Question

Assertion: If critical angle of glass-air pair `("μg" = 3/2)` is θ₁ and that of water-air pair `("μw" = 4/3)` is θ₂, then the critical angle for the water-glass pair will lie between θ₁ and θ₂.

Reason: A medium is optically denser if its refractive index is greater.

Options

• Both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is the correct explanation for Assertion.

• Both Assertion and Reason are true but Reason is not the correct explanation for Assertion.

• Assertion is false and Reason is true.

• Both Assertion and Reason are false.

Answer 1

Assertion is false and Reason is true.