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A light ray travelling in glass medium is incident on glass-air interface at an angle of incidence θ. The reflected (R) and transmitted (T) intensities, both as function of θ, are plotted. The correct sketch is:

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Important Questions on Refraction of Light at a Plane Interface : Total Internal Reflection : Optical Fibre

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A ray of white light is incident on the interface of glass and air, as shown. The angle of incidence is such that green light just suffers total internal reflection. The ray of light emerging from glass to air contains:

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A ray of light travelling in water is incident on its surface open to air. The angle of incidence is θ, which is less than the critical angle. Then, there will be:

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A transparent solid cylindrical rod has a refractive index of 23.  It is surrounded by air. A light ray is incident at the mid-point of one end of the rod as shown in figure. The incident angleθ for which the light ray grazes along the wall of the rod is:

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The angle of a prism is ‘A’. One of its refracting surfaces is silvered. Light rays falling at an angle of incidence 2A on the first surface returns back through the same path after suffering reflection at the silvered surface. The refractive index n, of the prism is:

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A ray of light AO in vacuum is incident on a glass slab at angle 60° and refracted at angle 30° along OB as shown in the figure. The refractive index of the material of the glass slab is 3. The optical path length of the light ray from A to B is:

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In figure, the optical fibre is l= 2 m long and has a diameter of d=20 μm. If a ray of light is incident on one end of the fibre at angle θ1=40°, the number of reflection it makes before emerging from the other end is close to : (refractive index of fibre is 1.31 and sin 40°=0.64)

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A transparent cube, made of a material of refractive index n2, is immersed in a liquid of refractive index n1(n1<n2). A ray is incident on the face AB at an angle θ (shown in the figure). Total internal reflection takes place at point E on the face BC.

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Then θ must satisfy:

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In total internal reflection, when the angle of incidence is equal to the critical angle for the pair of media in contact, what will be the angle of refraction?