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The following table gives the values of refractive indices of a few medium.
S.No 1 2 3 4 5
Medium Water Crown glass Rock salt  Ruby Diamond
Refractive Index 1.33 1.52 1.54 1.71 2.42

Use this table  to give an example of 

(i) a medium pair so that light speeds up when it goes from one of these medium to another.

(ii) a medium pair so that light slows down when it goes from one of these medium of another.

Important Questions on Light : Reflection and Refraction

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(a) With the help of a ray diagram, show that when light falls obliquely on a side of a rectangular glass slab, the emergent ray is parallel to the incident ray.

(b) Show the lateral displacement on the ray of diagram.

 

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With the help of a ray diagram show that a blue ink dot marked on a sheet of paper appears to be raised. Which phenomenon of light is responsible for this effect?
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(a) A ray of light is incident at an angle of 45° at the interface of medium (1) and medium (2) as shown in the diagram. Redraw this diagram in your answer sheet and complete it. If the angle of refraction is 30°, find the refractive index of medium (2) w.r.t. medium (1).Given: sin 45°=12 and sin30°=12

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(b) If the second medium is water in place of medium (2), will the angle of refraction increase or decrease? Why? (Refractive index of water=43).

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(a) 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.

(b) The absolute refractive indices of two media 'A' and 'B' are 2.0 and 1.5  respectively. If the speed of light in medium 'B' is 2×108 m/s, calculate the speed of light in.

(i) Vacuum       (ii) Medium 'A'.

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A convex lens has focal length 20 cm. At what distance from the lens should the object be placed so that the image is formed at 40 cm on the other side of the lens? Also state the nature of image formed.
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An object is 50 cm tall is placed on the principal axis of a convex lens. Its 20 cm tall image is formed on the screen placed at a distance of 10 cm from the lens. Calculate the focal length of the lens.
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A convex lens forms a real image 4 times magnified at a distance of 60 cm from the lens. Calculate the power of the lens.
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A needle placed 45 cm from a lens forms an image on a screen placed 90 cm on the other side of the lens. Identify the type of lens. Determine its focal length and the power. What is the size of the image if the needle is 5 cm in height?