What is the twinkling of stars due to?

$(a)$ Explain with the help of a labelled diagram how a combination of two prisms can be used so that incident white light emerges out of the second prism as white light.
$(b)$ Name the scientist who first performed this activity.
$(c)$ Explain the term spectrum in brief.

Study the diagram given below and answer the questions that follow it.
$(i)$ Identify the defect of vision represented in this case. Give a reason for your answer.
$(ii)$ Mention the two causes of this defect.

$A$ person suffering from an eye defect uses lenses of power $-1 \,D$. Identify the eye defect. Draw a suitable diagram to illustrate how this type of lens corrects the defect. Give the nature of the corrective lens to be used. Also,calculate the focal length of the corrective lens.

Which color is produced by mixing blue and red?

Why do we observe the seven colours when white light passes through a glass prism? Which component of white light deviates the least?