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A light ray is incident perpendicular to one face of a 90° prism and is totally internally reflected at the glass-air interface. If the angle of…

JEE Main 2004 — Physics Optics

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A light ray is incident perpendicular to one face of a 90∘90^{\circ}90∘ prism and is totally internally reflected at the glass-air interface. If the angle of reflection is 45∘45^{\circ}45∘, we conclude that the refractive index nnn JEE Main 2004 Physics, Ray Optics — question figure

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Held on 30 Apr 2004 · Verified 6 Jul 2026.

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  1. A

    n<12\mathrm{n} < \frac{1}{2}n<21​

  2. B

    n>2\mathrm{n}>\sqrt{2}n>2​

  3. C

    n>12n>\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}n>2​1​

  4. D

    n<2\mathrm{n} < \sqrt{2}n<2​

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