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State whether the following statement is 'true' or 'false'.
The deviation produced by a prism is independent of the angle of incidence and is same for all the colours of light.
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The statement given above is False.
Reason — The deviation produced by a prism is not independent of the angle of incidence and the deviation is different for different colors of light due to the phenomenon of dispersion, where different wavelengths of light are refracted by different amounts, resulting in the separation of colors. So, the deviation produced by a prism is not the same for all colours of light
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