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When a ray of light from air enters a denser medium, it ______.

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प्रश्न

When a ray of light from air enters a denser medium, it ______.

विकल्प

  • Bends away from the normal

  • Bends towards the normal

  • Goes undeviated

  • Is reflected back

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उत्तर

When a ray of light from air enters a denser medium, it bends towards the normal.

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अध्याय 4: Refraction of Light at Plane Surfaces - EXERCISE - 4 (A) [पृष्ठ ८२]

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सेलिना Concise Physics Part 2 [English] Class 10 ICSE
अध्याय 4 Refraction of Light at Plane Surfaces
EXERCISE - 4 (A) | Q 1. | पृष्ठ ८२

संबंधित प्रश्न

Study the following four experimental set-ups I, II, III and IV for the experiment, "To trace the path of a ray of light through a rectangular glass slab."

Which of the marked set-ups is likely to give best results (P1 and P2 are the positions of pins fixed on the incident ray)?

(A) I

(B) II

(C) III

(D) IV


Draw a ray diagram to show the refraction of a monochromatic ray through a prism when it suffers minimum deviation


Write a relationship between the angle of incidence and angle of refractions for a given pair of media


 How can you bend light away from the normal?


A monochromatic ray of light passes from air to glass. The wavelength of light in air is λ, the speed of light in air is c and in glass is V. If the absolute refractive index of glass is 1.5, write down

  1. the relationship between c and V,
  2. the wavelength of light in glass.

Rahim recorded the following sets of observations while tracing the path of a ray of light passing through a rectangular glass slab for different angles of incidence.

S. No.

Angle of incidence

Angle of refraction

Angle of emergence

I

45°

41°

45°

II

40°

38°

38°

III

45°

41°

40°

IV

41°

45°

41°

The correct observation is recorded at serial number: 

(1) I

(2) II 

(3) III 

(4) IV 


What do you mean by the term refraction?

The speed of light in air is 3 × 10ms-1. Calculate the speed of light in water. The refractive index of water is 4/3.


Write the approximate values of speed of light in (i) air and (ii) glass. Use these values to calculate the refractive index of glass with respect to air.


A glass block is having refractive index 3/2, the light ray is incident at an angle 45°. Find the sine of the angle of, refraction inside the glass block.


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