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प्रश्न
Fill in the following blank with suitable word:
Light bends when is passes from water into air. We say that it is ............
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उत्तर
Light bends when is passes from water into air. We say that it is refracted.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Name the phenomenon responsible for the following effect:
When we sit in front of a plane mirror and write with our right hand, if appears in the mirror that we are writing with the left hand.
What is lateral inversion? Explain by giving a suitable example.
What is meant by 'reflection of light'?
Define the following terms used in the study of reflection of light by drawing a labelled ray-diagram:
(a) Incident ray
(b) Point of incidence
(c) Normal
(d) Reflected ray
(e) Angle of incidence
(f) Angle of reflection
The figure given alongside shows the image of a clock as seen a plane mirror. The correct time is:
Figure
(a) 2.25
(b) 2.35
(c) 6.45
(d) 9.25
If a ray of light goes form a denser medium to a rarer medium, will it bend towards the normal or away from the normal?
Why does a ray of light bend when it travels from one medium to another?
When a light ray passes from air into glass, what happens to its speed? Draw a diagram to show which way the ray of light bends.
A ray of light passes from a medium X to another medium Y. No refraction of light occurs if the ray of light hits the boundary of medium Y at an angle of:
(a) 0°
(b) 45°
(c) 90°
(d) 120°
A small air bubble in a glass block when seen from above appears to be raised because of ______.
Define the principal focus of a concave mirror.
The refractive index of a transparent medium is always greater than ______.
A pencil when dipped in water in a glass tumbler appears to be bent at the interface of air and water. Will the pencil appear to be bent to the same extent, if instead of water we use liquids like, kerosene or turpentine. Support your answer with reason.
Which object use the reflection of light?
Light travels fastest in a vacuum. Why?
A water tank appears shallower when it is viewed from the top due to refraction.
Which is optically denser out of the two medium M1& M2 having the refractive indices = 1.71 and 1.36 respectively?
Under what circumstances there won’t be any refraction of light when it enters from one medium to another?
In refraction of light through a glass slab, the directions of the incident ray and the refracted ray are ______.
