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Explain angle of emergence in a rectangular glass slab.

Important Questions on Light- Reflection and Refraction

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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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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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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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Coloured band of light obtained by dispersion of white light is called
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In the diagram shown above n1, n2 and n3 are refractive indices of the media 1,2 and 3 respectively. Which one of the following is true in this case?

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The absolute refractive index of Ruby is 1.7. Find the speed of light in Ruby. The speed of light in vacuum is 3×108 ms.
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Two plane mirrors P & Q are kept at ? with respect to each other. Light falls on P is reflected and then fall on Q and is reflected. The emergent ray is opposite to the direction of incident ray. The ? is equal to :
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A ray of light is incident as shown. If A, B and C are three transparent media, then which among the following options is true for the given diagram?

 

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The refractive index of medium A is 1.5 and that of medium B is 1.33. If the speed of light in air is  3×108 m/s, what is the speed of light in medium A and B respectively?

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The order of various colours observed in the spectrum of sunlight is given below. Choose the correct order. 
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A glass slab is placed over a piece of paper on which VIBGYOR is printed with each letter in its corresponding colours. The colour that appears to be raised maximum is :
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The splitting of white light into 7colours is called
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What will be the velocity and wavelength of light in a medium of refractive index 1.5 if the wavelength of the light is 6000 A in air medium?. Take the speed of light in air=3×108 m s-1.

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The refraction of light by a prism is shown in the following figure. Then D is:

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A thin Prims P1 with angle 4° and made from glass of refractive index 1.54 is combined with another thing Prism P2  made from glass of refractive index 1.72 to produce dispersion without deviation. The angle of Prism P2 is :
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According to wave theory the reason for different colours of light is
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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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A ray of light starting from air passes through medium A of refractive index 1.50, enters medium B of refractive index 1.33 and, finally enters medium C of refractive index 2.42. If this ray emerges out in air from C, then for which of the following pairs of media the bending of light is least?

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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?