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ASSERTION (A):Hyugens' theory failed to explain polarization
REASON (R): According to Hyugens' theory light is longitudinal wave

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  1. A is correct, R is correct and it is the correct explanation

  2. A is correct, R is correct but it is not a correct explanation

  3. A is correct, R is wrong

  4. A is wrong , R is correct

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Huygen's theory failed to explain polarisation because according to the Huygen's theory light is a longitudinal waves and longitudinal wave does not shows polarisation.

According to Maxwell , most of the optical properties of light depend on

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  1. Magnetic vector

  2. Electric vector

  3. Both Electric and Magnetic vectors

  4. Can not be decided

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The experiments on stationary light waves establish that most of the optical properties of light depends on the electric vector, which is also known as light vector.

Identify which of the following should be used for polarised light waves?
I. Sunglasses
II. Remove ultraviolet light
III. Reveal stress patterns

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  1. I only

  2. II only

  3. I and III only

  4. II and III only

  5. I, II, and III

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Polarizers are used in industry to reveal stress patterns in machinery and tools. Sunglasses are used to protect the eyes by polarizing the light to reduce glare using the tailor-made material of the glasses.

Three waves are given below.
I. Sound waves
II. Visible light waves
III. X-rays

Which of the above waves cannot be polarised?
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  1. I only

  2. III only

  3. I and II only

  4. I and III only

  5. I, II and III

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Only the transverse waves can be polarized.

As the sound waves are longitudinal waves in nature whereas visible light rays and X-rays are transverse waves.
Thus sound waves cannot be polarized.

Light waves exhibit polarization but sound waves do not exhibit polarization because they are not:

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  1. longitudinal

  2. coherent

  3. dispersive

  4. transverse

  5. refractive

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Only transverse waves can exhibit polarization.
Light waves are transverse waves whereas sound waves are longitudinal waves, hence sound waves can not be polarized.

Making a light wave vibrate in only one plane is known as :

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  1. refraction.

  2. reflection

  3. Interference

  4. diffraction

  5. polarization.

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Correct Option: E
Explanation:

Light in the form of a plane wave in space is said to be linearly polarized. Light is a transverse electromagnetic wave, but natural light is generally unpolarized, all planes of propagation being equally probable. 

The process of making the light wave vibrated in a single plane is known as polarization.

Why do polarized sun glasses block out some reflected light (glare), but do not block out light that has not been reflected?

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  1. Some reflected light is at least partially polarized

  2. Some reflected light changes frequency

  3. Some reflected light is red-shifted

  4. Some reflected light is at least partially diffracted

  5. Some reflected light splits into multiple photons

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

When ordinary (unpolarised) light is reflected from a surface , it gets partial polarisation , it means some of the electric vectors in some planes are cut-off . When this partially polarized light is incident on polarized glasses , glass acts as an analyser and therefore block out some reflected light .

The polarizing angle of glass is $57^{\circ}$. A ray of light which is incident at this angle will have an angle of refraction as

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  1. $33^{\circ}$

  2. $38^{\circ}$

  3. $25^{\circ}$

  4. $43^{\circ}$

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The angle between incident ray and reflected is $21°$ and the angle between reflected and refracted ray is $90°$.

So the angle is $90°-57°=33°$

When a beam of light wavelength $\lambda$ is incident on the surface of a liquid at an angle $\phi$, the reflected ray in completely polarized. The wavelength of light in the liquid medium is

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  1. $\lambda\ tan\phi$

  2. $\dfrac{\lambda}{\tan {\phi}}$

  3. $\dfrac{\lambda}{\cos{\phi}}$

  4. $\dfrac{\lambda}{\sin{\phi}}$

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Correct Option: B

At a time, the image of sun formed due to reflection at air-water interface, is found to be highly polarized. If refractive index of water is $\mu =\dfrac{4}{3}$, then the angle of the sun above the horizon is ?

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  1. $37^{o}$

  2. $53^{o}$

  3. $30^{o}$

  4. $60^{o}$

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Correct Option: A