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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.

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