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प्रश्न
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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संबंधित प्रश्न
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
Study the following figure in which a student has marked the angle of incidence (∠i), angle of refraction (∠r), angle of emergence (∠e), angle of prism (∠A) and the angle of deviation (∠D). The correctly marked angles are
(a) ∠A and ∠i
(b) ∠A, ∠i and ∠r
(c) ∠A, ∠i, ∠e and ∠D
(d) ∠A, ∠i, ∠r and ∠D
Define the term dispersion of white light.
As light rays pass from air into a glass prism, are they refracted towards or away from the normal?
What will happen if another similar glass prism is placed upside down behind the first prism?
Which is refracted most by a prism : red light or violet light? Explain why?
Draw a diagram to show the refraction of light through a glass prism. On this diagram, mark
(i) incident ray
(ii) emergent ray, and
(iii) angle of deviation.
A beam of white light is shone onto a glass prism. The light cannot be:
(a) deviated
(b) dispersed
(c) focused
(d) refracted
The property of splitting of white light into its seven constituent colours is known as
What do you understand by the term spectrum?
When a white light ray falls on a prism, the ray at its first surface suffers ______.
In the spectrum of white light by a prism, the colour at the extreme end opposite to the base of prism is ______.
The frequency range of visible light is from 3.75 × 1014 Hz to 7.5 × 1014 Hz. Calculate its wavelength range. Take speed of light = 3 × 108 m/s.
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.
Write three conditions necessary to obtain a pure spectrum on a screen. Name the instrument in which the conditions stated by you are fulfilled.
Why do we see a rainbow in the sky only after rainfall?
Which one of the following is involved for the formation of rainbow in the sky?
When sunlight passes through water droplets in the atmosphere it gets dispersed into its constituent colours forming a rainbow. A similar phenomenon is observed when white light passes through a prism.
Instead of sunlight, a green-coloured ray is passed through a glass prism. What will be the colour of the emergent ray?
