Newton originally supported the corpuscular theory of light. The wave theory was strongly established by
A{'text': 'Descartes and Newton', 'label': 'A'}
B{'text': 'Faraday and Maxwell only', 'label': 'B'}
C{'text': 'Huygens, Young and Fresnel', 'label': 'C'}
D{'text': 'Einstein and Compton', 'label': 'D'}
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. {'text': 'Huygens, Young and Fresnel', 'label': 'C'}
1. Descartes (1637) and Newton favoured the corpuscular model.
2. Huygens (1678) proposed the wave theory with secondary wavelets.
3. Young's double-slit (1801) and Fresnel's work on diffraction firmly established waves.
4. Maxwell later showed light is an electromagnetic wave; Einstein/Compton reintroduced photons.
_Source: NCERT Class 12 Physics, Ch 10 "Wave Optics", §10.1_
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