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Optical activity can be observed in:

A
metamaterials
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sugar
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quartz
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all of above
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Solution

The correct option is D all of above
Optical activity occurs only in chiral molecules such as sugars, molecules with helical secondary structure such as some proteins, and also chiral liquid crystals. It can also be observed in chiral solids such as certain crystals with a rotation between adacent crystal planes (such as quartz) or metamaterials.

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