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प्रश्न
What do you understand by the term spectrum? Name the various colours present in the spectrum of sunlight.
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उत्तर
Spectrum is the band of colours obtained on a screen when white light passes through a prism and splits into its constituent colours. The colours of the spectrum are violet (V), indigo (1), blue (B), green (G), yellow (Y), orange (O), and red (R).
The order of the spectrum is VIBGYOR.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Fill in the blank with suitable word:
When a ray of light enters a prism, it bends ................ the normal ; as it leaves the prism, it bends ................. the normal.
Out of air and glass, which is optically rarer? Give reason.
Complete the ray diagram given below to show the nature of light produced on the screen.

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 labeled ray diagram to illustrate the dispersion of a narrow beam of white light when it passes through a glass prism.
Distinguish between an impure spectrum and a pure spectrum.
Write the range of wavelength of the ultraviolet spectrum.
Write an Explanation.
Critical angle
The splitting of white light in to seven colors is called ______.
