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An incident light is viewed through a rotating nicol prism. Match List I with List II and select the correct 

List I
(Polarization of light incident of rotating nicol prism)
List II
(Intensity of light as observed of rotating nicol prism) through rotating nicol prism) 
A. Circularly polarized  1. Intensity changes and vanishes 
B. Elliptically polarized  2. Intensity changes but is never  completely extinguished
C. Mixture of plane polarized and unpolarized light 3. Intensity does not change 
D. Plane polarized light  

 Codes:

A B C D
(a) 2 3 1 3
(b) 1 1 2 3
(c) 3 2 2 3
(d) 3 2 1 1

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Correct option  (c)  3 2 2 1 3 

Explanation

(i) Circularly polarized light  Intensity does not change
(ii) Unpolarised light Intensity does not change 
(iii) Elliptically polarised  Intensity changes but never completely extinguished
(iv) Mixture of plane polarized  Intensity changes but never completely extinguished
(v) Plane polarized light Intensity changes and vanishes

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