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CUET · PHYSICS · PYQ PAPER 2025

The phenomenon of spliting of white light into the constituent colours on passing through a prism is known as-

  1. A Refraction
  2. B Scattering
  3. C Dispersion
  4. D Diffraction
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(A) Refraction

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Dispersion The phenomenon where white light splits into its constituent colors (spectrum) when it passes through a transparent medium like a glass prism is known as dispersion. This happens because each color of light has a different wavelength and thus a slightly different…