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Question
What is the colour of the clear sky during day time? Give reason for it.
Solution
The colour of clear sky is blue during the day time. The sky appears blue because of scattering of light by our atmosphere. Among the different colours of white light, the blue colour gets scattered the maximum due to shorter wavelength than red.
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