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When a ray of light passes through a rectangular glass block, the direction of emergent ray is .......... to the incident ray.

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perpendicular

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parallel

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tangential

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None

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Solution

The correct option is B parallel
When a ray of light passes through a rectangular glass block, the direction of emergent ray is parallel to the incident ray as shown in the figure.

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