Dispersion of White Light by a Glass Prism

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10th Assam Board
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Important Questions on Dispersion of White Light by a Glass Prism

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A narrow beam of white light enters a glass prism and it splits into the colours of the visible spectrum. The lines labelled A to G represent rays of seven main colours of the visible spectrum. Write down the letter that corresponds to the YELLOW ray.

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How will you use two identical glass prisms so that a narrow beam of white light incident on one of the prisms emerges out of the second prism as a beam of white light? Draw a labelled diagram to illustrate it.          

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Which of the following colour of white light is least deviated by the prism?

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What is meant by the dispersion of white light? Describe the formation of the rainbow in the sky with the help of a diagram.