Advertisements
Advertisements
Question
In refraction of light through a prism, the light ray ______.
Options
Suffers refraction only at one face of the prism
Emerges out from the prism in a direction parallel to the incident ray
Bends at both the surfaces of prism towards its base
Bends at both the surfaces of prism opposite to its base
Solution
The light ray bends at both the surfaces of prism towards its base.
APPEARS IN
RELATED QUESTIONS
A ray of light is normally incident on one face of an equilateral glass prism. Answer the following:
What is the angle of incidence on the first face of the prism?
A ray of light is normally incident on one face of an equilateral glass prism. Answer the following:
What will be the angle of incidence at the second face of the prism?
In following figure shows two identical prisms A and B placed with their faces parallel to each other. A ray of light of single colour PQ is incident at the face of the prism A. Complete the diagram to show the path of the ray till it emerges out of the prism B.
[Hint: The emergent ray out of the prism B will be parallel to the incident ray PQ]
A ray of light suffers refraction through an equilateral prism. The deviation produced by the prism does not depend on the ______.
What should be the angle of incidence for a ray of light which suffers a minimum deviation of 36° through an equilateral prism?
[Hint: A = 60°, i = (A + δmin)/2]
When white light enters a prism, it gets split into its constituent colours. This is due to:
Explain the phenomenon of dispersion of white light through a glass prism, using suitable ray diagram.
The angle between two plane rectangular refracting surfaces of a prism is called as
State three factors on which the angle of deviation depends.
Name the colour of white light which is deviated the least on passing through a prism.
