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Question
Right or wrong sentence.
The incident rays and refracted rays are on opposite sides of the column.
Options
Right
Wrong
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Solution
The given sentence is wrong.
Explanation:
This statement is incorrect because, according to the laws of refraction, the incident ray and the refracted ray lie on opposite sides of the normal (an imaginary perpendicular line drawn at the point of incidence), not a “column”.
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