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Wave theory of light is not initially accepted because

A

it does not explain reflection and refraction processes

B

it does not explain photoelectric effect

C

it does not explain Doppler's effect

D

it does not explain propagation of light through vacuum

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The wave theory was not initially accepted because light could travel through vacuum and it was felt that a wave would always require a medium to propagate from one point to the other. These two facts contradicts each other.
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MHTCET PREVIOUS YEAR PAPERS AND PRACTICE PAPERS-WAVE THEORY OF LIGHT -EXERCISE 1
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  2. Young's experiment establishes that

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  3. In geometrical optics, a ray of light is defined as

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  4. The phenomenon of interference is shown by

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  5. Select the correct option in the following.

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  6. According to Maxwell's electromagnetic theory, following phenomenon ca...

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  7. By corpuscular theory of light, the phenomenon which cannot be explain...

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  8. According to corpuscular theory of light, the different colours of lig...

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  9. For a ray of light, which of the following statements holds true?

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  10. Which of the following generates a plane wavefront?

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  11. When a ray of light is incident normally on a surface, then

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  12. A wavefront is……….of all the particales of a medium which are…………….. .

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  13. Which of the following statement (s) is/are correct? I. A point sour...

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  14. The idea of secondary wavelets for the propagation of a wave was first...

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  15. A shortcoming of Huygen's model could not

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  16. Ray diverging from a point source from a wave front that is

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  17. Wavefront is the locus of all points, where the particles of the mediu...

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  18. Light waves travel in vacuum along the y-axis. Which of the following ...

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  19. A light wave travels through a medium carrying energy in three dimensi...

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  20. According to Huygens' principle, a wavefront propagates through a medi...

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