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In a Young's double slit experiment, the source is white light. One of the holes is covered by a red filter and another by a blue filter. In this case

  1. A there shall be alternative interference fringes of red and blue.
  2. B there shall be interference fringes for red distinct from that for blue.
  3. C there shall be no interference fringes.
  4. D there shall be interference fringes for red mixing with one for blue.
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(C) there shall be no interference fringes.

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Both the blue and red light have different wavelengths and for interference fringes to be seen, we require coherent light sources.
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