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Dispersion of White Light by Glass Prism

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The colour of white light which is deviated the maximum on passing through the glass prism is :
(a) blue (b) indigo (c) red (d) orange

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Answer : (b) indigo . Because indigo have lowest velocity in glass and smaller wavelength than the others given in options .

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