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CUET · PHYSICS · PYQ PAPER 2025

According to Rayleigh's law, the intensity of scattered light varies with wavelength \( \lambda \) as

  1. A \( \propto \lambda^4 \)
  2. B \( \propto \frac{1}{\lambda^4} \)
  3. C \( \propto \lambda^2 \)
  4. D \( \propto \frac{1}{\lambda^2} \)
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(B) \( \propto \frac{1}{\lambda^4} \)

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According to Rayleigh's Law of Scattering, the intensity ( \(I\) ) of scattered light is inversely proportional to the fourth power of its wavelength ( \(\lambda\) ), provided the scattering particles are much smaller than the wavelength of light. Mathematically, this is…