JEE Main 2022 — Electromagnetic Waves Question with Solution
From: JEE Main 2022 (Online) 27th June Evening Shift
Question
Given below are two statements :
Statement I : A time varying electric field is a source of changing magnetic field and vice-versa. Thus a disturbance in electric or magnetic field creates EM waves.
Statement II : In a material medium, the EM wave travels with speed . In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below.
Choose an option
Show full solutionCorrect option: C
Step-by-step explanation
In a material medium speed of light is given by . So statement 2 is false.
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