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Statement-1 : During thunderstrom, light...

Statement-1 : During thunderstrom, light is seen much earlier than the sound is heard
Statement-2 : Light travels faster than sound.

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Statement-1 is true, Statement-2 is true , Statement-2 is correct explanation for Statement-11

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Statement-1 is true,Statement-2 is true , Statement-2 is NOT a correct explanation for Statement-11

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Statement-1 is true, Statement-2 is false

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Statement-1 is false, Statement-2 is true

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ALLEN-WAVES AND OSCILLATIONS-Part-1(Exercise-03)
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  4. Statement-1 : Earthquakes cause vast devastation. Sometimes short and ...

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  5. Statement-1 : Shock waves produced by supersonic aircraft may be visib...

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  6. Statement-1 : In the case of a stationary wave, a person hear a loud s...

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  7. Statement I: waves genrated in a metal piece can be transverse or long...

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  8. Statement-1 : A balloon filled with CO(2) gas acts as a coverging lens...

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  9. Statement-1 : Node of pressure wave is formed at the open end of an or...

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  10. Statement-1 : If transverse waves are produced in a very long string f...

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  11. Statement-1 : When two vibrating tuning forks have f(1) = 300 Hz and f...

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  12. Statement-1 : The fundamental frequency of an organ pipe increases as ...

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  13. The figure represents the instantaneous picture of a transverse wave t...

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  14. The figure represents the instantaneous picture of a transverse wave t...

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  15. The figure represents the instantaneous picture of a transverse wave t...

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  16. The figure represents the instantaneous picture of a transverse wave t...

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  17. The figure represents the instantaneous picture of a transverse wave t...

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  18. A narrow tube is bend in the form of a circle of radius R, as shown in...

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  19. A narrow tube is bend in the form of a circle of radius R, as shown in...

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  20. A narrow tube is bend in the form of a circle of radius R, as shown in...

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