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Which of the two prisms, A made of crown glass and B made of flint glass, deviates a ray of light more ?

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B made of flint glass.
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ICSE-REFRACTION OF LIGHT AT PLANE SURFACES-EXERCISE-4(B)
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  2. Diagram (a) and (b) in figure below show the refraction of a ray of li...

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  3. Define the term angle of deviation.

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  4. Complete the following sentence : Angle of deviation is the angle wh...

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  5. What do you understand by the deviation produced by a prism? Why is it...

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  6. (a) How does the angle of deviation produced by a prism change with in...

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  7. State whether the following statement is 'true' or 'false'. The devi...

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  8. How does the deviation produced by a prism depend on (i) the refractiv...

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  9. How does the angle of minimum deviation produced by a prism change wit...

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  10. Write a relation for the angle of deviation (delta) for a ray of light...

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  11. A ray of light incident at an angle of incidence i(1) passes through a...

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  12. Draw a ray diagram to show the refraction of a monochromatic ray throu...

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  13. A light ray of yellow colour is incident on an equilateral glass prism...

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  14. Name the colour of white light which is deviated (i) the most, and (ii...

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  15. Which of the two prisms, A made of crown glass and B made of flint gla...

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  16. How does the angle of deviation depend on the refracting angle of the ...

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  17. An object is viewed through a glass prism with its vertex pointing upw...

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  18. A ray of light is normally incident on one face of an equilateral glas...

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  19. Figure below shows two identical prisms A and B placed with their face...

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