Which of the following phenomena of light are involved in the formation of a rainbow ........

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Which of the following phenomena of light are involved in the formation of a rainbow?

Reflection, refraction and dispersion

Refraction, dispersion and total internal reflection

Refraction, dispersion and internal reflection

Dispersion, scattering and total internal reflection

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A rainbow is caused by dispersion, refraction and internal reflection of sunlight by tiny water droplets, present in the atmosphere and always formed in a direction opposite to that of the Sun. The water droplets act like small prisms. They refract and disperse the incident sunlight, then reflect it internally and finally refract it again when it comes out of the raindrop.