Home
Class 11
PHYSICS
The angle made by incident ray of light ...

The angle made by incident ray of light with the reflecting surface is called

A

glancing angle

B

angle of incidence

C

angle of deviation

D

angle of refraction

Text Solution

Verified by Experts

The correct Answer is:
B
Promotional Banner

Topper's Solved these Questions

  • REFRACTION OF LIGHT

    TARGET PUBLICATION|Exercise EVALUATION TEST|15 Videos

  • REFRACTION OF LIGHT

    TARGET PUBLICATION|Exercise CRITICAL THINKING|61 Videos

  • RAY OPTICS

    TARGET PUBLICATION|Exercise EVALUATION TEST|16 Videos

  • SCALARS AND VECTORS

    TARGET PUBLICATION|Exercise Evaluation Test|19 Videos

Similar Questions

Explore conceptually related problems

The angle of incidence for a ray of light at a refracting surface of a prism is 45^(@) . The angle of prism is 60^(@) . If the ray suffers minimum deviation through the prism. The angle of minimum deviation and refractive index of the material of the prism respectively, are

Choose the correct alternative and write it along with its allotted alphabet: What is the measure of the angle made by the reflected sound with the reflecting surface when the angle incidence is 30^@ A. 0^@ B. 30^@ C. 90^@ D. 60^@

The angle between incident ray and reflected ray or refracted ray is called _____

Unpolarised light is incident from air on a plane surface of a material of refractive index mu . At a particular angle of incidence i , it is found that the reflected and refracted rays are perpendicular to each other. Which of the following options is correct for this situation?

Practice Problems : If the angle between the incident ray and the reflected ray is 110⁰ , what are the values of the angle of incidence and reflection ?

Fill in the blanks : The angle between incident ray and the normal is called angle of …………

The angle of refraction is always greater than the angle of incidence for a ray of light travelling from optically denser medium to a rarer medium.

Select the appropriate options and complete the following paragraph : ( incidence, different, reflected, normal,incident, equal,not equal,same,opposite) The rays falling on a surface are called ………. Rays . The point on the surface at which an incident ray falls is called as point of ………. . The rays going away from the surface after reflection are called ............ rays . the direction of these rays is given by certain rules called as laws of reflection . according to laws of reflection , the angle of reflection is ............ to the angle of incidence . the incident ray , the reflected ray and the normal lie in the ........... plane . the incident ray and the reflected ray are on the ........... sides of the normal .

Solve the following problems : If the angle between the incident ray and the reflected ray is 90⁰ , what are the values of the angle of incidence and angle of reflection ?

TARGET PUBLICATION-REFRACTION OF LIGHT -COMPETITIVE THINKING
  1. The angle made by incident ray of light with the reflecting surface is...

    Text Solution

    |

  2. There is a small air bubble at the centre of a solid glass sphere of r...

    Text Solution

    |

  3. The refractive index of water and glass with respect to air is 1.3 and...

    Text Solution

    |

  4. A light of wavelength 6000 A travels from rarer medium to denser mediu...

    Text Solution

    |

  5. If ligth travels from vacuum to water, its wavelength

    Text Solution

    |

  6. Light waves travel from optically rarer medium to optically deser med...

    Text Solution

    |

  7. Monochromatice light is refracted from air into glass of refractive in...

    Text Solution

    |

  8. A beam of light propagating at an angle alpha(1) from a medium 1 to an...

    Text Solution

    |

  9. A ray of light is incident on a glass plate of refractive index 1.5. T...

    Text Solution

    |

  10. A beam of menochromatic blue light of wavelength 4200 Ål in air travel...

    Text Solution

    |

  11. A wave of light having frequency 4 xx 10^(14)Hz. And speed of light 3...

    Text Solution

    |

  12. Light enters form air into a medium of refractive index 1.5. Percentag...

    Text Solution

    |

  13. The velocity of light in glass is 2 xx 10^(8) m/s. If refractive index...

    Text Solution

    |

  14. The ratio of velocities of light in glass that in waters is ( refract...

    Text Solution

    |

  15. The refractive index of water is frac(4)(3) and speed of light in air ...

    Text Solution

    |

  16. The refractive index of glass W.t.r. a medium is 4/3 . If vm - vg = 6....

    Text Solution

    |

  17. A ray of light is incident on the surface of separatio of a medium wit...

    Text Solution

    |

  18. A thin oil layer floats on water. A ray of light making an angle of in...

    Text Solution

    |

  19. A light beam is incident at an angle twice the angle twice the angle ...

    Text Solution

    |

  20. A ray of light strikes a tansparent rectangular slab (of refractive in...

    Text Solution

    |