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Question
A beam of white light falls on a glass prism. The colour of light which undergoes the least bending on passing through the glass prism is:
(a) violet
(b) red
(c) green
(d) blue
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Solution
red
The colour red undergoes the least bending on passing through the glass prism as it has longest wavelength.
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