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Violet, green, red and yellow are the four colours formed on a white screen when a polychromatic light is dispersed. The arrangement of colours in the decreasing order of wavelengths is:

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Violet, green, red and yellow are the four colours formed on a white screen when a polychromatic light is dispersed. The arrangement of colours in the decreasing order of wavelengths is:

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  • green, red, yellow and violet

  • red, yellow, green and violet

  • violet, green, yellow and red

  • violet, green, red and yellow

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Solution

Red, yellow, green and violet

Explanation:

Wavelength decreases in the order red, yellow, green and violet. Violet has the shortest wavelength among these colours.

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Chapter 5: Electromagnetic Waves and Spectrum - EXERCISE [Page 115]

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Goyal Brothers Prakashan A New Approach to ICSE Physics [English] Class 10
Chapter 5 Electromagnetic Waves and Spectrum
EXERCISE | Q 5. | Page 115
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