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Important Questions on Ray Optics and Optical Instruments

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The best quality optical fibres are made of :
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A prism has a refracting angle of 60o. When placed in the position of minimum deviation, it produces a deviation of 30o. The angle of incidence is
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The figure shows a ray of light falling normally on the face AB of an equilateral glass prism having a refractive index 3/2, placed in water of refractive index 4/3 . Will this ray suffer total internal reflection on striking the face AC? Justify your answer.

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The polarising angle for transparent medium is θ, v is the speed of light in that medium. Then the relation between θ and v is (c= velocity of light in air)
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The graph between angle of deviation δ and angle of incidence i for a triangular prism is represented by :
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 Under what conditions is the phenomenon of total internal reflection of light observed? Obtain the relation between the critical angle of incidence and the refractive index of the medium.
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If the light is polarized by reflection, then the angle between reflected and refracted light is
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An equilateral glass prism has a refractive index 1.6 in the air. Calculate the angle of minimum deviation of the prism, when kept in a medium of refractive index 425.
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A ray of light on passing through an equilateral glass prism, suffers a minimum deviation equal to the angle of the prism. The value of refractive index of the material of the prism is _____.
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Unpolarized light of intensity I passes through an ideal polariser A. Another identical polariser B is placed behind A. The intensity of light beyond B is found to be I2. Now another identical polariser C is placed between A and B. The intensity beyond B is now found to be I8 . The angle between polariser A and C is
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A small angled prism of 4° deviates a ray through 2.48°. Find the refractive Index of the prism. 
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When an unpolarized light of intensity I0 is incident on a polarizing sheet, the intensity of light which does not get transmitted is
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The mixture that forms maximum boiling azeotrope is
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Show using a proper diagram how unpolarized light can be linearly polarised by reflection from a transparent glass surface.
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For a glass prism, the angle of minimum deviation will be smallest for the light of
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The angle of incidence for a ray of light at a refracting surface of a prism is 45o. The angle of prism is 60o. If the ray suffers minimum deviation through the prism, the angle of minimum deviation and refractive index of the material of the prism respectively, are:
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A thin prism having refracting angle 10o is made of glass of refractive index 1.42. This prism is combined with another thin prism made of glass of refractive index 1.7. This combination produces dispersion without deviation. The refracting angle of second prism should be
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A ray of light is incident at an angle of incidence i, on one face of a prism of angle A (assumed to be small) and emerges normally from the opposite face. If the refractive index of the prism is μ, the angle of incidence i, is nearly equal to
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Angle of minimum deviation for a prism of refractive index 1.5 is equal to the angle of the prism. The angle of the prism is givencos41° - 24- 36= 0.75