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A sphere is dropped gently into medium of infinite extent. As the sphere falls, the force acting downwards on it

A

A. remains constant throughout

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B. increases for sometime and then becomes constant

C

C. decreases for sometime and then becomes zero

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D. increases for sometime and then decreases

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