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(a) Draw a ray diagram to show the refraction of a ray of light through a rectangular glass slab when it falls obliquely from air into glass.

(b) State Snell’s law of refraction of light.

(c) Differentiate between the virtual images formed by a convex lens and a concave lens on the basis of :

  1. object distance, and
  2. magnification

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(a) The ray diagram showing the refraction of a ray of light through a rectangular glass slab when it falls obliquely from air into glass is given below :

Draw a ray diagram to show the refraction of a ray of light through a rectangular glass slab when it falls obliquely from air into glass. CBSE 2026 Science Class 10 Sample Question Paper Solved.

(b) Snell's law states that the ratio of the sine of the angle of incidence (i) to the sine of the angle of refraction (r) is a constant for a given pair of media i.e.,

sin isin r=constant=n21\dfrac {\text {sin i}}{\text {sin r}} = \text {constant} = \text n_{21}

where n21 is the refractive index of the second medium with respect to the first.

(c)

BasisConvex LensConcave Lens
1. Object distanceA virtual image is formed when the object is placed between the optical centre and the focus (F).A virtual image is formed for all positions of the object.
2. MagnificationThe image is virtual, erect, and magnified.The image is virtual, erect, and diminished.

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