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Define normal shift. Obtain an expression for normal shift when an object in a denser medium is viewed from a rarer medium.

Important Questions on Light- Reflection and Refraction

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When Mars is viewed through a telescope it does not appear to twinkle. Comment.

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Mention any four phenomena that can be observed due to atmospheric refraction of light on the earth.
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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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If the refractive index of water with respect to air (μwa )  is 53.  Calculate the refractive index of air with respect to water (μaw ).

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Because of early sunrise and late sunset, the length of day becomes _____ minutes long. 
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Write the reason for twinkling of stars in the sky.
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Which equation not represent snell’s law?
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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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Which of the following has a higher Refractive Index?
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An air bubble in a glass slab with refractive index 1.5 (near-normal incidence) is 5 cm deep when viewed from one surface and 3 cm deep when viewed from the opposite face. The thickness (in cm) of the slab is
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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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A ray of light is incident at an angle of incidence 60° on the glass slab of refractive index 3. After refraction, the light ray emerges out from other parallel faces and lateral shift between incident ray and emergent ray is 43 cm. The thickness of the glass slab is _____ cm.
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If a beam of red light and a beam of violet light are incident at the same angle on the inclined surface of a prism from air medium and produce angles of refraction r and v respectively. Which of the following is correct?

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A lens behaves as a converging lens in air and a diverging lens in water. The refractive index of lens is :
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Light enters from air to glass. If refractive index of glass is 1.5 and speed of light is 3×108 m s-1. Then the speed of light in the glass will be:
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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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A travelling microscope is focused on an ink dot. When a glass slab (n=1.5) of thickness 9 cm is introduced on the dot, the travelling microscope has to be moved by