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Newton's corpuscular model of light.

  1. successfully explain the rectilinear propagation of light, reflection of light and refraction of light

  2. does not explain the phenomena of interference of light, diffraction of light and polarisation of light

  3. is based upon particle theory of light

  4. None of the above
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Explanation

Newton's corpuscular theory successfully explained rectilinear propagation, reflection, and refraction, but failed to explain interference, diffraction, and polarization.

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While moving from deep water to shallow water.

  1. Frequency of the water waves decrease

  2. Frequency of the water waves increase

  3. Frequency of the water waves stays the same

  4. None of the above
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C Correct answer
Explanation

The frequency of a wave is determined by the source and remains constant when the wave passes from one medium to another, while speed and wavelength change.

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Which of the following is a unit for intensity of light?

  1. Candle power

  2. Lux

  3. Both A & B

  4. None of the above
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C Correct answer
Explanation
In photometry, luminous intensity is a measure of the wavelength-weighted power emitted by a light source in a particular direction per unit solid angle, based on the luminosity function, a standardized model of the sensitivity of the human eye. The SI unit of luminous intensity is the candela (cd), an SI base unit.
Also, unit for intensity of light are:
(i) Candle Power
(ii) Lux
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Which of the following statements applies to light?

  1. Light can only be described as particles.

  2. Light can only be described as waves.

  3. Light can be described as rays, waves and particles.

  4. Light can only be described as rays.
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C Correct answer
Explanation

We can observe various phenomenon of light which cannot be explained by wave nature of light and photon nature of light some of the phenomenon are listed below:
Nature of light:                                          Phenomenon:
Ray                                                                 Reflection, Refraction
Wave                                                               Diffraction, Interference
Particle                                                  Oscillation frequency of radio waves.

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Which of the following statements about the behaviour of light is not correct?

  1. Interference patterns are evident for light behaving as rays.

  2. Ray properties of light are useful for understanding how images are formed by optical devices such as eyes.

  3. Wave properties are important for observing the behaviour of light at a fine scale.

  4. Both wave and particle theories of light can be related to the colour sensations produced by light.
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Explanation

Interference patterns are explained using wave nature of light. You can learn more from youtube video "Interference of light".

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Newton postulated his corpuscular theory of light on the basis of

  1. newton's rings

  2. rectilinear propagation of light

  3. colour through thin films

  4. dispersion of white light into colours
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Rectilinear propagation of light.
According to Newton’s Corpuscular Theory of Light, light consists of very tiny particles called corpuscles. These corpuscles, on emission from the source of light, travel in straight line with high velocity.

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According to corpuscular theory, the velocity of light in the denser medium is greater than that in rarer medium.

  1. True

  2. False
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Explanation

The corpuscles (light) would travel faster in the denser medium than in rarer medium. But later this is proved wrong. We know that light travels faster in the rarer medium than in denser medium.