$A$ light beam travelling along the $X$-axis with a planar wavefront is incident on a medium of thickness $t$. In the region where light is falling,the refractive index varies such that $(dn/dy) > 0$. The light beam on the other side of the medium will emerge:

  • A
    parallel to the $X$-axis
  • B
    bending downward
  • C
    bending upward
  • D
    split into two or more beams

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