A plane-polarized light with intensity \(I_0\) is incident on a polaroid with an electric field vector making an angle of \(60^{\circ}\) with the transmission axis of the polaroid. The intensity of the resulting light will be:
1. \(\frac{I_0}{4}\)
2. \(I_0\)
3. \(2I_0\)
4. \(\frac{I_0}{2}\)

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Which of the following statements indicates that light waves are transverse? 

1. Light waves can travel in a vacuum.
2. Light waves show interference.
3. Light waves can be polarized.
4. Light waves can be diffracted.

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Five identical polaroids are placed coaxially with \(45^{\circ}\) angular separation between pass axes of adjacent polaroids as shown in the figure. (I0: Intensity of unpolarized light)
          
The intensity of light, I, emerging out of the 5th polaroid is:

1.  I04

2.  I08

3.  I016

4.  I032

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Two polaroids P1 and P2 are placed with their axis perpendicular to each other. Unpolarised light of intensity Io is incident on P1. A third polaroid P3 is kept in between P1 and P2 such that its axis makes an angle 45° with that of P1. The intensity of transmitted light through P2 is:

1. I04

2. I08

3. I016

4. I02

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When an unpolarized light of intensity I0 is incident on a polarizing sheet, the intensity of the light which does not get transmitted is:

1. Zero

2. I0

3. 12I0

4. 14I0

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Two polaroids are kept crossed to each other. Now one of them is rotated through an angle of 45°. The percentage of incident light now transmitted through the system is:

1.  15%

2.  25%

3.  50%

4.  60%

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A beam of unpolarized light of intensity I0 is passed first through a tourmaline crystal A and then through another tourmaline crystal B oriented so that its principal plane is parallel to that of A. The intensity of the final emergent light is I. The value of is:

1.  I0

2.  I02

3.  I04

4.  I08

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Unpolarized light of intensity 32 Wm–2 passes through three polarizers such that the transmission axes of the first and second polarizer make an angle of 30° with each other and the transmission axis of the last polarizer is crossed with that of the first. The intensity of the final emerging light will be:

1. 32 Wm–2

2. 3 Wm–2

3. 8 Wm–2

4. 4 Wm–2

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Two polaroids are in the path of an unpolarized beam of intensity I0 such that no light is emitted from the second polaroid. If a third polaroid, whose polarization axis makes an angle θ with the polarization axis of the first polaroid, is placed between these polaroids, then the intensity of light emerging from the last polaroid will be:

1. \(\left ( \frac{I_{0}}{8} \right )\sin^{2}2\theta \)
2. \(\left ( \frac{I_{0}}{4} \right )\sin^{2}2\theta \)
3. \(\left ( \frac{I_{0}}{2} \right )\sin^{4}2\theta \)
4. \(I_{0}\sin^{2}2\theta \)

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An unpolarised light incident on a polariser has amplitude A, and the angle between analyzer and polariser is \(60^{\circ}\). The light transmitted by the analyzer has an amplitude of:

1. A2

2. A/22

3. 3A/2

4. A/2

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