Assertion (A) : White light is dispersed by a glass prism into seven colours.\ Reason (R) : The red

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Assertion (A) : White light is dispersed by a glass prism into seven colours.\ Reason (R) : The red light bends the least while the violet the most when a beam of white light passes through a glass prism.\

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(a) When white light passes through a prism, it splits into its seven constituent colours, this phenomenon is called dispersion. During dispersion, violet coloured light bend the most and red coloured light bends the least.\