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When a ray of light travels from one transparent medium into another obliquely, the path of the light undergoes ____________.

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SURA PUBLICATION-OPTICS-ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS & ANSWER (Fill in the blanks (Covers whole unit))
  1. The velocity of light is given by .

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  2. Among visible light, has the lowest wavelength.

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  3. When a ray of light travels from one transparent medium into another o...

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  4. The deviation of a ray of light is called .

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  5. The velocity of light is more in medium.

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  6. The second law of refraction is also known as .

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  7. The speed of light is low, if the of the medium is high.

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  8. The velocity of light is less in medium.

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  9. When light travels from rarer to denser medium, the refracted ray is ...

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  10. is the fundamental and natural source of light.

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  11. is an example of a composite source.

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  12. The angle of refraction is determined in terms of the of the medium.

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  13. The source of light produces a light of single colour, it is known as...

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  14. light is a composite light which consists of light of various colours ...

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  15. If the energy of incident beam and the scattered beam are same, then ...

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  16. The and of the scatterer results in different types of scattering.

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  17. At sunrise and sunset , the light rays from the sun have to travel a ...

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  18. The scattering of sunlight by the atoms or molecules of the gases in t...

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  19. The amount of scattering of light is inversely proportional to the po...

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  20. According to Rayleigh's law, the shorter wavelength colours are scatte...

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