Question

Emission spectra are due to excitation of atoms or molecules. Further
(i) line spectra are due to excitation of atoms.
(ii) band spectrum is due to excitation of molecules

• A. Only (i) is true
• B. Only (i) is false
• C. Both (i) and (ii) are true
• D. Both (i) and (ii) are false

Answer 1

Answer: (C)

Line spectra are also known as atomic spectra due to excitation of atoms.
Band spectra are also known as molecular spectra due to excitation of molecules