A mass of $50\,g$ of water in a closed vessel, with surroundings at a constant temperature takes $2\, minutes$ to cool from $30\,^oC$ to $25\,^oC$. A mass of $100\,g$ of another liquid in an identical vessel with identical surroundings takes the same time to cool from $30\,^oC$ to $25\,^o C$. The specific heat of the liquid is .......... $kcal/kg$ (The water equivalent of the vessel is $30\,g$.)

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  • A

    $2.0$

  • B

    $7$

  • C

    $3$

  • D

    $0.5$

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