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What Acts as Tiny Prisms in the Formation of a Rainbow?

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

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उत्तर

 Raindrops act as tiny prisms in the formation of a rainbow.

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पाठ 3: The Human Eyes And The Colorful World - Exercise 4 [पृष्ठ १७०]

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लखमीर सिंह Physics Part 1 [English] Class 10
पाठ 3 The Human Eyes And The Colorful World
Exercise 4 | Q 27. (c) | पृष्ठ १७०

संबंधित प्रश्‍न

State the cause of dispersion of white light passing through a glass prism. How did Newton show that white light of sun contains seven colours using two identical glass prisms. Draw a ray diagram to show the path of light when two identical glass prisms are arranged together in inverted position with respect to each other and a narrow beam of white light is allowed to fall obliquely on one of the focus of the first prism.


Draw a ray diagram to show the dispersion of white light.


 Name the process which is involved in the formation of a rainbow.


What are the seven colours seen in a rainbow?


Out of the following, the colour of light having the maximum wavelength is:
(a) violet
(b) indigo
(c) green
(d) orange


The speed of light in air or vacuum is


A ray of white light is passed through a glass prism and a spectrum is obtained on a screen.

  1. Name the seven colours of the spectrum in order.
  2. Do the colours have the same width in the spectrum?
  3. Which of the colour of the spectrum of white light deviates (i) the most, (ii) the least?

When a white light ray falls on a prism, the ray at its first surface suffers ______.


In the following diagram, the correctly marked angles are

(A) All
(B) Only ∠i and ∠A
(C) ∠i, ∠r and ∠A
(D) ∠i, ∠A and ∠D


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


When we place a glass prism in the path of a narrow beam of white light a spectrum is obtained. What happens when a second identical prism is placed in an inverted position with respect to the first prism? Draw a labelled ray diagram to illustrate it.

 

Draw a labelled diagram: Dispersion of light through a prism.


What is the cause of the dispersion of white light through a glass prism? Draw a ray diagram to show the path of light when two identical glass prisms are arranged together in an inverted position with respect to each other and a narrow beam of white light is allowed to fall obliquely on one of the faces of the prisms.


State two uses of ultraviolet radiation.


In the diagram, a narrow beam of white light is incident on a right-angled isosceles prism. The critical angle of the material of prism for the yellow colour of white light is 45°. Complete the diagram to show the path of blue, yellow, and red colours of white light till they emerge out of the prism.


Say TRUE or FALSE

Rainbow is formed by dispersion of which light by water drops


The phenomena of light involved in the formation of rainbow are ______.


Curved mirrors have surfaces that are spherical, cylindrical, parabolic, and ellipsoid.


dispersive power of crown glass? Given that µv = 1.5230, µr = 1.5145


A prism of refractive index `sqrt2` and refracting angle A produces minimum deviation δm of a ray on one face at an angle of incidence 45°, The values of A and δm are, respectively ______.


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