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प्रश्न
A ray of white light is passed through a glass prism and a spectrum is obtained on a screen.
- Name the seven colours of the spectrum in order.
- Do the colours have the same width in the spectrum?
- Which of the colour of the spectrum of white light deviates (i) the most, (ii) the least?
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उत्तर
- Violet, Indigo, Blue, Green, Yellow, Orange, and Red.

- No, different colours have different widths in the spectrum.
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- The violet colour deviates the most.
- The red colour deviates the least.
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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.
Why do the component colours of incident white light split into a spectrum while passing through a glass prism, explain
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.
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
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A ray of light is incident at 45° on an equilateral prism in the diagram below.

- Name the phenomenon exhibited by the ray of light when it enters and emerges out of the prism.
- State the cause of the above phenomenon mentioned by you.
