Dispersion of Light
Dispersion of Light: Overview
This Topic covers sub-topics such as Dispersion, Formation of Rainbow, Dispersion of White Light, Recombination of Spectrum of White Light and, Spectrum of White Light
Important Questions on Dispersion of Light

What are the two conditions necessary for the formation of rainbow in the sky?


Who discovered that light is composed of seven colours?

Which of the following colours of light beam bends least?

If a red light ray is incident on a prism, what will happen?

Which of the following colours is dispersed the least through a prism?


Splitting of light into its colours is known as _____ of light.

The _____ act like small prisms when a rainbow is formed.

Any light that gives a spectrum similar to that of sunlight is often referred to as _____ light.

The splitting of light into its component colours is called _____.

By which optical phenomenon, the splitting of white light into seven constituent colours occur?

The band of colours obtained due to dispersion is known as :

The process by which a beam of white light splits into its constituent colours is known as :
