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Rotating the Mirror

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A plane mirror reflecting a ray of incident light is rotated through an angle about an axis through the point of incidence in the plane of the mirror perpendicular to the plane of incidence, then

A

The reflected ray does not rotate

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B

The reflected ray rotates through an angle

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C

The reflected ray rotates through an angle

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D

The incident ray is fixed

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Solution

The correct options are
C
The reflected ray rotates through an angle

D
The incident ray is fixed

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