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When light is refracted into a medium from vacuum

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its wavelength and frequency both increases

B

its wavelength increases but frequency remains unchanged

C

its wavelength decreases but frequency remains unchanged

D

its wavelength and frequency both decreases

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MHTCET PREVIOUS YEAR PAPERS AND PRACTICE PAPERS-REFRACTION OF LIGHT-Exercise 1
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  2. µ(1) and µ(2) are the refractive index of two mediums and v(1) and v(2...

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  3. When light is refracted into a medium from vacuum

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  4. An under water swimmer is at a depth of 12 m below the surface of wate...

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  5. A vessel of depth 2d cm is half filled with a liquid of refractive ind...

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  6. Three immiscibles transparent liquids with erefractive indices 3/2,4/3...

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  7. The optical path of a monochromatic light is same if it goes through 4...

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  8. A diver at a depth of 12 m in water (mu=4 //3) sees the sky in a cone ...

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  9. In a lake, a fish rising vertically to the surface of water uniformly ...

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  10. A circular beam of light (diameter d) falls on a plane surface of a li...

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  11. Which one of the following is not associated with the total internal r...

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  12. The wavelength of light in two liquids x and y is 3500 Å and 7000 Å, ...

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  13. White light is incident on the interface of glass and air as shown in ...

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  14. The critical angle of a prism is 30^(@). The velocity of light in the ...

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  15. A ray of light travelling in a transparent medium falls on a surface s...

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  16. A glass slab has a critical angle of 30^(@) when placed in air. What w...

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  17. When a ray is refracted from one medium into another, the wavelegths c...

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  18. If a ray of light in a denser medium strikes a rarer medium at an angl...

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  19. A ray of light is incident at an angle of 60^(@) on one face of a pris...

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  20. When light rays are incident on a prism at an angle of 45^(@), the min...

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