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A crown glass prism of refracting angle 6° is to be used for deviation without dispersion with a flint glass of angle of prism α. Given: for crown glass μr=1.513 and μv=1.523 , for flint glass μr=1.645 and μv=1.665. Find α

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Important Questions on Ray Optics

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A ray PQ incident on the refracting face BA is refracted in the prism BAC as shown in the figure and emerges from the other refracting face AC as RS such that AQ=AR. If the angle of prism A=60o and the refractive index of the material of prism is 3, then the angle of deviation of the ray is

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A prism has a refracting angle of 60o. When placed in the position of minimum deviation, it produces a deviation of 30o. The angle of incidence is
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In an experiment for determination of refractive index of glass of a prism by i v/s δ plot, it was found that a ray incident at angle 35o , suffers a deviation of 40o and that it emerges at angle 79o . In that case which of the following is closest to the maximum possible value of the refractive index?
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A ray is incident at an angle of incidence i on one surface of a small angle prism (with angle of prism A) and emerges normally from the opposite surface. If the refractive index of the material of the prism is μ, then the angle of incidence is nearly equal to:
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The graph between angle of deviation δ and angle of incidence i for a triangular prism is represented by :
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A certain prism is found to produce a minimum deviation of 38°. It produces a deviation of 44° when the angle of incidence is either 42° or 62°. What is the angle of incidence when it is undergoing minimum deviation?
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A thin prism having refracting angle 10o is made of glass of refractive index 1.42. This prism is combined with another thin prism made of glass of refractive index 1.7. This combination produces dispersion without deviation. The refracting angle of second prism should be
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A thin prism P1 with angle 4° and made from glass of refractive index 1.54 is combined with another thin prism P2 made from glass of refractive index 1.72 to produce dispersion without deviation. The angle of prism for P2 is
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What is the required condition, if the light incident on one face of a prism, does not emerge from the other face?
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The refracting angle of a prism is A , and refractive index of the material of the prism is cotA2. The angle of minimum deviation is
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The focal length of a thin convex lens for red and blue rays are 100 cm and 96.8 cm respectively. Then, the dispersive power of the material of the lens is
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The angle of incidence for a ray of light at a refracting surface of a prism is 45o. The angle of prism is 60o. If the ray suffers minimum deviation through the prism, the angle of minimum deviation and refractive index of the material of the prism respectively, are:
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The refracting angle of prism is A and refractive index of material of prism is cotA2. The angle of minimum derivation is
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A ray of light is incident at 60° on one face of a prism of angle 30° and the emergent ray makes 30° with the incident ray. The refractive index of the prism is 
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In which colour have maximum dispersion
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In the given figure, what is the angle of prism?

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Which of the following colour suffers maximum deviation in a prism?
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A ray of light is incident at an angle of 60 on one face of a prism of angle 30 . The emergent ray of light makes an angle of 30 with incident ray. The angle made by the emergent ray with second face of prism will be:
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A parallel beam of light is incident from air at an angle α on the side PQ of a right angled triangular prism of refractive index n=2 . Light undergoes total internal reflection in the prism at the face PR when α has a minimum value of 45o. The angle θ of the prism is:

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Monochromatic light is incident on a glass prism of angle A. If the refractive index of the material of the prism is μ , a ray, incident at an angle θ , on the face AB would get transmitted through the face AC of the prism provided:

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