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38. Multiple choice question XXXVIII

1. Assertion: Sound waves cannot travel in vacuum but light can travel in vacuum.

Reason: Sound waves are longitudinal waves and they cannot be polarised but electromagnetic waves are transverse and they can be polarised.

Both Assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is the correct explanation for Assertion
Both Assertion and Reason are correct but Reason is not the correct explanation for Assertion
Assertion is correct but Reason is incorrect
Both Assertion and Reason are incorrect

2. Assertion: Sound waves cannot pass through vacuum.

Reason: Sound waves are mechanical waves, which require a medium for their propagation.

Both Assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is the correct explanation for Assertion
Both Assertion and Reason are correct but Reason is not the correct explanation for Assertion
Assertion is correct but Reason is incorrect
Assertion is incorrect but Reason is correct

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