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Beams of red, green and violet light are falling on the refracting face of a thin prism, all at same angle of incidence. If their angles of deviation are θ1, θ2 and θ3 respectively, then

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θ1=θ2=θ3
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θ1<θ2<θ3
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θ1>θ2>θ3
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θ2>θ1>θ3
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Solution

The correct option is B θ1<θ2<θ3
For deviation to be greater, refrective index should be more or wavelength should be less.
i.e δ 1λ
The order of wavelength for red, green and violet light is
λR>λG>λV
The order of deviation is
δR<δG<δV
Then the order of angular deviation is
θ1<θ2<θ3

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