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Light is the ___ that can be detected by the human eye.

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Electromagnetic radiation

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Longitudinal wave

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Both A and B

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None of these

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Solution

The correct option is A Electromagnetic radiation
Light is the electromagnetic radiation that can be detected by the human eye. Electromagnetic radiation occurs over an extremely wide range of wavelengths, from gamma rays with wavelengths less than about $1 \times 10^{- 11}$ meters to radio waves measured in metres

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