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JEE Main 2021Ray Optics Question with Solution

JEE Main 2021 (25 Jul Shift 1)

Question

A ray of laser of a wavelength 630 nm is incident at an angle of 30° at the diamond-air interface. It is going from diamond to air. The refractive index of diamond is 2.42 and that of air is 1. Choose the correct option.

Choose an option

Show full solutionCorrect option: C
Correct answer
CRefraction is not possible.

Step-by-step explanation

sinθC=1μ=12μ2<sinθC

sinθ>sinθC

θ>θC

Total internal reflection will happen.

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