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प्रश्न
Fill in the blank with suitable word:
When a ray of light enters a prism, it bends ................ the normal ; as it leaves the prism, it bends ................. the normal.
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उत्तर
When a ray of light enters a prism, it bends towards the normal; as it leaves the prism, it bends away from the normal.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Describe an activity to show that colours of white light splitted by a glass prism can be recombined to get white light by another identical glass prism. Also draw ray diagram to show the recombination of the spectrum of white light.
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.
Draw a ray diagram to explain the term angle of deviation.
In the formation of spectrum of white light by a prism:
which colour is deviated most?
Draw a diagram to show how white light can be dispersed into a spectrum by using a glass prism. Mark the various colours of the spectrum.
Make two diagrams to explain refraction and dispersion.
Out of the following, the colour of light having the maximum wavelength is:
(a) violet
(b) indigo
(c) green
(d) orange
Why do you not see a spectrum of colours when light passes through a flat pane of glass?
A ray of white light falls on a prism. Draw a ray diagram to show that the prism disperses the white light.
- A beam of monochromatic light undergoes minimum deviation through an equiangular prism, how does the beam pass through the prism, with respect to its base?
- If white light is used in the same way as in part (a) above, what change do you expect in the emergent beam?
- What conclusion do you draw about the nature of white light in part (b)?
In an experiment to trace the path of a ray of light through a triangular glass prism, a student would observe that the emergent ray
(a) is parallel to the incident ray.
(b) is along the same direction of incident ray.
(c) gets deviated and bends towards the thinner part of the prism.
(d) gets deviated and bends towards the thicker part (base) of the prism.
Refer to fig
(i) Name the lens L.
(ii) What are the points O, O' called?
(iii) Complete the diagram to form the image of the object AB.
(iv) Write three characteristics of the image.

An object AB is placed in front of a convex lens as shown in fig. 4. Complete the ray diagram and obtain the image formed and state the nature of the image.

A wave has wavelength 50Å of State the speed in vacuum.
State two properties of ultra-violet radiations which differ from visible light.
State the correct sequence (1-7) of colours in the spectrum formed by the prisms A and B, shown in the following figure.

Which one of the following is involved for the formation of rainbow in the sky?
Assertion: We can see the rainbow in the sky when the rain starts falling after a spell of bright sunlight.
Reason: The rainbow is formed due to the dispersion of light.
A prism of refractive index `sqrt2` and refracting angle A produces minimum deviation δm of a ray on one face at an angle of incidence 45°, The values of A and δm are, respectively ______.
When sunlight passes through water droplets in the atmosphere it gets dispersed into its constituent colours forming a rainbow. A similar phenomenon is observed when white light passes through a prism.
Which colour will show the maximum angle of deviation and which colour will show the minimum angle of deviation?
