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Identify the denser medium and the rarer medium in the image.

Important Questions on Light and Optical Instrument

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Light enters from air to kerosene having refractive index of 1.47. What is the speed of light in kerosene, if the speed of light in air is 3×108 m s-1?

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Light enters from air to glass having refractive index 1.50. What is the speed of light in the glass? The speed of light in a vacuum is 3×108 ms.
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What is refraction of light? Draw the diagram of refraction of light in glass slab. Write the laws of refraction.
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In the given figure, AB is the incident ray, BC is the refracted ray and MN is the normal at the point of incidence. Which medium is more
denser? Why?

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Draw the path of a ray of light when it enters one of the faces of a glass slab at an angle of nearly 45°. Label on it (i) angle of refraction, (ii) angle of emergence and (iii) lateral displacement.
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"Ray of light travels from optically rarer medium to optically denser medium, it moves towards normal and when it travels from optically denser to optically rarer medium it moves away from the normal is known as refraction of light". Which of the following pentagon figures shows the correct refraction of light.

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Light enters from air to glass plate having 1.50 refractive index. What is the speed of light in glass? (Given-speed of light in vacuum 3×108 m s-1)

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When a ray of light is incident perpendicularly on a transparent glass slab, what will be its angle of deviation?

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State the laws of refraction of light. Explain the term 'absolute refractive index of a medium' and write an expression to relate it with the speed of light in vacuum.
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The refractive index of diamond is 2.42. What is the meaning of this statement?
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State the laws of refraction of light.
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What is the relation between the refractive index of water with respect to air μwa , and the refractive index of air with respect to water μaw .

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Explain the refraction of light through a rectangular glass slab with the help of a labelled diagram.
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What is lateral shift? Explain the refraction of light through rectangular glass slab with diagram.
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Which of the following has a higher Refractive Index?
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Between the angle of incidence and angle of refraction, which one is greater when light travels from a rarer to a denser medium?

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State the laws of refraction of light.
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A setting sun appears to be at an altitude higher than it really is. This is because of
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If the refractive index of water with respect to air (μwa )  is 53.  Calculate the refractive index of air with respect to water (μaw ).