Light bends away from the normal when it travels from water to air.

True

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False

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Solution

The correct option is A True
A light ray traveling obliquely from a denser medium like water to a rarer medium like air will always move away from normal.
It is due to the refraction of the light ray passing from denser (water) medium to rarer (air) medium.

Hence, the given statement is true.

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When a ray of light from air enters a denser medium, it :

(a) bends away from the normal

(b) bends towards the normal

(d) is reflected back.

From fig A, When light travels from air to water, it bends…….. normal, and when it travels from water to air, it bends……….. normal.

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