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A man sees a stone at the bottom of a pool of water. Which path could be taken by light from the stone to the man?

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C

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D

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Solution

The correct option is B B
Whenever the light travels from denser to rarer medium, in this case from water to air it bends away from the normal. Only ray B follows this and hence, is the correct answer.

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