There are certain material developed in laboratories which have a negative refractive index (Fig. 9.3). A ray incident from air (medium 1) into such a medium (medium 2) shall follow a path given by
A.
The answer is the option (a)
When a material has a negative refractive index, it follows the Snell's law in an opposite manner. And when an incident ray from one medium (air) falls on them, it is bending just the way shown in option (a) that is on the same side of the normal.