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Rainbows are caused by the dispersion of white light in __________.

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raindrops

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prism

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glass slab

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air

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Solution

The correct option is A raindrops
A rainbow is formed due to refraction,dispersion and total internal reflection of sunlight in a rain drop as shown in the figure.

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