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Important Questions on Continuity and Differentiability

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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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A 5.2 molal aqueous solution of methyl alcohol, CH3OH, is supplied. What is the mole fraction of methyl alcohol in the solution?
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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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The molarity of urea (molar mass 60 g mol-1) solution obtained by dissolving 15 g of urea in 500 cm3 of water is
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An antifreeze solution is prepared from 222.6 g of ethylene glycol C2H6O2 and 200 g of water. Calculate the molality of the solution. If the density of the solution is 1.072 g mL-1, then what shall be the molarity of the solution?
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Let fx be a polynomial  in x. Then the second derivative of fex 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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If y=sin(sinx), prove that d2ydx2+tanxdydx+ycos2x=0.
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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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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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A beam of light consisting of red, green and blue colours is incident on a right-angled prism ABC.The refractive indices of the material of the prism for the above red, green and blue wavelengths are 1.39, 1.44 and 1.47 respectively. The colour/colours transmitted through the face AC of the prism will be
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For a medium, refractive indices for violet, red and yellow are 1.62, 1.52 and 1.55 respectively. The dispersive power of the medium will be
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A thin prism P of refracting angle 3° and refractive index 1.5 is combined with another thin prism Q of refractive index 1.6 to produce dispersion without deviation. Then the angle of prism Q is