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प्रश्न
When a ray of light travelling in glass enters into water obliquely ______.
विकल्प
it is refracted towards the normal
it is not refracted at all
it goes along the normal
it is refracted away from the normal
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उत्तर
When a ray of light travelling in glass enters into water obliquely it is refracted away from the normal.
Explanation:
If a ray of light goes from a denser medium (glass) to a rarer medium (water), it bends away from the normal.
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