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By how much time is the sunset delayed due to atmospheric refraction?

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20 minutes

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2 minutes

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C

5 minutes

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2 hours

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Solution

The correct option is B
2 minutes

We can see the sun 2 minutes after the actual sunset because of atmospheric refraction.

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