KCET2012PhysicsRay Optics
White light is incident normally on a glass slab. Inside the glass slab,
Options
- Aall colours travel with the same speed
- Bred light travels faster than other colours
- Cviolet light travels faster than other colours
- Dyellow light travels faster than other colours
Correct answer
B. red light travels faster than other colours
Step-by-step solution
Refractive index is least for red colour (by Cauchy's formula, hence speed of red light is maximum in glass.