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The centre of mass of a body

A

are always at the point for any size of the body.

B

are always at the same point only for spherical bodies.

C

can never be at the same point.

D

is close to each other for objects, say of sizes less than `100 m`.

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D
Centre of mass is very close with the centre of gravity of a body if size of the body is very very small as compared to size of the earth. Thus only option (d) is correct.
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