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In the white light of sun, maximum scattering by the air molecules present in the earth’s atmosphere is for:

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According to Rayleigh, th intensity T of scattered light is found to be inversely proportional to the fourth power of wavelength 'λ' of light, i.e.

I1λ4

Thus, light of smaller wavelength is scattered least. Here,

λblue<λgreen<λyellow<λred

Since the wavelenghth of blue light is the least, it is scattered the most,
Hence option (d) is correct.

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