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The idea of secondary wavelets for the propagation of a wave was first given by

A

Newton

B

Huygens

C

Maxwell

D

Fresnel

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Huygens given a contradiction method using a secondary wavelets which shows propagation of wavefronts.
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MHTCET PREVIOUS YEAR PAPERS AND PRACTICE PAPERS-WAVE THEORY OF LIGHT -EXERCISE 1
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  4. A shortcoming of Huygen's model could not

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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  20. The critical angle of a certain medium is sin ^(-1)((3)/(5)). The pola...

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