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REFRACTION OF LIGHT PLANE SURFACES

Question - 1

1. A ray of light moves from water to glass

i) Does the light speed up or slow down in glass
ii) Give reasons for your answer
2. i) In the diagram below, a ray of light PQ is incident normally on one face AB of an equilateral glass prism.
What are the angles of incidence at the face AB & AC?
ii) Complete the ray diagram showing its emergence into air after passing through the prism
3. i) State two advantages of using a right angled prism as a reflector rather than a plane mirror
ii) Draw a ray diagram to illustrate the bending of a stick in water

Question - 2

1. A postage stamp appears raised by 7mm when placed under a rectangular glass block of R.I 1.5. Find the
thickness of the glass block
2. i) Define critical angle. ii) A ray of light passes through a right angled prism as shown in the given figure. State
the angle of incidence at the faces AC & BC
3. Calculate the velocity of light in a glass block of refractive index 1.5. ( v = 3 x 108 m/s)
4. Why refraction is possible. Write the principle of refraction

Question - 3

1. What will happen when a ray of light passes from i) a denser to rarer medium ii) rarer to denser medium
2. A ray of light is incident on a glass slab. How many images will be produced, which image is the brightest?
3. State the condition(s) when total internal reflection is possible
4. Draw ray diagrams to show the deviation of incident ray by a prism through i) 90o ii) 180o

Question- 4

1. Mention two properties of a wave: one property which varies and the other which remains constant when the
wave passes from one medium to another
2. Explain briefly what causes the twinkling of stars at night
3. What is meant by the statement, ’the critical angle for diamond is 24°? How is the critical angle of a material
related to its refractive index
4. i) What is meant by refraction
ii) Express the refractive index n of a medium: 1. in terms of the velocity of light; 2. in terms of the angle of
incidence I in air and angle of refraction r in a denser medium.
iii) If a ray of light passes from medium I to medium II without any change of direction, what can be said about
the refractive indices of these media ( angle ‘i’ is not 0)
1. State Snell’s law of refraction.
2. The refractive index of air with respect to glass is defined as g μ a = sin i / sin r
(i) Write down a similar expression for a μ g in terms of angle i and angle r.
(ii) In (i) above, if angle r = 90º what is the corresponding angle i called?
(iii) What is the physical significance of i in part (ii) above?
3. What is meant by (i) Critical angle (ii) Total internal reflection
4. Draw a ray diagram to illustrate how a ray of light incident obliquely on one face of a rectangular glass slab of uniform
thickness emerges parallel to its original direction, mention which pairs of angles are equal
5. Water in a pond appears to be only three quarter of its actual depth.
(i) What property of light is responsible for this observation?
(ii) Illustrate your answer with the help of a ray diagram.
6. (i) With the help of a well labelled diagram show that the apparent depth of an object, such as a coin, in water is less
than its real depth.
(ii) How is the refractive index of water related to the real depth and the apparent depth of a column of water ?
7. Draw a ray diagram to illustrate the bending of a stick in water.
8. What is an optical fibre ? Give one practical use of an optical fiber
9. Explain briefly what causes the twinkling of stars at night.
10. What is meant by the statement, ‘the critical angle for diamond is 24º?’ How is the critical angle of the material
related to its refractive index?
11. A glass slab is placed over a page on which the word VIBGYOR is printed with each letter in its corresponding color.
(I) will the image of all the letters is in the same place?
(ii) If not, state which letter will be raised to the maximum. Give a reason for your answer.
12. What is meant by refraction?
13. Express the refractive index μ of a medium
14 (i) in terms of the velocity of light;
(ii) In terms of the angle of incidence i in air and the angle of refraction r in a denser medium.
15. If a ray of light passes from medium I to medium II without any change of direction, what can be said about the
refractive indices of these media (angle i is not 0)?
16. Mention two properties of a wave: one property which varies and the other which remains constant when the wave
passes from one medium to another.
17. A prism deviates a monochromatic ray of light through an angle ‘δ’ when the angle of incidence on the surface of the
prism is ‘i’:
(i) Draw a diagram showing the variation of ‘δ’ with ‘i’. On your graph show the angle of minimum deviation.
(ii) What is the relation between the angle of incidence and the angle of emergence when the ray suffers minimum
deviation?
18. Mention one difference between reflection of light from a plane mirror and total internal reflection of light from a
prism.