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Railways PYQCBT 1 2016

RRB NTPC · Question 49

________is not an example of refraction of light.

  1. Twinkling effect of stars

  2. Mirages

  3. Lateral inversion

  4. Bending of light while passing through a medium

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Answer: (C) Lateral inversion

Explanation

The twinkling of stars, mirages and the bending of light as it passes between media are all due to refraction. Lateral inversion (left–right reversal in a mirror) is due to reflection, not refraction.