A ray of light travelling in water falls at right angles to the boundary of a parallel-sided glass block. The ray of light : (a) is refracted towards the normal (b) is refracted away from the normal (c) does not get refracted (d) is reflected along the same path.

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(c) does not get refracted as it goes along the normal

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