Dual Nature Of Light Question 287

Question: When yellow light is incident on a surface, no electrons are emitted while green light can emit. If red light is incident on the surface, then [MNR 1998; MP PET 2000; MH CET 2000]

Options:

A) No electrons are emitted

B) Photons are emitted

C) Electrons of higher energy are emitted

D) Electrons of lower energy are emitted

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Answer:

Correct Answer: A

Solution:

$ {\lambda_{r}}>{\lambda_{y}}>{\lambda_{g}} $ . Here threshold wavelength $ <{\lambda_{y}} $ .