Refraction at Plane Surfaces

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Refraction at Plane Surfaces: Overview

This topic consists of various concepts like Refraction of Light,Refracted Ray,Snell's Law, etc.

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The reason for using lead glass in the preparation of lenses is ,it is

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A ray of light moving along the unit vector (i^2j^) undergoes refraction at an interface of two media, which is the x-z plane. The refractive index for y>0 is 2 while for y<0, it is 52 . The unit vector along which the refracted ray moves is 

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A parallel sided block of glass of refractive index 1.5 which is 3.6 mm thick rests on the floor of a tank which is filled with water (refractive index=43). The difference between the apparent depth of floor at A and B when seen from vertically above is equal to

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A ray of sunlight enters a spherical water droplet (n =43) at an angle of incidence 53° measured with respect to the normal to the surface. It is reflected from the back surface of the droplet and re-enters into the air. The angle between the incoming and outgoing ray is [Take sin 53° = 0.8]

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A surveyor on one bank of canal observed the image of the 4 inch and 17 ft marks on a vertical staff, which is partially immersed in the water and held against the bank directly opposite to him, coincides. If the 17 ft mark and the surveyor's eye are both 6 ft above the water level, If the width of the canal is 10 + x, assuming that the refractive index of the water is 4/3, then find the value of x. Zero mark is at the bottom of the canal.

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A surveyor on one bank of canal observed the image of the 4 inch and 17 ft marks on a vertical staff, which is partially immersed in the water and held against the bank directly opposite to him, coincides. If the 17 ft mark and the surveyor's eye are both 6 ft above the water level, If the width of the canal is 10 + x, assuming that the refractive index of the water is 4/3, then find the value of x. Zero mark is at the bottom of the canal.

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A beam of parallel rays of width b propagates in glass at over to air this face is _________  if the refractive index of glass is μ.v

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When light travels from a rarer to a denser medium, which of the following parameter of light decreases:

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A ray of light passes through four transparent media with refractive indices μ1, μ2, μ3 and μ4 as shown in the figure. The surfaces of all media are parallel. If the emergent ray CD is parallel to the incident ray AB, we must have

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A diverging beam of light from a point source S  having divergence angle   α , falls symmetrically on a glass slab as shown. The angles of incidence of the two extreme rays are equal. If the thickness of the glass slab is t and the refractive index n, then the divergence angle of the emergent beam is

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An isosceles prism of angle 120° has a refractive index 1.44. Two parallel monochromatic rays enter the prism parallel to each other in air as shown. The rays emerge from the opposite faces

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A monochromatic beam of light of wavelength 6000  in vacuum enters a medium of refractive index 1.5. In the medium its wavelength is __________, its frequency is ____________

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When a ray of light enters a glass slab from air

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A light of wavelength 6000Å in air, enters a medium with refractive index 1.5. Inside the medium its frequency is 5×1014 Hz and its wavelength is_______ Å.

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If ε0 and μ0 are, respectively, the electric permittivity and magnetic permeability of free space, ε and μ the corresponding quantities in a medium, the index of refraction of the medium in terms of the above parameters is

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A light wave of frequency  5×1014 Hz enters a medium of refractive index 1.5. In the medium the velocity of the light wave is ________________ and its wavelength is ______________

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In the given figure, a ray of light falls obliquely on a vertical glass slab and after refraction from slab falls on a vertical plane mirror at an angle x. the value of x is

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In the diagram as shown, a light ray is incident on the lower medium boundary at an angle 45° with the normal. Which of the following statements is/are correct?

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A transparent sphere of radius R has a cavity of radius R2 as shown in figure. Find the refractive index of the sphere if a parallel beam of light falling on left surface focuses at point P.

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As shown in the figure, a plane mirror is fixed at a height of 50 cm from the bottom of tank containing water μ=43. The height of water in the tank is 8 cm. A small bulb is placed at the bottom of the water tank. The distance of image of the bulb formed by mirror from the bottom of the tank is  ______ cm.
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