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प्रश्न
Due to _______ pencil looks bent in water, in the given experiment.
पर्याय
refraction of light
dispersion of light
internal reflection of light
reflection of light
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उत्तर
Due to refraction of light pencil looks bent in water, in the given experiment.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
What is lateral inversion? Explain by giving a suitable example.
Write all the capital letters of the alphabet which look the same in a plane mirror.
The angle of reflection is equal to the angle of incidence:
(a) always
(b) sometimes
(c) under special conditions
(d) never
The image formed by a plane mirror is :
(a) virtual, behind the mirror and enlarged.
(b) virtual, behind the mirror and of the same size as the object.
(c) real, at the surface of the mirror and enlarged.
(d) real, behind the mirror and of the same size as the object.
The figure given alongside shows the image of a clock as seen in a plane mirror. The correct time is:
State two effects caused by the refraction of light.
A ray of light passes from air into a block of glass. Does it bend towards the normal or away from it?
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.
A coin in a glass tumbler appears to rise as the glass tumbler is slowly filled with water. Name the phenomenon responsible for this effect.
Show the lateral displacement of the ray on the diagram.
When a ray of light travelling in glass enters into water obliquely:
(a) it is refracted towards the normal
(b) it is not refracted at all
(c) it goes along the normal
(d) it is refracted away from the normal
How does the light have to enter the glass:
to produce a large amount of bending?
How does the light have to enter the glass:
for no refraction to happen?
Light travels at a lower speed in water than in air.
Water is optically .......... than air.
The diagram (figure) given below shows two parallel rays 1 and 2 incident on (a) a concave mirror, (b) a convex mirror. Draw the reflected rays and mark the focus by the symbol F.
A light ray suffers reflection and refraction at the boundary in passing from air to water. Draw a neat labelled ray diagram to show it.
A ray of light passes from medium 1 to medium 2. Which of the following quantities of the refracted ray will differ from that of the incident ray: Speed, intensity, frequency, wavelength?
Define the principal focus of a concave mirror.
Light enters from air to glass having refractive index 1.50. What is the speed of light in the glass? The speed of light in vacuum is 3 × 108 m s−1.
What is atmospheric reflection? Explain with the help of a labelled diagram that the position of a star as seen by us is not its true position.
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.
A real image is formed by the light rays after reflection or refraction when they:
- actually meet or intersect with each other.
- actually converge at a point.
- appear to meet when they are produced in the backward direction.
- appear to diverge from a point.
Which of the above statements are correct?
The laws of reflection hold true for ______.
Write scientific reason.
The bottom of a pond appears raised.
Observe the given figure and name the following.
| Ray AB | |
| Ray NM | |
| Ray MD | |
| ∠ r |
Observe the given figure and write appropriate phenomenon of light in the box.
Explain the working of a periscope.
Why does a ray of light bend when it travels from one medium to another?
Explain with diagrams how refraction of incident light takes place from
- rarer to denser medium
- denser to rarer medium
- normal to the surface separating the two media.
The refractive index of a transparent medium is always greater than ______.
The angle of incidence from air to glass at the point O on the hemispherical glass slab is.
In the above diagram light is travelling through different media. It is noted by a scientist that ∠1= ∠3 = ∠4 but ∠2 < ∠1. Which of the following statement would be correct?
How does the light travel?
The ratio of the sine of the angle of incidence to the sine of ______ is constant.
A water tank appears shallower when it is viewed from the top due to refraction.
In refraction of light through a glass slab, the directions of the incident ray and the refracted ray are ______.
