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At sun rise or sunset, the sun looks more red than at mid-day because

a)

The sun is hottest at these times

b)

Of the scattering of light

c)

Of the effect of refraction

d)

Of the effect of diffraction


Question ID - 152759 :-

At sun rise or sunset, the sun looks more red than at mid-day because

a)

The sun is hottest at these times

b)

Of the scattering of light

c)

Of the effect of refraction

d)

Of the effect of diffraction

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Answer Key : (b) -

(b)

According to Rayleigh’s law of scattering, intensity scattered is inversely proportional to the forth power of wavelength. So red is least scattered and sun appears Red



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White light is incident on one of the refracting surfaces of a prism of angle  If the refractive indices for red and blue colours are 1.641 and 1.659 respectively, the angular separation between these two colours when they emerge out of the prism is

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