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NEET UG PHYSICS MCQ: ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES

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Assertion: The microwaves are better carriers of signals than radio waves.

Reason: The electromagnetic waves do not require any medium for propagation.

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Correct option: B

If both Assertion & Reason are True but Reason is not a correct explanation of the Assertion

Option B (If both Assertion & Reason are True but Reason is not a correct explanation of the Assertion) is correct because both statements are true, but the reason doesn't explain why microwaves are better carriers.

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What is order of energy of X-rays (

{E_X}

), radio waves (

{E_R}

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{E_M}

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60\,\,\frac{V}{m}

. Then the amplitude of the magnetic field is An EM wave from air enters a medium. The electric fields are

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in medium, where the wave number k and frequency ν refer to their values in air. The medium is non-magnetic.
If

{\varepsilon _{{r_1}}}

{\varepsilon _{{r_2}}}

refer to relative permittivities of air and medium respectively, which of the following options is correct? Electric field in a plane electromagnetic wave is given by

E = 50\sin \,(500x - 10 \times {10^{10}}t)\,v/m.

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c

= speed of light in vacuum) If an electromagnetic wave is propagation in a medium with permeability 

\mathrm{\varepsilon }

and permittivity

\mathrm{\mu }

\sqrt {\frac{\mathrm{\mu }}{\mathrm{\varepsilon }}}

is the In an E.M. wave the average energy density is associated with:-