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Ray Optics And Optical Instruments

Question
CBSEENPH12048032

Assertion: The frequencies of incident, reflected and refracted beam of monochromatic light passing from one medium to another are the same. 

Reason: The incident, the reflected and refracted rays are coplanar.

  • If both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.

  • If both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.

  • If assertion is true but reason is false.

  • If both assertion and reason are false.

Solution

B.

If both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.

Frequency of light depends upon the energy levels of the source which produces light. It does not vary with medium.