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Plane polarised light is passed through a polaroid. On viewing through the polaroid we find that when the polariod is given one complete rotation about the direction of the light, one of the following is observed

Option: 1

The intensity of light gradually decreases to zero and remains at zero


Option: 2

The intensity of light gradually increases to a maximum and remains at maximum


Option: 3

There is no change in intensity


Option: 4

The intensity of light is twice maximum and twice zero


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For single slit diffraction pattern \mathrm{d \sin \theta=\lambda(\mathrm{d}=slit \, \, width )}

Angular width \mathrm{=2 \theta=2 \sin ^{-1}\left(\frac{\lambda}{d}\right)}

It is independent of D i.e. distance between screen and slit

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