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 above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below.
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Both Statement I and Statement II are incorrect

Statement I is incorrect but statement II is correct

Statement I is correct but statement II is incorrect

Both statement I and statement II are correct

answer is D.

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Detailed Solution

$Stopping potential V_{S} = \frac{K E_{max}}{e} V_{S} = \frac{\frac{h C}{λ} - ϕ}{e}$

Stopping potential does not depend on intensity or power of light used, it only depends on frequency or wavelength of incident light.

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