NEET Physics Question - Wave Optics

Assertion (A): When a monochromatic light beam is incident normally on a reflective surface, under some condition it is possible that all lights is transmitted without any reflection.

Reason (R): When light after passing through a polaroid is incident on a reflecting surface at angle of incidence equals to polarizing angle, then all light gets transmitted without any reflection.

Both (A) & (R) are true and the (R) is the correct explanation of the (A)

Both (A) & (R) are true but the (R) is not the correct explanation of the (A)

(A) is true but (R) is false

Both (A) and (R) are false

Solution:

Assertion (A) is false. Total transmission at normal incidence on a reflective surface is only possible if the refractive indices are identical, implying no actual reflection.
Reason (R) is false. At Brewster's angle, only the p-polarized component of light is completely transmitted. If the light passed by the polaroid is s-polarized, it would be reflected. Therefore, the statement 'all light gets transmitted' is not universally true for light passed by a polaroid without specifying its polarization.
Thus, both (A) and (R) are false.

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