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State Snell’s law.

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

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The refractive indices of glass, diamond and water are 1.5, 2.0 and 1.33 respectively. In which of these will the speed of light be maximum? Justify your answer with a suitable reason.

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Give a suitable explanation for the given effect:

During sunset and sunrise, the sun is seen even when it is slightly below the horizon.

 

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A beam of light consisting of red, green and blue colours is incident on a right-angled prism. The refractive index of the material of the prism for the above red, green and blue wavelengths are 1.39, 1.44 and 1.47, respectively. The prism will:

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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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Yellow light of wavelength 600 nm is incident on a boundary separating air and glass. Find the speed, wavelength and frequency of refracted light. The refractive index of glass for yellow light is 1.5.