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Question
The colour of white light which suffers the maximum bending (or maximum refraction) on passing through a glass prism is:
(a) yellow
(b) orange
(c) red
(d) violet
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Solution
violet
The colour violet of white light suffers the maximum refraction on passing through a glass prism as it has the shortest wavelength.
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