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A green leaf placed in a dark room is illuminated by red light. The leaf will appear to be :
  1. green
  2. red
  3. yellow
  4. black

A
black
B
red
C
green
D
yellow
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A green leaf can only reflect green light, so when red light is incident on it, the leaf will not be able to reflect any light making it look black

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