Answer» Correct Answer - Option 1 : Wave nature
CONCEPT: | Corpuscular theory of light | Wave theory of light | | Issac Newton was a pioneer of this theory. | Wave theory was proposed byChristiaan Huygens. | | According to this theory, light is made of discrete particles known as corpuscles. | According to this theory, light is a wave. | | It could explain the rectilinear propagation of light and later on the photoelectric effect and the black body radiation. | It could explain interference, diffraction, and refraction of light. |
EXPLANATION: - In the photoelectric experiment, light behaves as a particle.
- When light undergoes diffractionand refraction it behaves as a wave. Hence, diffraction and refraction indicate that light is a wave.Therefore, option 1 is correct.
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