Choose the correct option about light.

Light requires a material medium to travel from one place to another

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Light does not require a material medium to propagate

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Light has mass but it is negligible

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Light waves are longitudinal wave

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Solution

The correct option is B Light does not require a material medium to propagate
Light does not need medium to travel. Its an electromagnetic wave. All electromagnetic waves travel independent of medium.

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Sound requires a material medium for its propagation while light does not require any material medium for its propagation.

The transverse wave always requires material medium to propagate.

The correct statement is :

(a) Sound and light both require medium for propagation

(b) Sound can travel in vacuum, but light can not

(d) Sound and light both can travel in vacuum.

Complete the following sentences :

(a) Sound can not travel through ___, but it requires a ___ .

(b) When sound travels in a medium, the particles of medium ___ but the disturbance ___ .

(d) A transverse wave is composed of crest and ___ .

(e) Wave velocity = ___ x wavelength.

Mechanical waves do not require a medium to travel.

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