The relative refractive index be greater than one when light transmits from a rarer to denser medium.

True

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False

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Solution

The correct option is A True
A relative refractive index is the ratio of the absolute refractive index of the second medium to first. A rarer medium has a low absolute refractive index as compared to the denser medium, so here relative refractive index will be >1.

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