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Pencil standing on its point or a stick in vertically standing position is an example of

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Stable equilibrium
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Unstable equilibrium
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Neutral equilibrium
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The correct option is B Unstable equilibrium
If a pencil standing vertically is slightly disturbed from its position it will not come back to its original position. This type of equilibrium is called unstable equilibrium, other example of unstable equilibrium are vertically standing cylinder and funnel etc.

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