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The phenomenon of polarisation of electromagnetic wave proves that the electromagnetic waves are

A

(a) Longitudinal

B

(b) transverse

C

(c) neither longitudinal nor transverse

D

(d) None of these

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B
Longitudinal waves cannot be polarised.
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