Deviation of a Light Ray by Refraction

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Deviation of a Light Ray by Refraction: Overview

This topic covers concepts such as Refraction from Plane Surface and Deviation in Refraction.

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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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What should be the angle of incidence at A of the spherical glass placed in air so that so that grazing emergence of light ray takes place at B?

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If light is refracted from a plane surface while passing from a denser medium to rarer medium, then which of the following statements is/are correct about it. [C is critical angle]

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A transparent cube contains a small air bubble. Its apparent distance is 3 cm, when seen through one face and 9 cm, when seen through other face. If the refractive index of the material of the cube is 1.5, real length of the edge of the cube must be___cm.

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An object O is placed at a height h = 12 cm above water μ=43 surface in a beaker. The lower surface of the beaker is polished, as shown in the figure. The location of final image will be
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A ray of light is incident at the glass-water interface at an angle i it emerges finally parallel to the surface of water, then the value of μg would be


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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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A ray of light enters a glass sphere of refractive index μ as shown in the figure. The angle of deviation δ is equal to


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A ray of light is passing from air into glass. If the angle of incidence, with respect to the normal to the interface, is increased

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A ray of light travelling from glass to air (refractive index of glass=1.5). The angle of incidence is 50°.The deviation of the ray is

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A ray of light strikes a material's slab at an angle of incidence 60°.If the reflected and refracted rays are perpendicular to each other, the refractive index of the materials is

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A large glass slab μ=53 of thickness 8 cm is placed over a point source of light on a plane surface. It is seen that light emerges out of the top surface of the slab from a circular area of radius R cm. What is the value of R?

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Figure, shows wave fronts in still water, moving in the direction of the arrow towards the interface PQ between a shallow region and a deep (denser) region. Which of the lines shown may represent

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the wave fronts in the deep region?

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A light ray is incident on the lower medium boundary at an angle 30° with the normal. Which of the following statements is true?
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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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When a light ray goes from denser medium to rarer medium, the variation of deviation of ray with incidence angle is given by
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