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 v = 1 μ 0 0 .  In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer for the options given below

Option 1 - <p>Both statement I and statement II are true</p>
Option 2 - <p>Both statement I and statement II are false</p>
Option 3 - <p>Statement I is correct but statement II are false&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
Option 4 - <p>Statement I is incorrect but statement II is true</p>
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Correct Option - 3
Detailed Solution:

Statement 1 is true

Speed of EM ware in vaccum is given by,

C = 1 μ 0 0                

Speed of EM wave in a material medium

v = 1 u r μ 0 r 0                

So, statement (2) is false.

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