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Inside a cyclotron, a charged particle is subjected to both an electric field and a magnetic field. It gains kinetic energy due to the
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Options:
  • A electric field
  • B magnetic field
  • C Both (a) and (b)
  • D None of these
Solution:
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The correct answer is: electric field
Inside a cyclotron, charged particle gains kinetic energy only due to electric field, because in magnetic field, its kinetic energy remains unchanged.

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