Questions Based on High Order Thinking Skills (HOTS)

Author:Lakhmir Singh & Manjit Kaur

Lakhmir Singh Physics Solutions for Exercise - Questions Based on High Order Thinking Skills (HOTS)

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Questions from Questions Based on High Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) with Hints & Solutions

EASY
10th CBSE
IMPORTANT

A vertical ray of light strikes the horizontal surface of water: The angle of incidence is found to be x°. The value of x is:

EASY
10th CBSE
IMPORTANT

A vertical ray of light strikes the horizontal surface of water:
What is the angle of refraction (in degree)? (Choose out of: 45, 90, 180, 0)

EASY
10th CBSE
IMPORTANT

How does the light have to enter the glass:

To produce a large amount of bending?

EASY
10th CBSE
IMPORTANT

How does the light have to enter the glass:

For no refraction to happen?

EASY
10th CBSE
IMPORTANT

How must light travel out of a substance if it is not going to be refracted?

EASY
10th CBSE
IMPORTANT

Draw and complete the following diagrams to show what happens to the beams of light as they enter the glass block and then leave it:

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MEDIUM
10th CBSE
IMPORTANT

Why does a beam of light bend when it enters glass at an angle? Why does it not bend if it enters the glass at right angles?