MHT CET · Physics · Wave Optics
According to Huygen's wave theory of light, which one of the following statements is not correct?
- A Different colours of light are due to different wavelengths of waves.
- B Different colours of light are due to different sizes of the corpuscles.
- C Speed of light in denser medium is less than that in rarer medium.
- D It can explain laws of reflection and refraction.
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(B) Different colours of light are due to different sizes of the corpuscles.
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Different colours of light are due to different sizes of the corpuscles.
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