Choose the correct alternative regarding the polarisation of light.

  • A
    When plane polarised light passes through a polaroid,it changes its nature to linearly polarised.
  • B
    Refracted light,when light is incident at Brewster's angle,is linearly polarised.
  • C
    Polarised light can be produced by scattering through $\frac{\pi}{2}$ in the Earth's atmosphere.
  • D
    Natural light from the Sun is polarised.

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