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A beam of light strickes a piece of glass at an angle of incidence of `60^@` and the reflected beam is completely plane polarised. The refractive index of the glass is

A

`1.5`

B

`sqrt(3)`

C

`sqrt(2)`

D

`(3)/(2)`

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