NEW LIFE CHRISTIAN HIGH SCHOOL

S.4 PHYSICS MID OF TERM I – 2018

NAME: ________________________________________________COMB________

Instructions:
This paper consists of three sections
Section A is compulsory. For each question there are four possible answers a, b, c
and d. Choose the one you consider correct
Section B is compulsory
Time: 1 HOUR 30 Minutes

SECTION A (circle the best alternative)

1. The critical angle for light passing from rock salt into air is 40.5°. Calculate the index of
refraction of rock salt.
a. 1.54 b. 0.65 c. 0.025 d. 1.32

2. A convex lens will make an image appear ______ if the object is placed between the focal
point and the lens.
a. Smaller and upside down
b. Smaller and right side up
c. Larger and upside down
d. Larger and right side up

3. The diagram below shows a ray of light passing from medium X into air.

4. What is the absolute index of refraction of medium X?

a. 0.500 b. 1.73 c. 2.00 d. 0.577
5. In ray of light (GH) is incident on the glass-water interface DC at an angle 𝑖. It emerges in air
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along the water-air interface EF (see figure). If the refractive index of water µw is 3, the
refractive index of glass µg is :

3 1 4 sin 𝑖 4
a. b. c. d.
4 sin 𝑖 sin 𝑖 3 sin 𝑖

SECTION B
6. A student carried out an experiment to verify Snell’s law of refraction by measuring the angle
of incidence i and the angle of refraction r for a ray of light entering a glass block. The student
repeated this procedure two more times. The data recorded by the student is shown in the table.
angle of angle of sin i sin i sin i/sin r
incidence i refraction r
30o 19o
o
45 28o
65o 37o

(i) Draw a labelled diagram of the apparatus used in the experiment.

(ii) Describe how the student found the position of the refracted ray.
(iii)How did the student measure the angle of refraction?
(iv) Copy this table and complete it in your answer-book.
(v) Use the data to verify Snell’s law of refraction.

7. A ray of light incident from air to a prism of refracting angle 60o at an angle of 30o. If the
refractive index of the material of the glass is 1.5, calculate the
a. Angle of emergence on the second face of the prism.
b. The angle of deviation of the ray

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