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For the angle of minimum deviation of a prism to be equal to its refracting angle, the prism must be made of a material whose refractive index

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Important Questions on Ray Optics

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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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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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The refracting angle of prism is A and refractive index of material of prism is cotA2. The angle of minimum derivation is
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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 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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Monochromatic light passes through a prism. Compared to that in air, inside the prism the light's
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A ray of light falls upon a 60° prism (μ=2) and it suffers minimum deviation. The angle of incidence for this ray must be
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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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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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Consider two equivalent, triangular hollow prisms A and B made of thin glass plates and arranged with negligible spacing as shown in the figure. A beam of white light is incident on prism A from the left. Given that, the refractive index of water is inversely related to temperature, the beam to the right of prism B would not appear white, if

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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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The angle of prism and refractive index of the material of the prism are A and cotA2 respectively. The angle of minimum deviation of the prism 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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A ray of light passes through an equilateral glass prism in such a manner that the angle of incidence is equal to the angle of emergence and each of these angles is equal to 34 of the angle of the prism. The angle of deviation is
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If 'A' is the angle of prism, r angle of refraction, then the condition for minimum deviation is
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A equiangular glass prism of Refractive Index 1.6  is kept fully immersed in water of refractive index 43 for a certain ray of monochromatic light. What is the closest value for the angle of minimum deviation of the light ray in this setup? (Take sin37°=0.6)
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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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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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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: