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प्रश्न
What do you understand by the term spectrum?
Explain 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. It consists of seven constituent colours in the order of VIBGYOR (Violet, Indigo, Blue, Green, Yellow, Orange, and Red).
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संबंधित प्रश्न
A student traces the path of a ray of light through a triangular glass prism for different values of angle of incidence. On analyzing the ray diagrams, which one of the following conclusions is he likely to draw?
(A) The emergent ray is parallel to the incident ray.
(B) The emergent ray bends at an angle to the direction of the incident ray.
(C) The emergent ray and the refracted ray are at right angles to each other.
(D) The emergent ray is perpendicular to the incident ray.
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
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