A uniform rod is fixed to a rotating turntable so that its lower end is on the axis of the turntable and it makes an angle of `20 %` to the vertical. (The rod is thus rotating with uniform angular velocity about a vertical axis passing through one end.) If the turntable is rotating clockwise as seen from above.
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Is there a torque acts on it, and it so in what direction ?

Options

A. yes, vertically
B. yes, horizontally
C. yes at `20^(@)` to the horizontal
D. no

Answer

B