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A ray of unpolarised light is incident on a glass plate at the polarizing angle of `57^@`. Now,

A

both the reflected and transmitted rays will be completely polarised

B

the reflected ray will be completely polarised and transmitted ray will be partially polarised

C

the reflected ray will be partially polarised and transmitted ray will be completely polarised

D

both the reflected and the transmitted rays will be partially polarised.

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B

`57^@` is polarising angle.
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