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प्रश्न
Explain how to read the following message which was found on some blotting paper:
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उत्तर
Place a plane mirror in front of the message and see the image of the message. The mirror now reads as 'meet me at midnight'. The phenomenon of lateral inversion is used here..
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Which property of light makes a pencil cast a shadow when it is held in front of a light source?
Where is the image when you look at something in a mirror?
The boy walks towards the mirror at a speed of 1 m/s. At what speed does his image approach him?
State two effects caused by the refraction of light.
As light rays pass from water into glass, are they refracted towards the normal or away from the normal?
In which material do you think light rays travel faster-glass or air?
State whether the following statement is true or false:
Refraction occurs because light slows down in denser materials.
What is meant by 'refraction of light'? Draw a labelled ray diagram to show the refraction of light.
A ray of light travelling in air is incident on a rectangular glass block and emerges out into the air from the opposite face. Draw a labelled ray diagram to show the completer path of this ray of light. Mark the two points where the refraction of light takes place. What can you say about the final direction of ray of light?
What is meant by the 'angle of incidence' and the 'angle of refraction' for a ray of light?
Draw suitable diagrams to illustrate how a beam of light incident parallel to the principal axis is reflected by:
(a) a concave mirror, and (b) a convex mirror
Fill in the blank and Explain the completed sentences.
The change in ______ of light rays while going from one medium to another is called refraction.
List four characteristics of the image formed by a concave lens of focal length 20 cm when the object is placed at a distance of 40 cm from its optical centre.
List in proper sequence the steps of the experiment for determining the approximate focal length of a given concave mirror by obtaining the image of a distant object.
Due to _______ pencil looks bent in water, in the given experiment.

The incident rays and refracting rays are on opposite sides of the normal.
The angle of incidence for a ray of light having zero reflection angle is ______.
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?
How does the light travel?
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