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Consider the formation of primary rainbow and secondary as seen by an observer on earth. The order of colours is

A)  VIBGYOR from inside to outside for primary rainbow and ROYGBIV from inside to outside for secondary rainbow

B)  VIBGYOR from inside to outside for primary rainbow and VIBGYOR from inside to outside for secondary rainbow

C)  ROYGBIV from inside to outside for primary rainbow and VIBGYOR from inside to outside for secondary rainbow

D)  ROYGBIV from inside to outside for primary rainbow and ROYGBIV from inside to outside for secondary rainbow

Correct Answer: A

Solution :

\[n\sin \phi =\sin \theta \]\[{{n}_{v}}>{{n}_{r}}\]\[{{\phi }_{v}}<{{\theta }_{r}}\]