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A bookshelf contains 40 books marked with numbers 1 to 40 . If one book is drawn from this shelf at random, then the probability that the number on the book is a perfect square is

A

`(3)/(20)`

B

`(2)/(15)`

C

`(1)/(10)`

D

`(1)/(3)`

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