A simple pendulum is attached to a block which slides without friction down an inclined plane $A B C$ having an angle of inclination $\alpha$ as shown below. While the block is sliding down the pendulum oscillates in such a way that at its mean position the direction of the string is

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  • [KVPY 2014]
  • A

    at angle $\alpha$ to the perpendicular to the inclined plane $A C$

  • B

    parallel to the inclined plane $A C$

  • C

    vertically downwards

  • D

    perpendicular to the inclined plane $A C$

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