(English Medium) ICSE Class 10 - CISCE Important Questions for Physics

A ray of light passes from water to air. How does the speed of light change?

Which colour of light travels fastest in any medium except air?

Name the factors affecting the critical angle for the pair of media.

Name a prism required for obtaining a spectrum of Ultraviolet light.

Light passes through a rectangular glass slab and through a triangular glass prism. In what way does the direction of the two emergent beams differ and why?

Why is the ratio of the velocities of light of wavelengths 4000Å and 8000Å in vacuum 1: 1?

Which of the above wavelengths has a higher frequency?

State the relation between the critical angle and the absolute refractive index of a medium.

Which colour of light has a higher critical angle? Red light or green light.

The following diagram shows a 60°, 30°, 90° glass prism of critical angle 42°, Copy the diagram and complete the path of incident ray AB emerging out of the prism marking the angle of incidence on each surface.

A ray of light XY passes through a right-angled isosceles prism as shown below

1. What is the angle through which the incident ray deviates and emerges out of the prism?
2. Name the instrument where this action of the prism is put into use.
3. Which prism surface will behave as a mirror?

Draw the diagram of a right-angled isosceles prism which is used to make an invented image erect.

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.

(i) Define critical angle.
(ii) State one important factor which affects the critical angle of a given medium.

(i) What is the relation between the refractive index of water with respect to air `("_aμ_\text(w))` and the refractive index of air with respect to water `("_\text(w)μ_ a)` .
(ii) If the refractive index of water with respect to air `("_aμ_\text(w))` is`5/3`. Calculate the refractive index of air with respect to water `("_\text(w)μ_ a)` . 

The diagram below shows a light source P embedded in a rectangular glass block ABCD of critical angle 42°. Complete the path of the ray PQ till it emerges out of the block. [Write necessary angles].

When a ray of light travels normal to the given surface, then the angle of refraction is ______.

Small air bubbles rising up a fish tank appear silvery when viewed from some particular angle is due to the ______.

The diagram below shows two parallel rays A (Orange) & B (Blue) incident from air, on air-glass boundary.

1. Copy and complete the path of the rays A and B.
2. How do the speeds of these rays differ in glass?
3. Are the two refracted rays in glass parallel? Give a reason.

A coin kept inside water [µ = 4/3] when viewed from air in a vertical direction appears to be raised by 3.0 mm. Find the depth of the coin in water.