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According to corpuscular theory of light, the different colours of light are due to

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Different electromagnetic waves

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Different force of attraction among the corpuscles

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Different size of the corpuscles

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None of the above

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The correct option is C
Different size of the corpuscles

According to Corpuscular theory different colour of light are due to different size of Corpuscules.

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