When unpolarised light beam is incident from air onto glass (n = 1.5) at the polarising angle. Reflected beam is polarised completely Reflected and refracted beams are partially polarised Refracted beam is plane polarised O Whole beam of light is refracted None of these

When unpolarised light beam is incident from air onto glass (n = 1.5) at the polarising angle. Reflected beam is polarised completely Reflected and refracted beams are partially polarised Refracted beam is plane polarised O Whole beam of light is refracted None of these

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