A person standing on the land appears taller than his actual height to a fish inside a pond

CBSE Class 10 CBSE Class 10 Science
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Assertion (A) : A person standing on the land appears taller than his actual height to a fish inside a pond.
Reason ® : Light bends away from the normal as it enters air from water. Which of the following is correct ? Explain.

a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
b) Both A and R are true and R is not the correct explanation of A.
c) A is true but R is false.
d) Both A and R are false.
e) A is false but R is true.

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i) The fisherman is in air and the fish is in water.
ii) For fish, the light rays passes from denser medium (water) to rarer medium (air) when it watches the man.
iii) So the light rays bends away from the normal. So the person on land appears taller than his actual height.
.-. So, ‘A’ is the correct answer.