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Define refraction. Why does a ray of light bend while moving from one medium to another?

Important Questions on Reflection and Refraction

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Modern's ABC+ Of Science Physics>Chapter 4 - Reflection and Refraction>Practice Exercise 4C>Q 2
What are the laws of refraction?
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Modern's ABC+ Of Science Physics>Chapter 4 - Reflection and Refraction>Practice Exercise 4C>Q 3
Draw a ray diagram to show refraction of light through a glass slab and mark angle of refraction and the lateral shift suffered by the ray of light while passing through the slab.
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Modern's ABC+ Of Science Physics>Chapter 4 - Reflection and Refraction>Practice Exercise 4C>Q 3
If the refractive index of glass for light going from air to glass is 3/2, find the refractive index of air for light from glass to air. 
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Modern's ABC+ Of Science Physics>Chapter 4 - Reflection and Refraction>Practice Exercise 4C>Q 4
What is the speed of light in a transparent medium which has a refractive index of 1.7. (The speed of light in vacuum is 3 × 108 ms-1).
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Modern's ABC+ Of Science Physics>Chapter 4 - Reflection and Refraction>Practice Exercise 4C>Q 5
The refractive index of medium A with respect to medium B is nAB = 1.7. Find nBA.
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10th CBSE
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Modern's ABC+ Of Science Physics>Chapter 4 - Reflection and Refraction>Practice Exercise 4C>Q 6
The refractive index of medium A is 1.7 and that of B is 1.2. Find nBA. (Answer upto one decimal point)
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10th CBSE
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Modern's ABC+ Of Science Physics>Chapter 4 - Reflection and Refraction>Practice Exercise 4C>Q 7
Monochromatic light of wavelength 500 nm is incident from air to glass. What is the wavelength of light in glass? The refractive index of glass is 1.5.
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Modern's ABC+ Of Science Physics>Chapter 4 - Reflection and Refraction>Practice Exercise 4C>Q 8
If the angle of incidence for a ray of light moving from air to glass is 45° and the angle of refraction in glass is 30°, find the refractive index of glass.