What is the number of receptors contained in the retina?

$A$ beam of white light falling on a glass prism gets split up into seven colours marked $1$ to $7$ as shown in the diagram.
$(a)$ The colours at positions marked $3$ and $5$ are similar to the colour of the sky and the colour of gold metal respectively. Is the above statement made by the student correct or incorrect? Justify.
$(b)$ Which of the above shown positions corresponds approximately to the colour of:
$(i)$ a brinjal
$(ii)$ danger signal
$(iii)$ neel (indigo) which is applied to clothes
$(iv)$ orange

Why does the sky appear dark to passengers flying at high altitudes?

Which of the following is not a primary color of light?

$A$ child sitting in a classroom is not able to read clearly the writing on the blackboard.
$(a)$ Name the type of defect from which his eye is suffering.
$(b)$ With the help of a ray diagram show how this defect can be remedied.

Which part of the eye is responsible for changing the focal length of the eye lens by adjusting its thickness?