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Light from a Quarter wave plate is passed through a rotating analyzer. Intensity of the emerging light varies between maximum and zero. Light incident on quarter wave plate is

A

plane polarised

B

circularly polarised

C

elliptically polarised

D

either circularly polarised or elliptically polarised.

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