A coin is placed at the bottom of a bowl and water is poured into it. The coin appears to be __ due to _.

lowered, refraction of light

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raised, refraction of light

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lowered, reflection of light

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Solution

The correct option is B
raised, refraction of light

The light from the coin, in the denser medium, moves away from the normal after refraction. Due to this, the rays appear to come from a point above the coin, hence the coin appears to be rasied from its actual position.

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A small air bubble in a glass block, when seen from above, appears to be raised because of:

(a) refraction of light

(b) reflection of light

(d) none of the above

= 4 / 3

12 c m

15 c m

3.75 c m

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