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A prism ABC [with BC as base] is placed in different orientations. A narrow beam of white light is incident on the prism as shown in the figure. In which of the following cases, after dispersion, the third colour from the rop corresponds to the colour of the sky ?

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Reason : Spectrum of an inverted prism consists of colours in the order VIBGYOR in which the third colour is blue- the colour of the sky.
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