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Objects present in the dark room are not visible. But when the light is switched on, everything present in the room becomes visible.Why does this happen?

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An object is visible to our eye when the light rays reflected by the object are able to enter our eye. Hence we cannot see an object in dark room whereas we can see them when we switch on the light.

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