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Choose the correct option:
(i) A surface on which the wave disturbance in same phase at all points is called a wavefront.
(ii) The direction of a wave at a point is perpendicular to the wavefront through that point.
(iii) The wavefronts of a wave originating from a point source is spherical.
The wavefronts for a wave going along a fixed direction are planes perpendicular to that direction.

A

(i), (ii)

B

(ii), (iii), (iv)

C

(i), (ii), (iii)

D

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