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Which colour of white light travels fastest in any medium except air? - Physics

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प्रश्न

Which colour of white light travels fastest in any medium except air?

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उत्तर

All media except air allow red light to travel at the fastest speed.

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संबंधित प्रश्न

When rays of light are incident on a glass slab then the incident ray and emergent ray are _________ each other.

  1. perpendicular
  2. parallel
  3. opposite
  4. concurrent

On the basis of the experiment, "To trace the path of a ray of light through a rectangular glass slab", students of a class arrived at which one of the following conclusions?

(A) Angle of incidence is greater than the angle of emergence.

(B) Angle of emergence is smaller than the angle of refraction.

(C) Emergent ray is parallel to the refracted ray.

(D) Incident ray and emergent ray are parallel to each other.


Observe the following figure and answer the questions given under it:

1) How many times does refraction take place in the above figure?

2) What happens to the ray of light when it passes from air to glass?

3) What happens to the ray of light when it passes from glass to air?

4) What are the rays AB and CD in the figure called?

5) Define refraction.


How is the reflection of light ray from a plane mirror different from the refraction of light ray as it enters a block of glass?


With the help of diagram of the principal section of a prism, indicate its refracting surfaces, refracting edge and base. 


How is the angle of emergence related to the angle of incidence when prism is in the position of minimum deviation? Illustrate your answer with help of a labelled diagram using an equilateral prism? 


Write the SI unit for refractive index.

Define the term refractive index of a medium in terms of velocity of light.


How is the refractive index of a medium related to its real depth and apparent depth?


Light passes through a rectangular glass slab and through a triangular glass prism. In what way does the direction of the two emergent beams differ and why?


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