Question

What do you mean by a divergent beam of light?

Answer 1

Drawing the diagram of the situation:

1. A group of rays of light is called a beam.
2. Because light travels in a straight line and it is better to represent it with the help of a ray.
3. Light rays from a point source of light travel in all directions, moving away with time. Such a beam of light is called a divergent beam of light.
4. Divergent beam the rays spreads and follow different paths

Hence, when a large number of rays i.e beam is emerging from a point source of light, then the beam is called a divergent beam.