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Two rails of a railway track insulated from each other and the ground are connected to a voltmeter. What is the reading of voltmeter, when a train travels with a speed of 180 km/hr along the track. Given that the vertical component of earth.s magnetic field is `0.2 Xx 10^(-4) weber//m^2` and the rails are separated by 1 metre.

A

`10^(-2)`V

B

`10^(-4) ` V

C

`10^(-3)` V

D

1 V

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