Wiggle a string up and down and a wave runs along it. The displacement is at right angles to the travel, so the wave is:
ATransverse
BLongitudinal
CStationary
DCircular
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Transverse
1. The string moves up and down.
2. The wave moves along the string.
3. Displacement at right angles to travel is a transverse wave.
_Source: NCERT Class 12 Physics Part II, Chapter 10, Wave Optics._
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