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प्रश्न
As light rays pass from air into a glass prism, are they refracted towards or away from the normal?
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उत्तर
As light rays pass from the air into a glass prism, they are refracted towards the normal because glass is denser than air.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
The path of a ray of light passing through a glass prism is shown below:

In this diagram, the angle of prism, angle of incidence, angle of emergence and angle of deviation, respectively, have been represented by:
(A) O, Y, Z and N,
(B) P, Y, M and Z,
(C) O, X, M and Z,
(D) P, X, Z and N.
Why do the component colours of incident white light split into a spectrum while passing through a glass prism, explain
Study the following ray diagram:

In this diagram, the angle of incidence, the angle of emergence and the angle of deviation respectively have been represented by
(A) y, p, z
(B) x, q, z
(C) p, y, z
(D) p, z, y
Define the term dispersion of white light.
What happens when a ray of ordinary light is passed through a triangular glass prism?
What is spectrum? What is the name of glass shape used to produce a spectrum?
Which is refracted most by a prism : red light or violet light? Explain why?
Which of the following colour of white light is least deviated by the prism?
(a) green
(b) violet
(c) indigo
(d) yellow
Define the term dispersion of light.
The diagram below shows the path taken by a narrow beam of yellow monochromatic light passing through an equiangular glass prism. If the yellow light is replaced by a narrow beam of white light incident at the same angle, draw another diagram to show the passage of white light through the prism and label it to show the effect of prism on the white light.

A ray of white light is passed through a glass prism and a spectrum is obtained on a screen.
- Name the seven colours of the spectrum in order.
- Do the colours have the same width in the spectrum?
- Which of the colour of the spectrum of white light deviates (i) the most, (ii) the least?
The frequency range of visible light is from 3.75 × 1014 Hz to 7.5 × 1014 Hz. Calculate its wavelength range. Take speed of light = 3 × 108 m/s.
A glass prism is able to produce the spectrum when white light passes through it, but a glass slab doesn’t produce any spectrum. Explain why it is so.
An object is placed in front of a converging lens and in front of a diverging lens as in fig.

(a)Complete the ray diagram to obtain an image.
(b)Compare the nature of image formed by both the lenses in the above case.
The wavelength range of white light is ______.
A wave has wavelength 50Å of State the speed in vacuum.
State two uses of ultraviolet radiation.
Write the range of wavelength of the visible spectrum.
The splitting of white light into its component colours is called ____________.
dispersive power of crown glass? Given that µv = 1.5230, µr = 1.5145
