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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 would reach earlier. This is because there is no effect of electromagnetic induction in glass, due to presence of Earth’s magnetic field, unlike in the case of metallic ball.
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