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

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refraction of light
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reflection of light
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reflection and refraction of light
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none of the above
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Solution

The correct option is A refraction of light
A spherical air bubble in glass would actually act just like a diverging lens - that is, if we looked through the bubble the object would always be upright but would be smaller than the object really was. This is due to refraction of light.

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