A body floats in water because of:

No force is acting on it

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The buoyant force acting on it

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Gravitational pull

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Friction between body and the water

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Solution

The correct option is B The buoyant force acting on it
When a body is immersed in water an upward buoyant force acts on it equal in magnitude to the weight of the body displaced by the body and this Buoyant force balances the downward force acting on the body due to its weight . hence body floats in water .
so option (B) is correct

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