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The moment of force is assigned a negative sign. The turning tendency of the force will be

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clockwise

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anticlockwise

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C

can be clockwise or anticlockwise

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D

can neither be clockwise nor anticlockwise

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Solution

The correct option is A
clockwise

If the moment of force is assigned a negative sign then the turning tendency of the force will be clockwise by sign convention.

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