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Rays are parallel to a wavefront.

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Important Questions on Waves

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Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R

Assertion A: The phase difference of two light waves change if they travel through different media having same thickness, but different indices of  refraction.

Reason R: The wavelengths of waves are different in different media.

In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below

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On a hot summer night, the refractive index of air is the smallest near the ground and increases with a height from the ground. When a light beam is directed horizontally, the Huygens' principle leads us to conclude that as it travels, the light beam,

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Which of the following are true?

A. Speed of light in vacuum is dependent on the direction of propagation.

B. Speed of light in a medium is independent of the wavelength of light.

C. The speed of light is independent of the motion of the source.

D. The speed of light in a medium is independent of intensity.

Choose the correct answer from the question given below :

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Explain Huygen's principle of secondary wavelets.
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Huygens' wave theory of light cannot explain.
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Explain refraction of light on the basis of wave theory. Hence prove the laws of refraction.
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Discuss Huygens' principle. Prove the laws of reflection of light using this principle.
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State Huygen’s principle of diffraction of light.
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Differentiate between sky wave propagation and space wave propagation.
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State Huygens's principle of wave theory?  Using this principle derive the law of reflection or refraction. Which quantity remains unchangedwhen a light wave suffers reflection of refraction?

 

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A light beam travelling along the X-axis with planar wavefront is incident on a medium of thickness, t. In the region, where light is falling the refractive index can be taken to be varying such that dndy>0. The light beam on the other side of the medium will emerge
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The shown figure represents a wave front AB which passes from air to another transparent medium and produces a new wave front CD after refraction. The refractive index of the medium is (PQ is the boundary between air and the medium).

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Is Huygens' principle valid for longitudinal sound waves?
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State and explain Huygens Principle. Using It, obtain Snell’s law of refraction.
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When light, travels from a rarer to a denser medium, the speed decreases. Does the reduction in speed imply a reduction in the energy carried by the light wave?
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Represent the union of two sets by Venn diagram for each of the following.

X={x | x is a prime number between 80 and 100}

Y={y | y is an odd number between 90 and 100}

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Spherical wavefronts shown in figure, strike a plane mirror. Reflected wavefronts will be as shown in
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Three observers A, B and C measure the speed of light coming from a source to be vA, vB and vC. The observer A moves towards the source and C moves away from the source at the same speed. The observer B stays stationary. Suppose the surrounding medium is water everywhere. Select the correct option(s) from the list given in that question.
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Consider Galileo's method of measuring the speed of light using two lanterns. To get an accuracy of about 10%, the time taken by the experimenter in closing or opening the shutter should be about one tenth of the time taken by the light in going from one experimenter to the other. Assume that it takes 1100 second for an experimenter to close or open the shutter. How far should the two experimenters be to get a 10% accuracy? What are the difficulties in having this separation?
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The speed of electromagnetic Wave in vacuum depends upon the source radiation. It