Home
Class 12
PHYSICS
Which of the following statement (s) is/...

Which of the following statement (s) is/are correct?
I. A point source emitting waves uniformly in all directions.
II. In spherical wave, the locus of point which have the same amplitude and vibrate in same phase are spheres.
III. At a small distance from the source, a small portion of sphere can be considered as plane wave.

A

Only I

B

Both I and II

C

Only III

D

All of these

Text Solution

AI Generated Solution

The correct Answer is:
To determine which of the statements are correct, let's analyze each statement one by one. ### Step 1: Analyze Statement I **Statement I:** A point source emitting waves uniformly in all directions. - A point source emits waves in all directions uniformly. This is a fundamental characteristic of point sources in wave theory. The intensity of the waves decreases with distance, but the waves propagate equally in all directions. Therefore, this statement is **correct**. ### Step 2: Analyze Statement II **Statement II:** In spherical wave, the locus of points which have the same amplitude and vibrate in the same phase are spheres. - In wave theory, a wave front is defined as the locus of points that have the same phase of vibration. For spherical waves, these wave fronts are indeed spherical surfaces. Thus, this statement is also **correct**. ### Step 3: Analyze Statement III **Statement III:** At a small distance from the source, a small portion of a sphere can be considered as a plane wave. - For a wave to be approximated as a plane wave, the distance from the source must be large enough such that the curvature of the wave front is negligible. At small distances, the wave front is still significantly curved, and therefore, a small portion of the sphere cannot be considered flat. This statement is **incorrect**. ### Conclusion - Statement I: Correct - Statement II: Correct - Statement III: Incorrect Thus, the correct statements are I and II. ### Final Answer The correct statements are I and II. ---

To determine which of the statements are correct, let's analyze each statement one by one. ### Step 1: Analyze Statement I **Statement I:** A point source emitting waves uniformly in all directions. - A point source emits waves in all directions uniformly. This is a fundamental characteristic of point sources in wave theory. The intensity of the waves decreases with distance, but the waves propagate equally in all directions. Therefore, this statement is **correct**. ### Step 2: Analyze Statement II ...
Promotional Banner

Topper's Solved these Questions

  • WAVE THEORY OF LIGHT

    MHTCET PREVIOUS YEAR PAPERS AND PRACTICE PAPERS|Exercise EXERCISE 2 (Miscellaneous Problems)|18 Videos
  • WAVE THEORY OF LIGHT

    MHTCET PREVIOUS YEAR PAPERS AND PRACTICE PAPERS|Exercise MHT CET CORNER|4 Videos
  • WAVE THEORY OF LIGHT

    MHTCET PREVIOUS YEAR PAPERS AND PRACTICE PAPERS|Exercise MHT CET CORNER|4 Videos
  • WAVE MOTION

    MHTCET PREVIOUS YEAR PAPERS AND PRACTICE PAPERS|Exercise MHT CET CORNER|23 Videos

Similar Questions

Explore conceptually related problems

A point source that emits wave uniformly in all directions, produces wavefronts that are

Source waves are emitted uniformly in all directions from a point source. The dependence of sound level beta in decibels on the distance r can be expressed as (a and b are positive constants)

A point source emits sound equally in all directions in a non-absorbing medium. Two points P and Q are at the distance of 9 meters and 25 meters respectively from the source. The ratio of amplitudes of the waves at P and Q is…..

A point source emitting uniformly in all directions is placed above a table top at a distance of 0.50 m from it. The luminous flux of the source is 1570 lumen. Find the illuminance at a small surface area of the table to a.directly below the source and b. at as distance of 0.80 m from the source.

Consider standing wave formed due to superposition of two plane waves having the same amplitude, frequency and moving in opposite direction. Mark the correct statements:

Assertion L A spherical wavefront is produced by a point source of light . Reason : It is because, the locus of al points, which are equidistant from the point source, is a sphere.

MHTCET PREVIOUS YEAR PAPERS AND PRACTICE PAPERS-WAVE THEORY OF LIGHT -EXERCISE 1
  1. When a ray of light is incident normally on a surface, then

    Text Solution

    |

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

    Text Solution

    |

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

    Text Solution

    |

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

    Text Solution

    |

  5. A shortcoming of Huygen's model could not

    Text Solution

    |

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

    Text Solution

    |

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

    Text Solution

    |

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

    Text Solution

    |

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

    Text Solution

    |

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

    Text Solution

    |

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

    Text Solution

    |

  12. Figure shows behaviour of a wavefront when it passes through a prism. ...

    Text Solution

    |

  13. If a source of light is moving away from a stationary observer, then t...

    Text Solution

    |

  14. If a star is moving towards the earth, then the lines are shifted towa...

    Text Solution

    |

  15. It is believed that the universe is expanding and hence the distant st...

    Text Solution

    |

  16. In case of reflection of a wavefront from a reflecting surface, I...

    Text Solution

    |

  17. If AB is incident wavefront, then refracted wavefront is

    Text Solution

    |

  18. In the context of Doppler effect in light, the term red shift signifie...

    Text Solution

    |

  19. If source and observer are moving towards each other with a velocity v...

    Text Solution

    |

  20. Monochromatic light of wavelength 589nm is incident from air on a wate...

    Text Solution

    |