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Two spherical bobs, one metallic and other of glass, of the same size are allowed to fall freely from the same height above the ground. Which of the two would reach the ground earlier and why ?

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Glass bob will reach the ground earlier. This is because due to presence of earth's magnetic field, there will be no effect of electromagnetic induction on glass bob, unlike inn case of metallic bob
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