Which of the following statements about photon is incorrect?

Photon exerts no pressure

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Rest mass of photon is zero

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None of these

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Energy of photon is

h v

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Solution

The correct option is A Photon exerts no pressure
The photon moves with a velocity of light and has energy $h v$ . Therefore, it exerts pressure $P$
$P = \frac{I}{C}$

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