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प्रश्न
If a ray of light goes form a denser medium to a rarer medium, will it bend towards the normal or away from the normal?
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उत्तर
If a ray of light goes form a denser medium to a rarer medium, it will bend away from the normal.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
If an object is placed at a distance of 10 cm in from of a plane mirror, how far would it be from its image?
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(a) Incident ray
(b) Point of incidence
(c) Normal
(d) Reflected ray
(e) Angle of incidence
(f) Angle of reflection
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(a) is refracted towards the normal
(b) is refracted away from the normal
(c) goes along the boundary
(d) is not refracted
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Observe the given figure and name the following.

| Ray AB | |
| Ray NM | |
| Ray MD | |
| ∠ r |
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- rarer to denser medium
- denser to rarer medium
- normal to the surface separating the two media.
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| Column I | Column II | ||
| 1. | r > 90 | a. | Light gazes at the surface of separation between the two modes. |
| 2. | r = 90 | b. | No refraction. |
| 3. | r < 90 | c. | Refracted ray away from the normal |
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