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A calcite crystal is placed over a dot on a piece of paper and rotated, on seeing through the calcite one will be see

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(a) One dot

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(b) Two stationary dots

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(c) Two rotating dots

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(d) One dot rotating about the other

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D
Light suffers double refraction through calcite.
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