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Question
Two parallel rays of Red and Violet travelling through the air, meet the air-glass boundary as shown in the above figure. Will their paths inside the glass be parallel? Give a reason for your answer.
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Solution
No.
Reason: Deviation suffered by each ray will be different because the refractive index is different for different colours of light.
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