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The phenomenon of interference is shown by

A

only longitudinal mechanical waves

B

only transverse mechanical waves

C

only electromagnetic waves

D

All of the above

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The Phenomenon of interference of light is shown by all types of waves. As light they also exhibit, wave nature.
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MHTCET PREVIOUS YEAR PAPERS AND PRACTICE PAPERS-WAVE THEORY OF LIGHT -EXERCISE 1
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  2. In geometrical optics, a ray of light is defined as

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  3. The phenomenon of interference is shown by

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  4. Select the correct option in the following.

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

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

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

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

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  9. Which of the following generates a plane wavefront?

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

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

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

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

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  14. A shortcoming of Huygen's model could not

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

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

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

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

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

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  20. In given figure, light passes from denser medium 1 to rarer medium 2. ...

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