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Question
What do you understand by spectrum? Name the seven prominent colours in order, as obtained in the spectrum of white light.
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Solution
The spectrum is the colour band obtained on a screen when white light passes through a prism. The seven prominent colours obtained in the spectrum of white light, in order are Violet, Indigo, Blue, Green, Yellow, Orange, and Red.
RELATED QUESTIONS
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
In the following diagram the correctly marked angles are :

(a) ∠A and ∠e
(b) ∠i, ∠A and ∠D
(c) ∠A ∠r and ∠e
(b) ∠A ∠r and ∠D
Fill in the blank with suitable word:
When a ray of light enters a prism, it bends ................ the normal ; as it leaves the prism, it bends ................. the normal.
What are the seven colours seen in a rainbow?
Why do you not see a spectrum of colours when light passes through a flat pane of glass?
How does the speed of light determine the optical density of a medium?
What do you understand by the term spectrum?
When a white light ray falls on a prism, the ray at its first surface suffers ______.
The angle of deviation through a prism is minimum when

- Incident rays and emergent rays are symmetric to the prism.
- The refracted ray inside the prism becomes parallel to its base.
- The angle of incidence is equal to that of the angle of emergence.
- When the angle of emergence has doubled the angle of incidence.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
State True or False:
"Wavelength of red light is close to 700 nm.”
