When a ray of light enters a denser medium from a rarer medium:

It bends towards the normal

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It bends away from the normal

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It does not bend

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It always gets reflected

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Solution

The correct option is A It bends towards the normal
When a light ray travels from a rarer medium to a denser medium, the speed of light reduces, and it bends towards the normal.

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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.

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