Question

Assertion (A): A person standing on the land appears taller than his actual height to a fish inside a pond.
Reason (R): Light bends away from the normal as it enters air from water.

• A. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
• B. Both A and R are true and R is not the correct explanation of A.
• C. Both A and R are false.
• D. A is true but R is false.
• E. A is false but R is true.

Answer 1

The correct option is A Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.

We know that a light ray bends away from the normal when it enters from optically denser to optically rarer medium. Due to this; the image formed of the object in rarer medium appears larger which makes the man standing on the land appears taller than its actual height to a fish inside a pond.