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CUET · PHYSICS · PYQ PAPER 2025

The 'stopping potential' in photoelectric emissions

  1. A depends on both intensity and frequency of incident radiation.
  2. B depends on frequency and not on intensity of incident radiation.
  3. C depends on intensity and not on frequency of incident radiation.
  4. D does not depend on intensity and frequency of incident radiation.
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(B) depends on frequency and not on intensity of incident radiation.

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Stopping potential is determined by the maximum kinetic energy of emitted electrons, which according to Einstein's equation ( \(e V_0=h \nu-\Phi_0\) ), depends solely on the frequency of incident light. It is independent of intensity because intensity only changes the number of…