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A beam of light incident on a polaroid and the polaroid is rotated through `360^(@)` , about the direction of the incident beam as the axis. If there is no change in the intesity of the transmitted light then the incident light may be

A

Linearly polarised

B

Partially polarised

C

Unpolarised

D

Completely plane polarised

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