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A ray of light travelling in water is incident on its open surface in air. The angle of incidence is `theta^@`, which is less than the critical angle. Then there will be

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only reflected ray and no refracted ray.

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only refrated ray and no reflected ray.

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a reflected ray and a refracted ray.and the angle between them would be less than 180-theta

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a reflected ray and a refracted ray.and the angle between them would be greater than 180-theta

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