Question

Assertion (A): Transverse waves can travel through solids and on the surface of liquids.

Reason (R): In case of transverse waves, one wavelength contains one crest or one trough.

Options

• If both Assertion and Reason are true and the Reason is correct explanation of the Assertion.

• If both Assertion and Reason are true, but Reason is not correct explanation of the Assertion.

• If Assertion is true, but the Reason is false.

• If Assertion is false, but the Reason is true.

   

   

Answer 1

If Assertion is true, but the Reason is false.

Explanation:

Assertion (A) is true. Transverse waves can travel through solids and also along the surface of liquids.

Reason (R) is false. One complete wavelength of a transverse wave contains one crest and one trough, not one crest or one trough. The distance between two successive crests or two successive troughs is one wavelength.

Therefore, A is true, but R is false.