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When an unpolarised light of inensity `I_0` is incident on a polarizing sheet, the intensity of the light which does not get transmittted is

A

(a) Zero

B

(b) `I_0`

C

(c) `1/2I_0`

D

(d) `1/4I_0`

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C
If an unpolarised light is converted into plane polarised light by passing through a polaroid, its intensity becomes half.
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