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Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Physics

Chapter

Wave Optics

Question:

Case : Read the passage and answer the question(s).

A tourmaline crystal is placed such that its crystallographic axis AB is parallel to y-axis. Sunlight is made to pass through it. After the emergence of light from the tourmaline crystal, certain properties of the light are affected.

What can you say about the plane of polarization?

Options:

xy-plane

yz-plane

zx-plane

none of these

Correct Answer:

zx-plane

Explanation:

The vibrations in plane polarized light are perpendicular to the plane of polarization.