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A square loop of wire carrying current I is lying in the plane of paper as shown in Fig. 1.141. The magnetic field is present in the region as shown. The loop will tend to rotate

A

about PQ with KL coming out of the page

B

about PQ with KL going into the page

C

about RS with MK coming out of the page

D

about RS with MK going into the page

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