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When a white light ray falls on a prism, the ray at its first surface suffers —
- no refraction
- only dispersion
- only deviation
- both deviation and dispersion
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both deviation and dispersion
Reason — When a white light enters the first surface of a prism, light of different colours due to their different speeds in glass, gets deviated through different angles towards the base of the prism i.e., dispersion of white light into its constituent colours takes place at the first surface of prism.
Hence, both deviation and dispersion takes place at the first surface.
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