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Red is the outermost layer of rainbow.

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Important Questions on The Human Eye and the Colourful World

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Coloured band of light obtained by dispersion of white light is called
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What happens if dispersion and scattering of light do not occur?
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Draw a diagram of dispersion of white light by the glass prism.
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State one important factor which affects the critical angle of a given medium.
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What do you mean by Dispersion of white light? Draw the ray diagram to show the dispersion of white light when passes through a prism.
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Draw the diagram to show the recombination of the spectrum of white light and label the following part.

The ray of light that bends the least
 
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The graph between angle of deviation δ and angle of incidence i for a triangular prism is represented by :
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During sunset or sunrise the sun appears reddish because:
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The optical fibre used in signal communication works on which principle?
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Explain the refraction of light with the help of a Glass Prism.

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Explain the dispersion of white light by a glass prism with a labelled diagram.
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What is dispersion of light? Mention the colour that bends the least and the colour that bends the most when light undergoes dispersion through a prism.
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The angle of deviation through a prism is minimum when 

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(A) Incident ray and emergent ray are symmetric to the prism

(B) The refracted ray inside the prism becomes parallel to its base

(C) Angle of incidence is equal to that of the angle of emergence

(D) When angle of emergence is double the angle of incidence

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

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Draw the diagram to show the recombination of the spectrum of white light and label the following part.

The ray of light that bends the most

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In the given figure, what is the angle of prism?

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The diagram below shows a light source P embedded in a rectangular glass block ABCD of critical angle 42°. Complete the path of the ray PQ till it emerges out of the block. Write necessary angles.
 

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In the diagram given below, X and Y are the end colours of the spectrum of white light. The colour 'Y' represents the _____.

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