which of the following statements is not true for scattering of light?
(a) Colour of the scattered tight depends on the size of particles of the atmosphere.
(b) Red light is least scattered in the atmosphere.
(c) Scattering of light Lakes place as various colours of white light travel with different speed in fir.
d) The fine particles in the atmospheric air scatter the blue, light more strongly than red. So the scattered blue light enters our eyes.

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(c) Scattering of light Lakes place as various colours of white light travel with different speed in fir.

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