alleryThe splitting of white light into its constituent colours by a prism is called:
ADispersion
BDiffraction
CReflection
DPolarisation
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Dispersion
1. Different colours refract through different angles in glass.
2. Violet bends most; red least.
3. The separation of colours from white light is dispersion.
_Source: syllabus Science, Ch 10 "The Human Eye and the Colourful World", §10.4_
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