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Why Upper Surface of Water Contained in a Beaker and Above Eye Level Appears Silvery? - Physics

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Why upper surface of water contained in a beaker and above eye level appears silvery?

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Critical angle for water is 49°. The rays of light entering the water from below, suffer refraction. If these rays strike the water-air surface at an angle which is greater than 48°, they get totally internally reflected. These rays on emerging out of the water, appear to come from the upper surface of the water, which in turn appears silvery.

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पाठ 3: Refraction of Light - Short Answers

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आईसीएसई Physics [English] Class 10
पाठ 3 Refraction of Light
Short Answers | Q 6

संबंधित प्रश्‍न

A student traces the path of a ray of light passing through a rectangular glass slab and marks the angle of incidence i, angle of refraction r and angle of emergence e, as shown.

The correctly marked angle(s) is/are

(A) ∠ i only

(B) ∠ e only

(C) ∠ r only

(D) ∠ i and ∠ e


After tracing the path of a ray of light passing through a rectangular glass slab for four different values of the angle of incidence, a student reported his observations in tabular form as given below:

S.No ∠ i ∠ r ∠ e
I 30° 19° 29°
II 40° 28° 40°
III 50° 36° 50°
IV 60° 40° 59°

The best observation is

(A) I

(B) II

(C) III

(D) IV


State the dependence of angle of deviation On the refractive index of the material of the prism.


Light of a single colour is passed through a liquid having a piece of glass suspended in it. On changing the temperature of liquid, at a particular temperature the glass piece is not seen. When is the glass piece not seen?


The refractive index of glass is 1.5. From a point P inside a glass block, draw rays PA, PB and PC incident on the glass air surface at an angle of incidence 30°, 42° and 60° respectively.

  1. In the diagram show the approximate direction of these rays as they emerge out of the block.
  2. What is the angle of refraction for the ray PB? 

`("Take" sin 42° =2/3)` 


A ray of light falls normally on the surface of a transparent glass slab. Draw a ray diagram to show its path and also mark angle of incidence and angle of emergence.


For which colour of white light, is the refractive index of a transparent medium the least?

A glass slab is placed over a page on which the word VIBGYOR is printed with each letter in its corresponding colour.

  1. Will the image of all the letters be in the same place?
  2. If not, the state which letter will be raised to the maximum. Give a reason for your answer.

The refractive index of air with respect to glass is defined: as gµa = sin i/sin r
Write down a similar expression for aµin terms of angle i and r.


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.


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