MCQ
Polarisation of light establishes:
- ACorpuscular theory of light
- BQuantum nature of light
- CTransverse nature of light
- DAll of the above
✓
Answer
- Transverse nature of light
Explanation:
Polarisation of light establishes that light are transverse in nature, otherwise it was believed that they are longitudinal waves, like the sound waves.
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