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When a white light ray falls on a prism, the ray at its first surface suffers —
- no refraction
- only dispersion
- only deviation
- both deviation and dispersion
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both deviation and dispersion
Reason — When a white light enters the first surface of a prism, light of different colours due to their different speeds in glass, gets deviated through different angles towards the base of the prism i.e., dispersion of white light into its constituent colours takes place at the first surface of prism.
Hence, both deviation and dispersion takes place at the first surface.
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When a ray of white light falls on a prism, which of the following statements are correct ?
- The dispersion of white light occurs at the first surface of the prism.
- The deviation of light rays occurs at both the surfaces of the prism.
- The prism does not produce colours, but it only splits the various colours present in the white light.
- All of the above.
The wavelength range of white light is:
- 4000 nm to 8000 nm
- 40 nm to 80 nm
- 400 nm to 800 nm
- 4 nm to 8 nm
The correct arrangement of colours in an increasing order of their wavelengths is :
- Violet < Green < Red
- Red < Green < Violet
- Green < Violet < Red
- Green < Red < Violet
In the spectrum of white light by a prism, the colour at the extreme end opposite to the base of a prism is —
- violet
- yellow
- red
- blue