JEE MainPhysicsGeometrical OpticsMCQ+4 / −1
The variation of refractive index of a crown glass thin prism with wavelength of the incident light is shown. Which of the following graphs is the correct one, if Dm is the angle of minimum deviation? 

- A

- B

- C

- D

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Correct answer: A
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For a thin prism, the angle of minimum deviation is approximately where is the refractive index of the prism material and is the prism angle.
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Therefore, for a given prism, So the variation of with wavelength will follow the same trend as the variation of refractive index with .
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For crown glass under normal dispersion, refractive index decreases as wavelength increases: Hence,
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Also, since the given vs graph for crown glass is a decreasing, non-linear curve, the vs graph will have the same shape, only shifted/scaled because of
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So the correct graph must be the one in which decreases with increasing wavelength in the same manner as decreases.
Hence, the correct option is A.
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