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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
In the following diagram, the path of a ray of light passing through a glass prism is shown:

In this diagram the angle of incidence, the angle of emergence and the angle of deviation respectively are (select the correct option):
(A) X, R and T
(B) Y, Q and T
(C) X, Q and P
(D) Y, Q and P
Study the following figure in which a student has marked the angle of incidence (∠i), angle of refraction (∠r), angle of emergence (∠e), angle of prism (∠A) and the angle of deviation (∠D). The correctly marked angles are

(a) ∠A and ∠i
(b) ∠A, ∠i and ∠r
(c) ∠A, ∠i, ∠e and ∠D
(d) ∠A, ∠i, ∠r and ∠D
Define the term dispersion of white light.
As light rays pass from air into a glass prism, are they refracted towards or away from the normal?
What will happen if another similar glass prism is placed upside down behind the first prism?
When a beam of white light is passed through a prism, it splits to form lights of seven colours. Is it possible to recombine the lights of seven colours to obtain the white light again? Explain your answer.
Describe how you could demonstrate that white light is composed of a number of colours.
The colour of white light which suffers the maximum bending (or maximum refraction) on passing through a glass prism is:
(a) yellow
(b) orange
(c) red
(d) violet
Which of the following coloured light has the least speed in glass prism?
(a) violet
(b) yellow
(c) red
(d) green
When white light passes through a prism, it ............
The speed of light in air or vacuum is
In the spectrum of white light by a prism, the colour at the extreme end opposite to the base of prism is ______.
In an experiment to trace the path of a ray of light through a triangular glass prism, a student would observe that the emergent ray
(a) is parallel to the incident ray.
(b) is along the same direction of incident ray.
(c) gets deviated and bends towards the thinner part of the prism.
(d) gets deviated and bends towards the thicker part (base) of the prism.
When we place a glass prism in the path of a narrow beam of white light a spectrum is obtained. What happens when a second identical prism is placed in an inverted position with respect to the first prism? Draw a labelled ray diagram to illustrate it.
Complete the ray diagram given below to show the nature of light produced on the screen.
The completed ray diagram is as shown below:

A wave has wavelength 50Å of State its one use.
What do you understand by spectrum? Name the seven prominent colours in order, as obtained in the spectrum of white light.
State True or False:
"Wavelength of red light is close to 700 nm.”
