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प्रश्न
Draw a labeled ray diagram to illustrate the dispersion of a narrow beam of white light when it passes through a glass prism.
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उत्तर

When ray of white light passes through glass prism, different colour components of white light travel through different velocities and come out from prism along different paths.
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