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On a rainy day, small oily films on water show brilliant colours. This is due to ________.

A

scattering

B

disperion

C

reflection

D

interference

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  9. The phenomenon of scattering of light by the sol particles is called

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  10. The scattering of light by pure light is scattering .

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  11. The scattered light in Raman scattering contains lines

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  12. Convex lens produces a beam of light

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  13. A concave lens is a .

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  14. In spherical lenses, all distance are measured from .

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  16. Convex lens always forms a real image , if the object is situated beyo...

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