E M WAVES

ii. ASSERTION REASON TYPE QUESTIONS

Sl. Question
No.

1. Assertion: Optical and radio telescope are built on the ground but X-ray astronomy is possible only
from a satellite orbiting the earth.

Reason: The visible radiations and radio waves can penetrate the earth’s atmosphere but x-rays are
absorbed by the atmosphere.

2. Assertion: Infrared waves are heat radiation.

Reason: They are used to warm up the plants.

3. Assertion: When an ideal capacitor is charge by battery, charge flows till the capacitor gets fully
charged.

Reason: Due to changing current from ac, the charge deposited on the plates of the capacitor changes
with time.

4. Assertion: The velocity of electromagnetic wave does not depend on any factor in vacuum.

Reason: Electromagnetic wave required a medium for propagation.

5. Assertion: X- ray can be used for cooking.

Reason: X- rays exhibit the phenomenon of diffraction and polarization.

6 Assertion: Electromagnetic waves do not require medium for their propagation.

Reason: They can’t travel in a medium.

7 Assertion: A changing electric field produces a magnetic field.

Reason: A changing magnetic field produces an electric field.

8 Assertion: A charge moving in a circular orbit can produce electromagnetic wave.

Reason: The source of electromagnetic wave should be in accelerated motion.

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9 Assertion: Environmental damage has increased amount of Ozone in atmosphere.

Reason: Increase of ozone increases amount of ultraviolet radiation on earth.

10 Assertion: Electromagnetic radiation exert pressure.

Reason: Electromagnetic waves carry both- Momentum and energy.

11 Assertion: Electromagnetic web does not require any medium to travel.

Reason: Electromagnetic waves cannot travel through any medium.

12 Assertion: Microwaves are considered suitable for radar system

Reason : Microwaves are of shorter wavelength.

13 Assertion: The frequencies of incident, reflected and refracted beam of monochromatic light
incident from one medium to another are same.
Reason: The incident, reflected and refracted rays are coplanar.

14 Assertion: In electromagnetic waves electric field and magnetic field lines are perpendicular to
each other.
Reason: Electric field and magnetic field are self-sustaining.

15 Assertion: electromagnetic radiations exert force.

Reason : Electromagnetic waves carry both momentum and energy.

16 Assertion: All electromagnetic waves travel through vacuum with same speed but they have different
wavelength or frequency.
Reason: The wavelength of the electromagnetic waves is often correlated with the characteristic size
of the system that produces and radiates them.
17 Assertion: Infrared waves are often called heat waves.
Reason: Infrared waves vibrate not only the electrons, but entire atoms or molecules of a substance
which increases the internal energy and temperature of the substance.
18 Assertion: In an EM wave the magnitude of the electric field vector is more than the magnitude of the
magnetic field vector.
Reason: Energy of the EM wave is shared equally between the electric and magnetic fields.
19 Assertion: Microwaves are commonly used in radar to locate flying objects.
Reason: Microwaves have smaller wavelength than radio waves.
20 Assertion: Environmental damage has depleted the ozone layer in the atmosphere.
Reason: Increase in ozone decreases the amount of UV radiation to earth.

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21 Assertion : Gamma rays are more energetic than X-rays.
Reason : Gamma rays are of nuclear origin- but X-rays are produced to sudden deceleration of high
energy electrons while falling on a metal of high atomic number .
22 Assertion : The velocity of em wave depends on Electric and Magnetic properties of medium .
Reason: Velocity of em waves in free space is constant.
23 Assertion : In an electromagnetic wave, magnitude of magnetic field vector B is much smaller than
the magnitude of vector E .
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Reason: This is because in an electromagnetic wave E/B = c = 3x10 .

24 Assertion : Ratio of frequencies of ultraviolet waves to infrared waves

is greater than 1.
Reason: Frequency of u.v. rays is more than infrared rays .
25 Assertion : Ratio of speed of uv rays & infrared waves (in vacuum) is 1.
Reason: Both; infrared and uv rays are electromagnetic waves .
26 Assertion: An electromagnetic wave exerts pressure on the surface on which it is incident.

Reason: The oscillations in electric and magnetic fields of an electromagnetic wave are in same
phase.

27 Assertion: Microwaves are considered suitable for radar systems and aircraft navigation.

Reason: Microwaves are of larger wavelengths than that of radiowaves.

28 Assertion: A charge moving in a circular orbit can produce electromagnetic wave.

Reason: The source of electromagnetic wave should be in accelerated motion.

29 Assertion: Electromagnetic waves are transverse in nature.

Reason: The electric and magnetic fields of an electromagnetic wave are perpendicular to each other
and also perpendicular to the direction of wave propagation.

30 Assertion: A microwave oven heats up a food item containing water molecules most efficiently.

Reason :Microwaves are heat waves, so they always produce heating.

31 Assertion: Gamma rays are electromagnetic waves having the smallest wavelength.
Reason: Gamma rays are having the lowest frequency.

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32 Assertion: The ozone layer present at the top of stratosphere is very crucial for human survival.
Reason: Ozone layer prevents IR radiaton.
33 Assertion: Microwaves are considered suitable for RADAR system.
Reason: Microwave are shorter wavelength

34 Assertion: Dipole oscillation produce electromagnetic waves.

Reason: Accelerated charge produce electromagnetic waves.
35 Assertion: Electromagnetic waves does not require any medium for its propagation.
Reason: Electromagnetic waves cannot travel through any medium.

Q. No Ans Q. No Ans Q. No Ans Q. No Ans

1 A 10 B 19 a 28 a

2 B 11 c 20 b 29 a

3 A 12 a 21 b 30 c

4 C 13 b 22 b 31 c

5 D 14 b 23 a 32 c

6 C 15 a 24 a 33 a

7 B 16 a 25 a 34 a

8 A 17 a 26 b 35 c

9 D 18 b 27 c

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