CHAPTER~02
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REFRACTION AT
APLANE SURFACE
LEVEL O1 Starter Level
2.1 Snell’s Law
1 fy, represents the refractive index, when a ray of
{ight goes from medium i to medium j, then find
walue Of H,. Xa, XH ae
2 Find the speed of light in medium a,
inmedium bis c/3, where ¢ =
‘vacuum and light refracts from medium a to medium
‘bmaking 45° and 60° respectively with the normal.
3 Atay of light AO is incident on the surface of oil
Refiected part of this ray OB and refracted part OC
are mutually perpendicular as shown. Find refractive
index of oil.
4 Inthe figure shown, find the angle made by the light
‘ay with the normal in the medium of refractive
index /2,
ord
5S Arayot light falls on a transparent sphere with
Centre atC as showm in figure. The ray emerges from
the sphere parallel to line AB, Find the refractive
index of the sphere.
A pole of length 2.00 m stands half dipped in a
swimming pool with water level 1 m higher than the
bed. The refractive index of water is 4/3 and sunlight
is coming at an angle of 37° with the vertical. Find
the length of the shadow of the pole on the bed.
[Use sin * (0.45) = 26.8%, tan (26.8°) =0.5]
Acylindrical vessel, whose ag
diameter and height both are
equal to 30cm, isplacedona |
horizontal surface and a small |
particle P is placed in it at a
distance of 5.0 cm from the
centre. An eye is placed at a position such that the
edge of the bottom is just visible (see figure). The
particle P is in the plane of drawing. Up to what
minimum height should water be poured in the
vessel to make the particle P visible?
The XY-plane is the boundary between two
transparent media. Medium-1 with z > 0 has
refractive index /2 and medium-2 with z
A
a/2is immersed in a
tay of light enters one end of the rod at the central
aris as shown in the figure. Find the maximum value
of angle for which total internal reflection oecurs
le the rod?
2.6 Variable Refractive Index
1 Aray of light travelling in airs incident at grazing
angle (incidence angle = 90°) on a medium whose
refractive index depends on the depth of the
medium. The trajectory of the light in the mediuen is
a parabola, y = 2x". Find, at a depth of 1 min the
medium
{i the refractive index of the medium and
i) angle of incidence 6.
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2 Aray of light travelling in air is incident at grazing
angle (incident angle = 90°) on a long rectangular
slab of a transparent medium of thickness ¢ = 1.0 m
(see figure). The point of incidence is the origin
‘A(0,0). The medium has a variable index of refraction
nly) given by
nly) =[ky "7 +1)? wherek = 1.0m".
a
ke
The refractive index of air is 1.0.
(i) Obtain an equation for the trajectory y(x) of th
in the medium. deiper
Determine the coordinates (x,. y,) of the point P.
where the ray intersects the Upper surface of t
slab-air boundary. =De
2.7 Prism tanith
1 Drawagraphto show the angle ofaevaten wil
i ‘of the angle of incidence i for .
of refracting angle A. Deduce the relation
(4+8,,))
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2 Fora prism kept in air it is found that for an angle of
incidence 60°, the angle of refraction A, angle of
deviation 6 and angle of emergence e become equal.
Find the refractive index of the prism.
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3 Aprism of refractive index 2 has refracting angle
‘64°. In order that a ray suffers minimum deviation,
what angle should it be incident at?
4 Onan equilateral prism, it is observed that a ray
strikes grazingly at one face and if refractive index of
the prism is 2, then find the angle of deviation.
5 Aray of light is incident at an angle of 60° on one
face of a prism which has an angle of 30°. The ray
emerging out of the prism makes an angle of 30°
with the incident ray. Show that the emergent ray is
Perpendicular to the face through which it emerges
and calculate the refractive index of the material of
the prism.
6 One face of a prism with a refracting angle of 30° is
coated with silver. A ray incident on other face at an
‘angle of 45° is refracted and reflected from the
silvered coated face and retraces its path. Find the
refractive index of the prism,
thin prism having refracting angle 4° and
7 See the figure. Find the deviation caused by a
refractive index 3/2, A
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2.8 Dispersion
1. The refractive indices of flint glass for red and Violeg
light are 1.613 and 1.632, respectively. Find the
angular dispersion produced by a thin prism of fin,
glass having refracting angle 5°.
2 Calculate the dispersive power for crown glass from
the following data, = 1.523 and, = 1.515.
3 If two prisms are combined, as shown in figure. Find
the total angular dispersion and angle of deviation
suffered by a white ray of light incident on the
combination.
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4 Two thin prisms are combined to form an achromatic
combination.
For! prismA=4°,, =1.35,u, =1.40,, =1.42,
for l prismp.,”=1.7,p1,'=1.8 andpy’=1.9. Find
the prism angle of Il prism and the net mean
deviation,
5 The refractive indices of the crown glass for blue and
red light are 1.51 and 1.49 respectively and those of,
the flint glass are 1.77 and 1.73 respectively. An
isosceles prism of angle 6° is made of crown glass. A
beam of white light is incident at a small angle on
this prism. The other flint glass isosceles prism is
‘combined with the crown glass prism such that there
is no deviation of the incident light.
(i) Determine the angle of the flint glass prism.
(ii) Calculate the net dispersion of the combined
system,
LEVEL 02 JEE Main Level
Single Choice Correct Questions
1 Ary Of light passes from vacuum into a medium of
Te active index n, ithe angle of incidence is twice
2 Aray of light is incident on a parallel slab of thickness
t and refractive index n. If the angle of incites Bis
the angle of ft small, then the displacement in the incident and
PN fraction, then the angle of incidence is emergent ray will be
(a) cos @) sin 2) (a) 000-2)
n
a(n on
(0)2¢08 ) a asn'(2) a3 Arayincident at a point at an angle of incidence of
60° enters a glass sphere of jt = V3 and it is reflected
and refracted at the farther surface of the sphere.
‘The angle between reflected and refracted rays at
this surface is
(a)50°(b) 90" (c) 609
4 Aray of light passes through four,
transparent media with refractive” |" |" |"U0
indices... andy, as tome 4
shown in the figure. The surfaces
ofall media are parallel. ifthe“
‘emergent ray CDis parallel to the
incident ray AB, we must have
fan,
(On, =|
(a) 40°
5 Arayof lightis incident at the
slass-water interface at an
angle’, it emerges finally
parallel to the surface of water,
then the value of p., would be
ner
4 4
3
6 Aray of light moving along the vector (-i -2)
undergoes refraction at an interface of two medi
which is the XZ-plane. The refractive index for y > Ois
while fory <0, itis ees ‘The unit vector along
which the refracted ray moves is
(b)
{d) None of these
(gaa)
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7 How much water should be filled in a container of
21.cmin height, so that it appears half filled when
viewed from the top of the container? (Assume near
Formal incidence and j., -4 )
(2)8.0cm
(b) 10.5.cm
(@120em
(d) 14.0 cm
2 Atiny air bubble in a glagsslab.(u = 1.5) appears
from one side to be 6 cm from the glass surface and
other side, 4 em. The thickness of the glass slab
(a) 10cm
(b) 6.67 cm
(15cm :
(4) None of these
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9 Asmall rod ABC is put in water(1, s ) making an
angle 6° with vertical If itis viewed paraxially from
above, it will look like bent shaped ABC’. The angle
of bending ( ZCBC’) will be
ly
a
(az (by 3° (a (4s?
10 What is the length of the image of the rod in mirror,
according to the observer in air?
(The refractive index of liquid is)
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A
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u
(ont +e (d) None of these
11 A fish rising vertically at the rate on 3 m/s, towards
the surface of water observed a bird above the
water, diving vertically towards it at the rate of
9 m/s. The refractive index of water is 4/3, Calculate
the actual velocity (velocity w.r.t ground) of bird
{a)1.5m/s (b)6m/s_ (c)42m/s_ (4) 4.5 m/s
12 Inthe given figure, the image of point P when viewed
from top of the slabs will be
(a) 2.0 cm above
(c) 2.0 cm belowP
(b) 1.5 em aboveP
(a) 1m above.
13. Avvessel of depth His filled with a non-homogeneous
liquid whose refractive index varies with the depth y
as -(1 + 4) The apparent depth as seen by an
observer from above is
(a)0.693H
()0.75H
(b) 0.667H
(a)0.500H54 18 Adiverging beam of light from a point source 5
X ing di ice angle o, falls symmetrically on,
a a" euler The angles of incidence of the
ea rays are equal. Ifthe thickness of thy
glass slab ist and the refractive index n, then the
divergence angle of the emergent beam is
44 Aeontainer sited with
water (u = 1.33) upto 2
height of 33.25.m. A E
concave mirror is placed sa2sen
15 em above the water
level and the image of an
object placed at the
bottom formed 25 cm bel
length ofthe mirror
oat {b)15em —(c)18.3em (A) 25m
15 Arayoflight travelling in air")
‘cm below the water level. The
is incident at grazing angle (a)zero (bya ,
pea dab wh orate (e)sin*® (:) (@)2sin* (4)
refractive index, 5 i
nly) =[ky*? +1)", where
19 An object is placed 30 cm (from the reflecting
surface) in front of a block of glass 10 cm thick
having its farther side silvered, The image is foundto
as shown. What isthe total deviation produced by
slab, when the ray comes out?
(a)60" (b) 53° be at 23.2 cm behind the silvered face, by an
case(2) a observer infront of the block. The refractive index o
\3) glass is
416 An observer can see through a pinhole the top end frat (bya (92 ay gg
of athin rod of height h, placed as shown in the 132
figure. The beaker height is3h and its radiush, When 20.
. Abeam of light is converging —
the beaker is filled with a liquid up to a height 2h, he
towards a point. A plane
Can ee the lower end of the rod, Then, the Parallel plate of glass of = — os
e a
refractive index ofthe liquid is thickness t refractive index
@ is introduced in the path of 7
7 the beam. The convergent point is shifted by
| | (assume near normal incidence)
at
1
\a tae(1-2) nay W¢[+4) aay
! H k
1
5 tat{1-2 rear tae(aed
H wey f rp i wi) Mearer
2 2 ie
o : 21 Inside a6 cm thick glas slab, a recta os
Tworlirers. placed perpendicular, form two skdes made as shown.On one face of slab, nua City is
oa \essel filed with water. A light ray is incident on ‘elon
marked. On other side, an observer is ogg,
if ING on the
). Find the shift of cross as s x
angle B after getting reflected from ia eet by the
: a man,
inside. The relation between o and a
@
=a
(2m (oem St
@a=p asp, (Wa
and refracted rays make an angle of 90°
with each other. The angles of reflection
‘and refraction are r and r’. The critical angle is
(2) sin” (tan r) (b) sin"*(cot
(©) sin-*(tan r’) (4) tan" (sini)
27 Kray of light traveling in water is incident on its
Surface open to air. The angle of incidence is 8, which
{sless than the critical angle. Then, there will be
(2) only a reflected ray and no refracted ray
(0) only a refracted ray and no reflected ray
(©) areflected ray and a refracted ray and the angle
between them would be less than 180°-20
(d)a reflected ray and a refracted ray and the angle
between them would be greater than 180°-20.
3) ee
28 Aray of light travelling in alass(, = 3) is incident
oma glass ar surface at the critical ange. Ifa thin
5) now poured on the glass
3
air surface, at what angle will the ray of light emerge
into air at the water air surface?
(a) 60° (b) 30° (45°
29 Aray of light travels from an optical denser medium
to rarer medium. The critical angle for the two media
isC. The maximum possible deviation of the
refracted light ray can be
fajn-C — (b)2C
layer of water (i.
(a) 90°
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30 Arectangular glass slab ABCD, of refractive index n,,
is immersed in water of refractive index.n,(n, >).
Aray of light is incident at the surface AB of the slab
as shown. The maximum value of the angle of
incidence a... such that the ray comes out only
from the other surface CDis given by
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31 ArayR, is incident on the plane surface of the glass
slab (kept in air) of refra dex V2 at angle of
incidence equal to the critical angle for this air glass
system. The refracted ray R, undergoes partial
reflection and refraction at the other surface. The
angle between reflected ray R, and the refracted ray
R, at the surface is
fi
RR
Ry
ae
(a) 45° (b) 135°
(c) 105° (ay7s°56
32 The observer at O views two closely spaced spots on
2 vertical wall through an angled glass slab as shown.
‘As seen by observer, the spots appear
a
reg
(a) shifted upward, such that distance between them
remains same,
(b) shifted downward, such that distance between them
remains same,
(c) spaced farther apart
(d) spaced closer together
33 Aray of lights incident on one face of a transparent
slab of thickness 15 cm. The angle of incidence is 60°,
I the lateral displacement ofthe ray on emerging
from the parallel plane is 5/3 cm, the refractive
index ofthe material ofthe slab is
(a) 1414 (b) 1532
(¢) 1.732 (d) None of these
34 The angle of inidencefor an equilateral prism of
refractive index V3 so thatthe ray is parallel to the
base inside the prism is
(a) 30° (b) 45°
(6° (d) either 30° or 60°
35 Arayof monochromatic light is incident on one
‘efracting face of a prism
of angle 75°. It passes
through the prism ands incident on the other face
at the critical angle, i
the refractive index of the
‘material of the prism is 2,
2, the angle of incidence on
the first face of the pris
mis
(a) 30° (b) 45° (c) 60° (d) or
‘certain prisms found to produce a ‘minimum
‘deviation of 38°. t produces 2 deviation of 44°, when
the angle of incidence is ether aye or 62°. What is
angle of incidence, when it is undergoing
minimum deviation?
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37 On an equilateral Prism, it is observed
Strikes grazingly at one face and ifreft
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(d) 55°
that a ray
active index of
brism is 2, then the angle of deviation is
er ws" a0 algo
38 For a prism of apex angle 45°
itis found that the
Angle of emergence is 45°
for grazing incidence,
Calculate the refractive index ofthe prism,
(a wer (2
(ays)?
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39 Aprism has a refractive index £
40 Alight ray is incident on fa
a
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43
Problems in Phy se
nd refracting
angle 90°. Find the minimum deviation
prism.
(a) 4°
Produced by
(b) 45° (c) 30° (d) 49°
Ce AB ofan equilatera
Blass prism ABC. After refraction at AB, the rays
incident on face BC atthe critical angle, sp that it
fe reflected from face BC and finally emerges out
from face AC. Net deviation angle of the rayis tz
anti-clockwise. The ange of incidence’ hae Value
(a) 2°) 24° (ey ge (a) 28°
One of the refractive surfaces of a
rism of angle 30° is
ssilvered. A ray of |
light incident at an angle of 60° wi
retraces it path, The refractive index
of the material of prism is
(a) V2 (b) V3
(3/2 (d2
What is the minimum value of refractive index of a
Prism, having ‘refracting angle A so that there is no
‘emergent ray irrespective of angle of incidence?
(a) cosec (4) (b sin (4)
(sin (4)
‘glass prism ( 5) is immersed in water
(0) cosec (4)
(1 : 4}. Now a beam of lights incident normally at
"3
face AB of a Blass prism. The largest value for the
angle sothat the rayis totaly reflected at face acre
a j
=IN
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(acos{>Refraction at a Plane Surface
44 Anisosceles prism of angle 120° has a refractive
index 1.44. Two parallel rays of monochromatic light
enter the prism parallel to each other in air as.
shown. The rays emerge from the opposite face
ae
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{a) are parallel to each other
(0) are diverging
(c) make an angle 2[sin™*(0.72) - 30°] with each other
(4) make an angle 2 sin” (0.72) with each other
45 beam of light, consisting of red, green and blue
‘colours, is incident on a right angled prism, as shown.
‘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 prism will
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{a) separate part of the red colour from the green and
blue colours
{b) separate part of the blue colour from the red and
‘green colours
{¢) separate all the three colours from one another
(d) not separate even partially any colour from the
‘other two colours,
46 The ratio of angle of minimum deviation produced
‘bya thin prism (u -3) in air to that in water is
if
3 1
OH (b)2 (4 @
47 Aray of light strikes a plane
‘mirror at an angle of
incidence 45° as shown in the
figure. After reflection, the
"fay passes through a prism of
Tefractive index 1.5, whose
Apex angle is 4°. The angle
‘through which the mirror should be rotated if the
total deviation of the ray is to be 90° is
(a) 1° clockwise {b) 1° anti-clockwise
(0) 2 clockwise (4) 2° anti-clockwise
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48. Atay of light is coming from air to water. Which of
the following figure shows dispersion of light?
49 ray of light passes through a prism whose
refracting angle is 5° and dispersive power is 0.03.
The refractive index for the mean ray in a spectrum
is 1.62. The mean deviation and angle of i
respectively are
(a) 3.1%, 0.077° (0) 2.17.0.093°
(€) 6.29, 0.093° (8) 6.2°,0.07°
50 A thin prism, with angle 4° and made from glass of
refractive index 1.54 is combined with another thin
ism P, made from glass of refractive index 1.72 to
produce dispersion without deviation. The angle of
the prism, is
(sax (ba wos (a2
51. Two prisms of different materials (one made of
crown glass and other made of flint glass) and
different angles (A, and A,) are combined in
‘opposite manner. The condition to obtain deviation
without dispersion is
Fa
as shown in figure. The refractive / *
indices of the crown glass for red \a/
and violet rays ares, andi, cou NY cron
respectively and those for the a
flint glass are, and; respectively. The ratio“ for
which there is no net angular dispersion
(oy 2d
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(d) None of theseNumerical Value Questions
. . the surface of a
| at
aoe trad at When the sun ust
one te sadn ofthe pee formed at the
srt ncn or water 3, then red the
stance (in mj between A and B. “s
2 Apartide lies on the bottom ofa F710
‘tank filled with water upto 2
eat eas
height of 90 cm. The medium %
above the surface of water is of — leoce
Ri= L2 above which there is |
mirror M. Beyond the mirror = L_a__] +
+
the region contains air (u = 1). :
‘The disance ofthe image formed by the mirror after
reflection of the rays coming from P is. cm
(was. misror),.
3 Aconcave mirror of radius of curvature 40 cm is
fied with water n= ppt a eit of 2 cm.
ont object O is kept on the principal axis of the
mirror t height 12.5 cm from the water surface,
Find the position (in cm) ofthe final image formed
from wate: surface after refraction at water surface,
reflection at mirror and again refraction at water
surface in succession,
4 Arodof dass = 5) and
‘Sduzte Cross-section is bent into
the shape as shown. & parallel
beam of light fats
Surface A. dis width of aside and
Risthe radius of inner "
“emis Fhe simu vue of sothat
alllight entering the glass th f
ts theougn ne glass wough A emerge from.
5 Atransparent sot cube of side a has refractive
index 3/2. & point ‘source of light is embedded in it at
Scent. the minimum acea ofthe surface of the
oben
wich must be painted black, so that the source
‘6 Not visible from outside is rma?. then find n,
frror in the arrangement ~
: sown igure saving up a=
with speed 4em/s.Find the |g
speed of final image of 1”
object O (in cm/s) formed
after two refractions and one reflection,
7 ABand CDare two slabs. The medium bet,
slabs has refractive index 2. Find the mini
(in degrees) of incidence of O, so thet the
totally reflected by both the slabs.
ray
8 Acomposite slab consisting of different media is
Placed infront of a concave mirror of. radius of
Curvature 150 cm. The whole
arrangement is placed
inwater.
An object Ois placed at a distance 20 cm from the
slab. The RI of different media are given in the
diagram. Find the distance of the final image formed
by the system from the object.
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9 Find the speed of bird with respect to fish (in m/s) at
given instant, if water surface is moving downward
2 m/s at this time
t Brazing angle of i ‘i
10 Aray of light enters at A
; an assembly of three isosceles right angleq
having refractive indices, = V2,y, = Jy,
"Wa: finally emergent light ray ako, c