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Given below are two statements :Statement I : Stopping potential in photoelectric effect does not depend on the power of the light source.Statement II : For a given metal, the maximum kinetic energy of the photoelectron depends on the wavelength of the incident light.In the light of above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below.Statement I is incorrect but statement II is correctBoth Statement I and Statement II are incorrectStatement I is correct but statement II is incorrectBoth statement I and statement II are correct

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Given below are two statements :Statement I : Stopping potential in photoelectric effect does not depend on the power of the light source.Statement II : For a given metal, the maximum kinetic energy of the photoelectron depends on the wavelength of the incident light.In the light of above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below.Statement I is incorrect but statement II is correctBoth Statement I and Statement II are incorrectStatement I is correct but statement II is incorrectBoth statement I and statement II are correct

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Both statement I and statement II are correct.

Statement I is correct because the stopping potential in the photoelectric effect is independent of the intensity (or power) of the light source. It only depends on the frequency of the incident light.

Statement II is also correct because the maximum kinetic energy of the photoelectron does indeed depend on the wavelength (and thus the frequency) of the incident light. According to the photoelectric effect, the energy of the ejected photoelectron is given by the difference between the energy of the incident photon and the work function of the metal. Since the energy of the photon is directly proportional to its frequency (or inversely proportional to its wavelength), the kinetic energy of the photoelectron will also depend on the wavelength of the incident light.

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