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This question has Statement - 1 and Statement - 2. Of the four choices given after the Statements, choose the one that best describes the two Statements. 

Statement 1:  Short wave transmission is achieved due to the total internal reflection of the em wave from an appropriate height in the ionosphere. 

Statement 2:  Refractive index of plasma is independent of the frequency of em waves.

Option: 1

Statement 1 is true, Statement 2 is false 


Option: 2

Statement 1 is false, Statement 2 is true


Option: 3

Statement 1 is true, Statement 2 is true but Statement 2 is not the correct statement of Statement 1.


Option: 4

Sattement 1 is true, Statement 2 is true and Statement 2 is the correct explanation of Statement 1. 


Answers (1)

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Statement 1 is true because

Short wave transmission is achieved due to the total internal reflection of the em wave from an appropriate height in the ionosphere. 

While statement 2 is false because

  The effective refractive index of the ionosphere  is given as

n_{e f f}=n_{0}\left[1-\frac{80.5 N}{f^{2}}\right]^{1 / 2}

 where f is the frequency of em waves

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