Question

Assertion (A): Longitudinal waves can travel only in solids and on the surface of liquids.

Reason (R): Transverse waves can travel in solid, liquid as well as in gas.

पर्याय

• Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is the correct explanation of Assertion.

• Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true but Reason (R) is not the correct explanation of Assertion.

• Assertion (A) is false, but Reason (R) is true.

• Assertion (A) is true, but Reason (R) is false.

• Both Assertion and Reason are false.

Answer 1

Both Assertion and Reason are false.

Explanation:

Both statements are false. Longitudinal waves can travel through solids, liquids and gases. Mechanical transverse waves travel through solids and along liquid surfaces, but not through gases.