(a) List any four experimentally observed phenomena that provide direct evidence in favour of the wave nature of light.
(b) Name any two experimentally observed phenomena that can be explained only by assuming that light consists of discrete quanta.
(c) Choose one phenomenon from part (a) and justify, with the help of its characteristic observations, why it cannot be accounted for if light were considered to be made up solely of independent particles traveling in straight lines.
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