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AAKASH SERIES-RAY OPTICS-EXERCISE (VERY SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS )
  1. Explain why: (a) A flying bird appears higher in the sky than it reall...

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  2. What happens to the frequency, wavelength and speed of light that cros...

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  3. Suppose you are inside the water in a swimming pool near an edge. A fr...

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  4. Light enters from air to glass having refractive index 1.50. What is t...

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  5. Define bond energy. On what factors does it depend?

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  6. State the consequences of total internal reflection?

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  7. What is an optical fibre? State its principle.

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  8. Why do diamonds sparkle?

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  9. A ray of light while traveling from a denser to rarer medium grazes th...

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  10. If theta c in the critical angle, write the deviation value when the r...

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  11. Consider a ray of light passing from one medium to another. If the ang...

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  12. Mention any three uses of optical fibres.

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  13. It is possible for a lens to act as convergent in one medium and diver...

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  14. Can a single lens ever form a real and erect image?

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  15. If the two radii of a thin lens are not equal, will the focal length c...

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  16. What is the focal length if plane surface is silvered in previous illu...

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  17. What will be the equivalent focal length of a system consisting of a t...

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  18. An air bubble is formed inside water. Does it act as a converging lens...

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  19. As an object is moved from the surface of a thin converging lens to a ...

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  20. Define refracting angle and principal section of a prism

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