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प्रश्न
A beam of white light is shone onto a glass prism. The light cannot be:
(a) deviated
(b) dispersed
(c) focused
(d) refracted
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उत्तर
focussed
A beam of white light when shone on to a glass prism can be deviated, dispersed or refracted, but it cannot be focussed.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
The path of a ray of light passing through a glass prism is shown below:

In this diagram, the angle of prism, angle of incidence, angle of emergence and angle of deviation, respectively, have been represented by:
(A) O, Y, Z and N,
(B) P, Y, M and Z,
(C) O, X, M and Z,
(D) P, X, Z and N.
Draw a diagram to show how white light can be dispersed into a spectrum by using a glass prism. Mark the various colours of the spectrum.
Which is refracted most by a prism : red light or violet light? Explain why?
The splitting up of white light into seven colours on passing through a glass prism is called:
(a) refraction
(b) deflection
(c) dispersion
(d) scattering
A ray of light moving from an optically rarer to a denser medium
How does the speed of light determine the optical density of a medium?
In figure AO is the ray of white light falling on a prism PQR. Complete the diagram till the light emerges out from the prism and falls on the screen.

A glass prism is able to produce the spectrum when white light passes through it, but a glass slab doesn’t produce any spectrum. Explain why it is so.
Complete the ray diagram given below to show the nature of light produced on the screen.
The completed ray diagram is as shown below:

Say TRUE or FALSE
Rainbow is formed by dispersion of which light by water drops
The phenomena of light involved in the formation of rainbow are ______.
Why do we see a rainbow in the sky only after rainfall?
Which one of the following is involved for the formation of rainbow in the sky?
Curved mirrors have surfaces that are spherical, cylindrical, parabolic, and ellipsoid.
What is a rainbow?
During dispersion of white light by prism placed in air, for a particular value of angle of prism,
dispersive power of crown glass? Given that µv = 1.5230, µr = 1.5145
In the following diagram showing dispersion of white light by a glass prism, the colours 'P' and 'Q’ respectively are:

Observe the given diagram and answer the questions:

- Name the process shown in the figure.
- Name the colour that deviates the most.
- Name the colour that deviates the least.
- Name any one phenomenon in nature which is based on the above process.
- Define ‘spectrum’.
