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Published on: September 11, 2026
Given below are two statements:
Statement I : A time varying electric field is a source of changing magnetic field and vice-versa. Thus a disturbance in electric or magnetic field creates EM waves.
Statement II: In a material medium. The EM wave travels with speed 
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Text Solution
Verified by ExpertsThe correct answer is:
C
The statement II is wrong as the velocity of 
wave in a medium is 
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