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प्रश्न
What do you understand by the term spectrum?
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उत्तर
The colour band obtained on a screen on passing white light through a prism is called the spectrum.
संबंधित प्रश्न
How could you show that the colours of the spectrum combine to give white light?
Out of the following, the colour of light having the maximum wavelength is:
(a) violet
(b) indigo
(c) green
(d) orange
In which of the following four diagrams is the correct path of a ray of light passing through a glass prism shown ?
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
Which characteristic property of light is responsible for the blue colour of the sky?
What is dispersion? Explain in detail.
In dispersion, the color of light that will bend more is ______.
Assertion: We can see the rainbow in the sky when the rain starts falling after a spell of bright sunlight.
Reason: The rainbow is formed due to the dispersion of light.
The angle of deviation through a prism is minimum when

- Incident rays and emergent rays are symmetric to the prism.
- The refracted ray inside the prism becomes parallel to its base.
- The angle of incidence is equal to that of the angle of emergence.
- When the angle of emergence has doubled the angle of incidence.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
In the following diagram showing dispersion of white light by a glass prism, the colours 'P' and 'Q’ respectively are:

