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प्रश्न
Why do we see a rainbow in the sky only after rainfall?
We see a rainbow in the sky only after the rainfall.” Why?
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उत्तर
Raindrops present in the atmosphere after rainfall serve as a prism and refract, disperse, and internally reflect the incident sunlight, followed by final refraction. The whole sequence of dispersion and internal reflection leads to the formation of the rainbow after rainfall in the sky.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Study the following diagrams in which the path of a ray of light passing through a glass prism as traced by four students P, Q, R and S is shown:
The student who has traced the path correctly is
(A) P
(B) Q
(C) R
(D) S
Describe how you could demonstrate that white light is composed of a number of colours.
Which of the following colour of white light has the least wavelength?
(a) red
(b) orange
(c) violet
(d) blue
Why do you not see a spectrum of colours when light passes through a flat pane of glass?
When a white light ray falls on a prism, the ray at its first surface suffers ______.
If a monochromatic beam of light undergoes minimum deviation through an equiangular prism, how does the beam pass through the prism, with respect to its base?
An object is placed in front of a converging lens and in front of a diverging lens as in fig.
(a)Complete the ray diagram to obtain an image.
(b)Compare the nature of image formed by both the lenses in the above case.
Suggest one way, in each case, by which we can detect the presence of Infrared radiations.
Sunlight entering through a narrow aperture falls on a prism. Draw a neat labelled ray diagram to show the formation of the spectrum on a screen. Name the colour obtained nearer the base of the prism.
The splitting of white light in to seven colors is called ______.
What is dispersion? Explain in detail.
State the correct sequence (1-7) of colours in the spectrum formed by the prisms A and B, shown in the following figure.
Which one of the following is involved for the formation of rainbow in the sky?
What is Newton’s disc?
dispersive power of crown glass? Given that µv = 1.5230, µr = 1.5145
State the colour which bends:
- The most.
- The least while passing through a glass prism.
