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Draw a labelled diagram to show refraction of light by a rectangular glass slab. Mark the incident ray, emergent ray, refracted ray, normal, angle of incidence, angle of refraction and lateral displacement.

Important Questions on Light - Reflection and Refraction

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With the help of a diagram, show what will happen when a ray of light is incident normally on the refracting surface of the glass slab.
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A ray of light, incident obliquely on a face of a rectangular glass slab placed in air, emerges from the opposite face parallel to the incident ray. What are the two factors on which the lateral displacement of the emergent ray depends?
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For the same angle of incidence 42°, the angles of refraction in two transparent media, A and B are 23° and 31° respectively. Which of the two media is optically denser and why?
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Define Snell's law. If a ray of light travelling in air is incident on a glass slab making an angle 30° with the refracting surface of the slab, find the refracting index of the glass. The angle of refraction is given to be 37°. [Given data: sin 30°=0.5, sin 60°=0.87, sin 37°=0.6]
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A ray of light is incident at an angle of 45° at the interface of medium 1 and medium 2 as shown in the diagram. Redraw this diagram in your answer book and complete it. If the angle of refraction is 30°, find the refractive index of medium 2 w.r.t medium 1. [Given : sin 45°=12 and sin 30°=12]

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If the second medium is water in place of medium 2, will the angle of refraction increase or decrease? Why? [Refractive index of water =43].
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Calculate the speed of light in a medium of refractive index 1.5. The speed of light in air is given to be 3×108 m/s.
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The speed of light in medium P is 2.5×108 m/s and that in medium Q is 2×108 m/s. If the speed of light in air is 3×108 m/s, calculate: Pan