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The force of gravitation is...

The force of gravitation is

A

repulsive

B

conservative

C

electrostatic

D

non-conservative .

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B
Earth behaves as a huge magnet and has a tendency to attract all the objects due to gravitational force. Therefore gravitational force is a conservative force.
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