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The phenomenon which causes mirage is – |
A. | Interference |
B. | Diffraction |
C. | Polarisation |
D. | Total internal reflection |
Answer» D. Total internal reflection | |
Explanation: Mirage is caused by total internal reflection in deserts where due to heating of the earth, refractive index of air near the surface of earth becomes lesser than above it. A ray of light coming from a distant object gets refracted from a denser to a rarer medium. |
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