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The centre of a mass of a rigid body lies
  1. inside the body
  2. outside the body
  3. neither (a) nor (b)
  4. either (a) or (b)

A
either (a) or (b)
B
inside the body
C
neither (a) nor (b)
D
outside the body
Solution
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Centre of mass of rigid bodies may lie either inside or outside the body.
For example: COM of solid sphere lies inside it whereas COM of uniform circular ring lies at its geometric centre where there is actually no matter.

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