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Refraction of Light through a Prism

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In refraction of light through a prism, the light ray:

(a) suffers refraction only at one face of the prism

(b) emerges out from the prism in a direction parallel to the incident ray

(c) bends at both the surfaces of prism towards its base

(d) bends at both the surfaces of prism opposite to its base

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Solution

In refraction of light through a prism, the light ray bends at both the surfaces of prism towards its base.

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