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A bob of mass m  is tied with a thread and is made to move in a circular path on a horizontal frictionless table about point O as shown in the figure. A hypothetical electric field exists in the radial direction along the surface of the table. In this condition, the bob is uncharged and the tension in the thread is T. If now the bob is given some charge, then

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Options:
  • A Tension in thread must increase
  • B Tension in thread may increase or decrease
  • C Tension in thread will remain unchanged
  • D Tension in thread must decrease
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The correct answer is: Tension in thread may increase or decrease
Tension may increase or decrease depending on the nature of charge given to sphere.

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