When light is refracted into a medium then,
1. its wavelength and frequency both increase.
2. its wavelength increases but frequency remains unchanged.
3. its wavelength decreases but frequency remains unchanged.
4. its wavelength and frequency both decrease.

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When light is refracted, which of the following does not change?
1. wavelength
2. frequency
3. velocity
4. amplitude

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The wavefronts of a light wave travelling in vacuum are given by \(x+y+z=c\). The angle made by the direction of propagation of light with the X-axis is:
1. \(0^{\circ}\)
2. \(45^{\circ}\)
3. \(90^{\circ}\)
4. \(\mathrm{cos^{-1}\left(\frac{1}{\sqrt{3}}\right )}\)

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The wavefronts of light coming from a distant source of unknown shape are nearly:
1. plane
2. elliptical
3. cylindrical
4. spherical

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The inverse square law of intensity (i.e., the intensity \(\propto \frac{1}{r^2}\)) is valid for:
1. a point source
2. a line source
3. a plane source
4. a cylindrical source

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A light wave can travel:

(a) in vacuum
(b) in vacuum only
(c) in a material medium
(d) in a material medium only

Choose the correct option:
1. (a) and (b)
2. (b) and (c)
3. (a) and (c)
4. (c) and (d)

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Huygens' principle of secondary wavelets may be used to:

(a) find the velocity of light in a vacuum.
(b) explain the particle behaviour of light.
(c) find the new position of a wavefront.
(d) explain Snell's law.

Choose the correct option:
1. (a) and (b)
2. (b) and (c)
3. (c) and (d)
4. All of these

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Light waves travel in vacuum along the X-axis. Which of the following may represent the wavefronts?
1. \(x=c\)
2. \(y=c\)
3. \(z=c\)
4. \(x+y+z=c\)

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