JEE Main 2010 — Ray Optics Question with Solution
JEE Main 2010
Question
An initially parallel cylindrical beam travels in a medium of refractive index , where and are positive constants and is the intensity of the light beam. The intensity of the beam is decreasing with increasing radius.
As the beam enters the medium, it will
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Show full solutionCorrect option: B
Correct answer
Bconverge
Step-by-step explanation
As intensity is maximum at axis,
will be maximum and speed will be minimum on the axis of the beam.
beam will converge.
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