Physics PYQ 78 of 144 · Optics

The speed of light will be minimum while passing through

  1. AVacuum
  2. Bair
  3. Cglass
  4. Dwater
  5. ENone of the above/More than one of the above

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Correct answer: (c) glass

Explanation

Speed of light is inversely proportional to a medium's refractive index (v = c/n); a denser medium slows light more.

Among the options, glass has the highest refractive index (about 1.5), versus vacuum and air (≈1) and water (1.33).

Therefore light travels slowest, with minimum speed, while passing through glass.

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