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Can the value of absolute refractive index of a medium be less than 1?

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CHHAYA PUBLICATION-REFRACTION OF LIGHT-EXERCISE Very Short Answer or two Question (Mark1)
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  2. Arrange the following media according to the increasing optical densit...

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  3. Can the value of absolute refractive index of a medium be less than 1?

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  4. State the relation of velocity of light with refractive index.

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  7. Does velocity of light in vacuum depend on (a) wavelength of light (b)...

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  8. If water is heated, how refractive index of will change?

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  9. Which of the following - wavelength , frequency or velocity does not c...

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  10. Refractive index of glass is 1.5. What is the velocity of light in gla...

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  11. Can relative refractive index of a medium with respect to another be l...

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  12. The refractive index of a medium is a physical quantity having no dime...

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  13. A light ray of wavelength 4500 Å enters a glass slab of refractive i...

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  14. For which colour of light is the refractive index of the glass the min...

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  15. If frequency of light increases will there be any change in the refrac...

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  16. For which colour of light is the refractive index of glass a maximum?

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  17. Does the refractive index of glass depend on the colour of light? If s...

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  18. When a ray of light is incident on a plane normally, then what is the ...

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  19. If the refractive index of water relative to air is (4)/(3), what will...

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  20. When light travels from air to glass, how does its wave - length chang...

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