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The centre of mass of a rigid body always lies inside the body. Is this statement true or false?

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The correct option is B False
No it's not necessary that the centre of mass of a body should lie inside the body. Consider a circular ring, its centre of mass lies at the center of the ring where there is no content of the body. So it can also lie outside the body .

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