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JEE Main 2022Electromagnetic Waves Question with Solution

From: JEE Main 2022 (Online) 27th June Evening Shift

Question

Given below are two statements :

Statement I : A time varying electric field is a source of changing magnetic field and vice-versa. Thus a disturbance in electric or magnetic field creates EM waves.

Statement II : In a material medium, the EM wave travels with speed . In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below.

Choose an option

Show full solutionCorrect option: C
Correct answer
CStatement I is correct but Statement II is false

Step-by-step explanation

In a material medium speed of light is given by . So statement 2 is false.

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