Question

Assertion: When a pencil is partly immersed in water and held obliquely to the surface, the pencil appears to bend at the water surface.

Reason: The apparent bending of the pencil is due to the refraction of light when it passes from water to air.

विकल्प

• Both the Assertion and the Reason are correct and the Reason is the correct explanation of the Assertion.

• The Assertion and the Reason are correct but the Reason is not the correct explanation of the Assertion.

• Assertion is true but the Reason is false.

• The statement of the Assertion is false but the Reason is true.

Answer 1

Both the Assertion and the Reason are correct and the Reason is the correct explanation of the Assertion.