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Given below are two statements:
Statement I: Image formation needs regular reflection and/or refraction.
Statement II: The variety in colour of objects we see around us is due to the constituent colours of the light incident on them.
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

Asked in Re-NEET 2024 · Plane mirrors

• (1) Statement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect
• (2) Statement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct
• (3) Both Statement I and Statement II are correct
• (4) Both Statement I and Statement II are incorrect

Step-by-step solution

Why the other options are wrong

• (1) Statement II is also correct: an object looks red because it reflects the red part of white light and absorbs the rest.
• (2) Statement I is also correct: a rough wall reflects diffusely and forms no image, while a mirror or a lens, which reflects or refracts regularly, does.
• (4) Both statements are correct; see the notes on the first two options.

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