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Important Questions on Ray Optics

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The angle of a prism is 60o . When light is incident at an angle of 60o on the prism, the angle of emergence is 40o . The angle of incidence i for which the light ray will deviate the least is such that
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The refracting angle of a prism is A , and refractive index of the material of the prism is cotA2. The angle of minimum deviation is
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A glass prism has a right-triangular cross section, ABC, with A=90°. A ray of light parallel to the hypotenuse, BC and, incident on the side, AB emerges grazing the side, AC. Another ray, again parallel to the hypotenuse, BC, incident on the side, AC suffers total internal reflection at the side, AB. Which one of the following must be true about the refractive index, μ of the material of the prism?
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Monochromatic light passes through a prism. Compared to that in air, inside the prism the light's
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A parallel beam of light is incident from air at an angle α on the side PQ of a right angled triangular prism of refractive index n=2 . Light undergoes total internal reflection in the prism at the face PR when α has a minimum value of 45o. The angle θ of the prism is:

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A rectangular block is composed of three different glass prisms (with refractive indices μ1, μ2 and  μ3 ) as shown in the figure below. A ray of light incident normal to the left face emerges normal to the right face. Then the refractive indices are related by

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A ray of light is incident at an angle of 60 on one face of a prism of angle 30 . The emergent ray of light makes an angle of 30 with incident ray. The angle made by the emergent ray with second face of prism will be:
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A ray of light is incident at 60° on one face of a prism of angle 30° and the emergent ray makes 30° with the incident ray. The refractive index of the prism is 
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The graph between angle of deviation δ and angle of incidence i for a triangular prism is represented by :
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It was found that the refractive index of material of a certain prism varied as 1.5+0.004λ2, where λ is the wavelength of light used to measure the refractive index. The same material was then used to construct a thin prism of apex angle 10°. Angles of minimum deviation δm of the prism were recorded for the sources with wavelengths λ1 and λ2 respectively. Then
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A thin prism having refracting angle 10o is made of glass of refractive index 1.42. This prism is combined with another thin prism made of glass of refractive index 1.7. This combination produces dispersion without deviation. The refracting angle of second prism should be
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Monochromatic light is incident on a glass prism of angle A. If the refractive index of the material of the prism is μ , a ray, incident at an angle θ , on the face AB would get transmitted through the face AC of the prism provided:

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In an experiment for determination of refractive index of glass of a prism by i v/s δ plot, it was found that a ray incident at angle 35o , suffers a deviation of 40o and that it emerges at angle 79o . In that case which of the following is closest to the maximum possible value of the refractive index?
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A prism is made up of material of refractive index 2. The angle of the prism is A . If the angle of minimum deviation is equal to the angle of the prism, the value of A is
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For an isosceles prism of angle A and refractive index μ it is found that, the angle of minimum deviation is  δm=A. Which of the following options is/are correct?
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A certain prism produces a minimum deviation of 42°. It produces a deviation of 45° when the angle of incidence is either 43° or 62°. The angle of incidence when the prism undergoes minimum deviation is
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A certain prism is found to produce a minimum deviation of 38°. It produces a deviation of 44° when the angle of incidence is either 42° or 62°. What is the angle of incidence when it is undergoing minimum deviation?
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What is the required condition, if the light incident on one face of a prism, does not emerge from the other face?
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The angle of incidence for a ray of light at a refracting surface of a prism is 45o. The angle of prism is 60o. If the ray suffers minimum deviation through the prism, the angle of minimum deviation and refractive index of the material of the prism respectively, are:
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Which of the following is correct?