You are walking along a seashore and a mild wind is blowing. Is the motion of air a wave motion?

Yes

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Depends on the direction of wind

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Solution

The correct option is B No
When a wave propagates the particles of the medium oscillate about the mean position. In the case of a wind the particles are just flowing one side. So its not a wave motion.

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