Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Physics

Chapter

Communication

Question:

A short pulse of white light is incident from air to a glass slab at normal incidence, after travelling through the slab, the first colour to emerge is

Options:

Blue

Green

Violet

Red

Correct Answer:

Red

Explanation:

We know,

v = fλ ⇒ v ∝ λ       [ ∴ f = constant]

Thus the velocity of red light is highest , so first colour to emerge will have longest wavelength i.e. Red.