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Brewster's law: polarising angle, refractive index, speed or wavelength in the medium

This type of question, asked 5 times: 12 May 2024 S1, 23 Apr 2025 S1, 26 Apr 2025 S2, 11 Apr 2026 S1, 19 Apr 2026 S2. All 5 questions below, oldest first.

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  1. Question 1

    12 May 2024 S1

    45
    A beam of light is incident on a glass plate at an angle of 60∘60^{\circ}. The reflected ray is polarized. If angle of incidence is 45∘45^{\circ} then angle of refraction is

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  2. Question 2

    23 Apr 2025 S1

    23
    Let the speed of light and the polarizing angle for a given medium be ' V ' and ' ipi_{p} ' respectively. The relation between them is ( C=C = speed of light in vacuum)

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  3. Question 3

    26 Apr 2025 S2

    34
    The polarizing angle of transparent medium is ' θ\theta '. Let the speed of light in the medium be ' vv '. Then the relation between ' θ\theta ' and ' vv ' is [ c=c= velocity of light in air]

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  4. Question 4

    11 Apr 2026 S1

    140
    A ray of light is incident of the surface of a glass plate at an angle of incidence equal to Brewster's angle Φ\Phi. If μ\mu denotes the refractive index of glass w.r.t. air, then what will be the angle between reflected and refracted rays?

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  5. Question 5

    19 Apr 2026 S2

    141
    A ray of light is incident at polarising angle θ\theta on air-glass interface. If λa\lambda_a and λg\lambda_g are the wavelengths of light in air and glass respectively then

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