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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
When rays of light are incident on a glass slab then the incident ray and emergent ray are _________ each other.
- perpendicular
- parallel
- opposite
- concurrent
Write a short note on dispersion of light.
Name one factor that affects the lateral displacement of light as it passes through a rectangular glass slab.
A ray of light passes from water to air. How does the speed of light change?
Observe the following figure and answer the questions given under it:

1) How many times does refraction take place in the above figure?
2) What happens to the ray of light when it passes from air to glass?
3) What happens to the ray of light when it passes from glass to air?
4) What are the rays AB and CD in the figure called?
5) Define refraction.
How does the angle of deviation produced by a prism change with increase in the angle of incidence. Draw a curve showing the variation in the angle of deviation with the angle of incidence at a prism surface.
A ray of light passes from air to water. In fig. 39, which of the ray A, B, C and D is the correct refracted ray?

Name the phenomenon responsible in the following case:
Apparent bending of a stick in water
Why upper surface of water contained in a beaker and above eye level appears silvery?
What is the refractive index of water
