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Choose the denser medium from the given figure:

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Both medium has same refractive index

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Medium 1 is denser, medium 2 is rarer

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Medium 1 is rarer, medium 2 is denser

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Solution

The correct option is B
Medium 1 is denser, medium 2 is rarer

Light rays bend away from the normal while moving from denser medium to rarer medium and vice-versa.

So, from the figure, we can infer that medium 1 is denser.

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