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NEET 2019
Exam
NEET
Year
2019
Subject
Physics
Chapter
Ray Optics

NEET 2019 · Physics · Ray Optics

Pick the wrong answer in the context with rainbow.

Pick the wrong answer in the context with rainbow.

Options

  1. AWhen the light rays undergo two internal reflections in a water drop, a secondary rainbow is formed.
  2. BThe order of colours is reversed in the secondary rainbow.
  3. CAn observer can see a rainbow when his front is towards the sun.
  4. DRainbow is a combined effect of dispersion, refraction and reflection of sunlight.

Correct answer

C. An observer can see a rainbow when his front is towards the sun.

Step-by-step solution

An observer can see a rainbow only when his back is towards the sun. The sunlight from his back falls on water droplets suspended in the air in front of her. It is refracted inside it and different colours of white light get separated due to refraction. These different rays strike the inner surface of the droplet and reflected if the angle of incidence is greater than the critical angle(nearly equal to 48∘{48}^{∘}). This reflected ray is again refracted into the air. Hence, rainbow formation is a combination of dispersion, refraction and reflection of light.

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