When white light is passed through a prism, which among the following colours will bend the least?

Yellow

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Red

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Green

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Orange

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Solution

The correct option is B Red
Different colours have different refractive index for prism. Since wavelength is inversly proportional to refractive index, red will bend the least compared to violet, green, orange and yellow because, it has the largest wavelength among all these colours.

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