MHT CET Physics question

When a beam of un-polarized monochromatic light is incident on a plane glass plate at a polarizing angle, then which one of the following statements is correct? [MHT-CET 2022]

(A)Reflected and refracted rays are completely polarized with their planes of polarization perpendicular to each other
(B)Reflected and refracted rays are completely polarized with their planes of polarization parallel to each other
(C)Reflected light is partially polarized but refracted light is plane polarized.
(D)Reflected light is plane polarized light but transmitted light is partially polarized.Correct

Answer: (D)

Solution

At the polarizing angle the reflected light is completely plane polarized while the refracted (transmitted) light is only partially

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