Question

Assertion: Light is not considered as matter.
Reason: Light does not occupy space, has no mass or volume.
(a) Both assertion and reason are correct and reason is the correct explanation for assertion.
(b) Both assertion and reason are correct and reason is not the correct explanation for assertion.
(c) Assertion is correct but reason is incorrect.
(d) Both assertion and reason are incorrect.

Answer 1

Hint: You should know that the beautiful stars which make up our universe are made up of tiny particles bunched together are called matter. Nearly, everything around us is matter. For example air, water, your body etc. But remember that mass less particles is not considered as matter.

Complete step by step answer:
> First, let us understand about matter in detail.
> Matter is a substance that has inertia and occupies physical space. As considered to modern physics, matter of various types of particles, each with mass and size. Matter can exist in several states. The three most common states are known as solids, liquids and gas. It is important to know that plasma is not a common state of matter on earth, but it is considered as the most common state in the universe.
 Now, let us know about light.
Light is electromagnetic waves, its speed in vacuum is constant, it interacts with matter as a wave-like or a particle-like. In photoelectric effect it behaves as a particle –like, while in the interference it behaves as a wave-like.
For a more in-depth look, if we recall the definition of matter, “matter is anything that has mass and takes up space”. Well, light doesn’t have mass, and it doesn’t take up space; photons don’t repel each other when they get too close together the way atoms do. So, no, light doesn't matter.
Hence, both assertion and reason are correct and reason is the correct explanation for assertion. Therefore, option A is the required answer.

Note: Antimatter is the opposite of normal matter. More specifically, the sub-atomic particles of antimatter have properties opposite those of normal matter.