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Rainbows are produced when sunlight : (1) Incident on rain drops hanging in the atmosphere is dispersed after suffering refraction (2) Incident on rain drops hanging in the atmosphere is dispersed after suffering refraction and internal reflection. (3) Incident on raindrops hanging in the atmosphere is dispresed after suffering reflection. (4) None of the given statements is correct.
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Incident on rain drops hanging in the atmosphere is dispersed after suffering refraction and internal reflection.
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