AIIMS 2012
- Exam
- AIIMS
- Year
- 2012
- Subject
- Physics
- Chapter
- Electromagnetic Waves
AIIMS 2012 · Physics · Electromagnetic Waves
Assertion : In electromagnetic waves electric field and magnetic...
Assertion : In electromagnetic waves electric field and magnetic field lines are perpendicular to each other.Reason : Electric field and magnetic field are self sustaining.
Options
- AIf both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.
- BIf both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
- CIf assertion is true but reason is false.
- DIf both assertion and reason are false.
Correct answer
B. If both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
Step-by-step solution
Electromagnetic waves are those waves in which there are sinusoidal variation of electric and magnetic field vectors at right angles to each other as well as at right angles to the direction of wave propagation. They are self-sustaining oscillations of electric and magnetic fields in free space or vacuum.