Very fine particles mainly scatter _______ coloured light.

Red

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Blue

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Green

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Yellow

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Solution

The correct option is A Blue
Very fine particles mainly scatter blue colour light. As the wavelength of blue colour light is lowest as compare to red colour and fine particles and molecules like oxygen and nitrogen being smaller in size scatter effectively the shorter wavelength light.

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