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What is partial reflection of light?

Important Questions on Refraction of light

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The diagram below shows a light source P embedded in a rectangular glass block ABCD of critical angle 42°. Complete the path of the ray PQ till it emerges out of the block. Write necessary angles.
 

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State one important factor which affects the critical angle of a given medium.
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Name the physical principle on the basis of which optical fibres work.

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An endoscope, used by doctors for examining the inside of a patient's stomach, works on the principle of:
MEDIUM

Which of the following are technological applications of Total Internal Reflection?

1. Mirage

2. Diamond

3. Prism

4. Optical Fiber

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White light is incident on the interface of glass and air as shown in the figure. If green light is just totally internally reflected then the emerging ray in air contains

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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 light bulb burns in front of the centre of a 40cm wide plane mirror that is hung vertically on a wall. A man walks in front of the mirror along a line that is parallel to the mirror and twice as far from it as the bulb. The greatest distance he can walk and still see the image of the bulb is:
HARD
In a third angle projection method, right hand side view of an object is drawn _____ front view.
HARD
Suppose a rocket ship is receding from the earth at a speed of 210th the velocity of light. A light in the rocket ship appears blue to the passenger on the ship. What colour would it appear to an observer on the earth?
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If two plane mirrors are kept at an angle of 120° to each other, then how many images will be formed?
MEDIUM
The minimum length of a plane mirror in which a person can see himself full length should be:
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Consider the following field in which photonics technology is used:

1. Electronics
2. Telecommunications
3. Health sector
4. Defense sector

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MEDIUM

An object is placed on the principal axis of a convex lens of focal length 10 cm. If the distance of the object from the lens is 30 cm, what is the distance of the image formed?

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What is the velocity of light in a glass slab of refractive index 1.5
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Optic fibres are mainly used for which of the following?
MEDIUM
A person of height h standing at the centre of the room looking towards plane mirror hangs on the wall can see the whole height of the wall behind him if the length of the mirror is _____.
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The picture tube of a black and white T.V. set has only one electron gun that produces the picture on its screen. The number of electron guns, a colour picture tube has, is _____.
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A person is moving towards a plane mirror with a speed of 1 m/sec. The image will approach the moving person with a relative speed of: