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Dispersion of White Light through Prism

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Blue light is made to fall on a prism. What colour would you observe on the other side of the prism?

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Band of seven colors

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White light

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C

Blue light

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Can’t say

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Solution

The correct option is C Blue light
As prism does not create any colour of its own, blue light will come out of the other side of the prism.

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