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For total internal reflection to take place a ray of light must : 

(a) travel from denser to rarer medium 

(b) travel from rarer to denser medium 

(c) medium does not play any role 

(d) none of these

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What is the reason? I mean it should be TRAVELLING IN THE SAME MEDIUM right? coz TIR occurs in one medium only that's why it is REFLECTION and not REFRACTION......
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when the light goes from denser to rarer medium it bends away from the normal and at a particular angle of incidence, called critical angle, the angle of refraction becomes 90 degrees. If the angle of incidence in the denser medium is greater than the critical angle, TIR takes place. So, the answer is (a)

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(a) travel from denser to rarer medium.

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