A virtual image is always erect and laterally inverted.

True

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False

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Solution

The correct option is A True
A virtual image occurs when rays only appear to diverge from a point
Virtual image is always erect and laterally inverted.
When the left side of the body appears as the right side and the right side appears as the left side on reflection from a plane mirror the phenomenon is known as lateral inversion.
Hence the above statement is true

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