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CUET · PHYSICS · PYQ PAPER 2025

Arrange the wavelengths of the following radiations in the decreasing order: \( \lambda_{visible}, \lambda_{X-rays}, \lambda_{radiowaves}, \lambda_{\gamma-rays} \)

  1. A \( \lambda_{visible} > \lambda_{X-rays} > \lambda_{radiowaves} > \lambda_{\gamma-rays} \)
  2. B \( \lambda_{visible} > \lambda_{X-rays} > \lambda_{\gamma-rays} > \lambda_{radiowaves} \)
  3. C \( \lambda_{X-rays} > \lambda_{radiowaves} > \lambda_{\gamma-rays} > \lambda_{visible} \)
  4. D \( \lambda_{radiowaves} > \lambda_{visible} > \lambda_{X-rays} > \lambda_{\gamma-rays} \)
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(D) \( \lambda_{radiowaves} > \lambda_{visible} > \lambda_{X-rays} > \lambda_{\gamma-rays} \)

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In the electromagnetic spectrum, wavelength decreases as frequency (and energy) increases. Radiowaves have the longest wavelengths, followed by visible light, then X-rays, and finally gamma ($\gamma$) rays, which have the shortest wavelengths and highest energy.…
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