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A transparent medium both reflects and refracts the light. Explain

Important Questions on Refraction at Plane Surfaces

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S CHAND'S ICSE PHYSICS BOOK 2>Chapter 4 - Refraction at Plane Surfaces>QUESTIONS>Q 2
What is the speed of light in vacuum? Name the only medium in which speed of light is equal to that of vacuum.
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S CHAND'S ICSE PHYSICS BOOK 2>Chapter 4 - Refraction at Plane Surfaces>QUESTIONS>Q 3
Arrange the following mediums in decreasing order of the speed of light through them: Diamond, water, glass and air.
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S CHAND'S ICSE PHYSICS BOOK 2>Chapter 4 - Refraction at Plane Surfaces>QUESTIONS>Q 4
What are optically rarer and denser mediums? Give an example when glass behaves as a i rarer, ii denser medium.
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S CHAND'S ICSE PHYSICS BOOK 2>Chapter 4 - Refraction at Plane Surfaces>QUESTIONS>Q 5
What is absolute refractive index of a transparent medium? Explain.
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S CHAND'S ICSE PHYSICS BOOK 2>Chapter 4 - Refraction at Plane Surfaces>QUESTIONS>Q 6
Speed of light in a transparent medium is 2.4×108 m/s. What is the absolute refractive index of the medium?
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S CHAND'S ICSE PHYSICS BOOK 2>Chapter 4 - Refraction at Plane Surfaces>QUESTIONS>Q 7
Absolute refractive index of diamond is 2.4. What is the speed of light in diamond?
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S CHAND'S ICSE PHYSICS BOOK 2>Chapter 4 - Refraction at Plane Surfaces>QUESTIONS>Q 8
Speed of light in water and in glass is 2.24×108 ms-1 and 2.0×108 ms-1 respectively. What is the refractive index of water with respect to glass?
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S CHAND'S ICSE PHYSICS BOOK 2>Chapter 4 - Refraction at Plane Surfaces>QUESTIONS>Q 9
Calculate the time taken by a light ray when it passes through a glass sheet of thickness 2 mm. Given refractive index of glass with respect to air μga=32 and c=3.0×108 ms-1