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A tunnel has been dug into a solid sphere of non-uniform mass density as shown in the figure. As one moves from `A` to `B`, the magnitude of gravitational field intensity

A

will continuously decrease

B

with decrease upto centre of sphere and then increases

C

may increases or decrease

D

will continuously increase

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C
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