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प्रश्न
What do you understand by the statement the refractive index of glass is 1.5 for white light?
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उत्तर
The refractive index of glass is 1.5 for white light means white light travels in air 1.5 times faster than in glass.
संबंधित प्रश्न
Light of a single colour is passed through a liquid having a piece of glass suspended in it. On changing the temperature of liquid, at a particular temperature the glass piece is not seen. When is the glass piece not seen?
With the help of diagram of the principal section of a prism, indicate its refracting surfaces, refracting edge and base.
A student traces the path of a ray of white light through a rectangular glass slab and marks, the angles of incidence (∠i) , refraction (∠r) and emergence (∠e) as shown. Which angle or angles has he not marked correctly?

(A) ∠i only
(B) ∠i and ∠r
(C) ∠i and ∠e
(D) ∠r and ∠e
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- the angle of refraction and
- the angle of deviation for the ray?
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(a) Name the phenomenon that is taking place.
(b) What colour would you see at X and Y?
(c) What radiation would you detect above X and below Y?

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What do you understand by the deviation produced by a prism?
The diagram shows the path of a ray of light through a rectangular glass block placed in a liquid of uniform density.

Show with the help of a ray diagram the path of the ray when incident ray normally falls on the first surface of the glass block and passes through the block and the liquid.
What is lateral displacement?
