Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Physics

Chapter

Wave Optics

Question:

Choose the correct option

(A) : When light travels from rarer to denser medium, it loses speed.

(B) : When light travels from rarer to denser medium, it loses energy.

Options:

A and B are both true

B is correct explanation of A

A and B are both false

B is incorrect explanation of A

Correct Answer:

B is incorrect explanation of A

Explanation:

Speed of light decreases and energy also decreases but the decrease in energy is not attributed to the speed. Rather, energy depends upon the amplitude of light.