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प्रश्न
When a white light ray falls on a prism, the ray at its first surface suffers ______.
विकल्प
No refraction
Only dispersion
Only deviation
Both deviation and dispersion
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उत्तर
When a white light ray falls on a prism, the ray at its first surface suffers both deviation and dispersion.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
A beam of white light falls on a glass prism. The colour of light which undergoes the least bending on passing through the glass prism is:
(a) violet
(b) red
(c) green
(d) blue
State the speed of light in (a) air, (b) water, and (c) glass
Define the term dispersion of light.
Draw a labeled ray diagram to illustrate the dispersion of a narrow beam of white light when it passes through a glass prism.
Refer to fig
(i) Name the lens L.
(ii) What are the points O, O' called?
(iii) Complete the diagram to form the image of the object AB.
(iv) Write three characteristics of the image.

The wavelengths of violet and red light are 4000 Å and 8000 Å respectively. Which of the two has the higher frequency?
Say TRUE or FALSE
After passing through a prism, white light splits into a band of seven colours
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°:
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.
Observe the given diagram and answer the questions:

- Name the process shown in the figure.
- Name the colour that deviates the most.
- Name the colour that deviates the least.
- Name any one phenomenon in nature which is based on the above process.
- Define ‘spectrum’.
