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When unpolarised light beam is incident from air onto glass (`n=1.5`) at the polarising angle

A

reflected beam is polarised 100 percent

B

reflected and refracted beams are partially polarised

C

the reason for (a) is that almost all the light is reflected

D

All of the above

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According to Brewster's law, when a beam of ordinary light (i.e., unpolarised) is reflected from a transparent medium (like glass) the reflected light is completely plane polarised at certain angle of incidence called the angle of polarisation
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