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The refractive index of a medium is a physical quantity having no dimension and no unit - is the statement true or false?

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CHHAYA PUBLICATION-REFRACTION OF LIGHT-EXERCISE Very Short Answer or two Question (Mark1)
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  2. Can relative refractive index of a medium with respect to another be l...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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  12. Absolute refractive index of water and glass are (4)/(3) and (3)/(2) ....

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  13. For any particular medium the refractive index is greater if the wavel...

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  14. What is the value of the product of refractive index of second medium ...

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  15. For what angle of incidence the lateral shift produced by parallel si...

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  16. For what angle of incidence the lateral shift produced by a parallel s...

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  17. What is the maximum lateral shift produced by a parallel sided glass p...

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  18. If mu(a) , mu(b) and mu( c ) are the absolute refractive indices of th...

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  19. A bird descends vertically downwards in the direction of a pond during...

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  20. An object lying inside a pond is viewed by a man from above (air) alon...

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