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Deviation in Prism

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The emergent ray in a prism bends ______ the normal.

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Towards

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Away from

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Both A and B

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None of the above

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Solution

The correct option is B Away from
When an incident ray of light enters a prism it gets refracted towards the normal. This refracted ray then strikes the other face of the prism and further deviates away from the normal and leaves the glass prism to enter the air i.e. from one medium to the other. This ray that leaves the prism is called emergent ray. Thus the emergent ray bends away from the normal.

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