Class 12PhysicsRay Optics and Optical InstrumentsScattering of light and Some Natural Phenomenon of Sunlight
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- AWhen the light rays undergo two internal reflections in a water drop,a secondary rainbow is formed.
- BThe order of colours is reversed in the secondary rainbow.
- CAn observer can see a rainbow when his front is towards the sun.
- DRainbow is a combined effect of dispersion,refraction,and reflection of sunlight.
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