Magnus effect may be used advantageously in games such as cricket, tennis, table tennis and golf. In order to obtain a lift, i.e. a rising curve for the trajectory of the ball, from left to right, the nature of the spin to be given is
A
Anticlockwise in the vertical plane
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B
Anticlockwise in the horizontal plane
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C
Clockwise in the vertical plane
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D
Clockwise in the horizontal plane
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Solution
The correct option is A Anticlockwise in the vertical plane
To obtain a lift nature of spin should be anticlockwise in vertical plane.