What is the difference between polarised light and unpolarised light?

Important Questions on Polarisation of Light

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ISC Physics Class 12, Part-2>Chapter 9 - Polarisation of Light>QUESTIONS>Q 9

Is sunlight polarised? Sodium light? Headlight of a car?

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ISC Physics Class 12, Part-2>Chapter 9 - Polarisation of Light>QUESTIONS>Q 10

When light is polarised by reflection, what is the plane of vibration of the electric field vector in polarised light?

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ISC Physics Class 12, Part-2>Chapter 9 - Polarisation of Light>QUESTIONS>Q 11

A ray of light is incident on a medium at the polarising angle. What is the angle between the reflected and refracted rays?

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ISC Physics Class 12, Part-2>Chapter 9 - Polarisation of Light>QUESTIONS>Q 12

If the polarising angle for air-glass interface is $56 °$ , what will be the angle of refraction in glass?

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ISC Physics Class 12, Part-2>Chapter 9 - Polarisation of Light>QUESTIONS>Q 13

The critical angle for a given transparent medium and air is $i_{c}$ . A ray of light travelling in air incident on this transparent medium at an angle of incidence equal to the polarising angle $i_{p}$ . What is the relation between the two angles $i_{c}$ and $i_{p}$ ?

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ISC Physics Class 12, Part-2>Chapter 9 - Polarisation of Light>QUESTIONS>Q 14

State Brewster’s law of polarisation of light.

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ISC Physics Class 12, Part-2>Chapter 9 - Polarisation of Light>QUESTIONS>Q 15

Ordinary light is incident on the surface of a transparent material at polarising angle.light is partly reflected and partly refracted, what is. the angle between the reflected ray and the refracted ray of light?

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ISC Physics Class 12, Part-2>Chapter 9 - Polarisation of Light>QUESTIONS>Q 16

Why are two images observed of an object which is being seen through a calcite crystal?