In which medium is the speed of light the highest?

The absolute refractive index of any medium is always $.....$

The following table gives the values of refractive indices of a few media:

$S.No.$	$1$	$2$	$3$	$4$	$5$
Medium	Water	Crown glass	Rock salt	Ruby	Diamond
Refractive index	$1.33$	$1.52$	$1.54$	$1.71$	$2.42$

Use this table to give an example of $(i)$ a medium pair so that light speeds up when it goes from one of these media to another. $(ii)$ a medium pair so that light slows down when it goes from one of these media to another.

Find out,from the table,the medium having the highest optical density. Also,find the medium with the lowest optical density.

Material medium	Refractive index
Air	$1.0003$
Ice	$1.31$
Water	$1.33$
Alcohol	$1.36$
Kerosene	$1.44$
Fused quartz	$1.46$
Turpentine oil	$1.47$
Benzene	$1.50$
Crown glass	$1.52$
Canada Balsam	$1.53$
Rock salt	$1.54$
Carbon disulphide	$1.63$
Dense flint glass	$1.65$
Ruby	$1.71$
Sapphire	$1.77$
Diamond	$2.42$

The absolute refractive indices of glass and water are $4/3$ and $3/2$ respectively. If the speed of light in glass is $2 \times 10^{8} \ m \ s^{-1}$,calculate the speed of light in $(i)$ vacuum,$(ii)$ water.

$A$ light ray enters from medium $A$ to medium $B$ as shown in the figure. The refractive index of medium $B$ relative to $A$ will be