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What are the seven colours seen in a rainbow?

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 The seven colours seen in a rainbow are red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet.

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अध्याय 6: The Human Eyes And The Colorful World - Exercise 4 [पृष्ठ २८९]

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लखमीर सिंग Physics (Science) [English] Class 10
अध्याय 6 The Human Eyes And The Colorful World
Exercise 4 | Q 27.5 | पृष्ठ २८९

संबंधित प्रश्न

A narrow beam PQ of white light is passing through a glass prism ABC as shown in the diagram.

Trace it on your answer sheet and show the path of the emergent beam as observed on the screen DE.

(i) Write the name and cause of the phenomenon observed.

(ii) Where else in nature is this phenomenon observed?

(iii) Based on this observation, state the conclusion which can be drawn about the constituents of white light.


In the following ray diagram the correctly marked angle are:

(a) ∠i and ∠e

(b)  ∠A and ∠D

(c) ∠i, ∠e and ∠D

(d) ∠r, ∠A and ∠D


(i) A ray of white light breaks up into its components while passing through a glass prism. Draw a ray diagram to show the path of rays.
(ii) Mark the least deviated colour in your  diagram 

 

(iii) Why do different coloured rays deviate differently in a prism?


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.


How could you show that the colours of the spectrum combine to give white light?


 What acts as tiny prisms in the formation of a rainbow?


Which of the following colour of white light is least deviated by the prism?
(a) green
(b) violet
(c) indigo
(d) yellow


The colour of white light which is deviated the maximum on passing through the glass prism is:
(a) blue
(b) indigo
(c) red
(d) orange


Which is optically denser: water or air? Give reason


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.


You are given a disc divided into seven sectors with colours violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange and red in them. What would be its colour when it is rotated rapidly?


While performing the experiment to trace the path of a ray of light passing through a glass prism, four students marked the incident ray and the emergent ray in their diagrams in the manner shown below. 

(A) I

(B) II

(C) III

(D) IV


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. 


The wavelengths of violet and red light are 4000 Å and 8000 Å respectively. Which of the two has the higher frequency?


A wave has wavelength 50Å of State its one use.


Observe the given figure and answer the following questions.

  1. Which colour light rays bend most?
  2. Which colour light rays bend least.
  3. What is the wavelength of violet light rays?

Name the scientist who was the first to use a glass prism to obtain the spectrum of sunlight.


The periscope is an optical device with a polished surface that reflects the light falling on it.


The dispersive powers of flint glass and crown glass are 0.053 and 0.034, respectively and their mean refractive indices are 1.68 and 1.53 for white light. Calculate the angle of the flint glass prism required to form an achromatic combination with a crown glass prism of refracting angle 4°:


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