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When an object is dropped from a height, it accelerates and falls down. The force which accelerates the object is

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Frictional force

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Buoyant force

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Gravitational force

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Magnetic force

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Solution

The correct option is C
Gravitational force

In free fall, no other force apart from force of gravity acts on a body and it is the only force responsible for acceleration produced in the body.

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