If a ball of steel (density $\rho=7.8 \;gcm ^{-3}$) attains a terminal velocity of $10 \;cms ^{-1}$ when falling in a tank of water (coefficient of viscosity $\eta_{\text {water }}=8.5 \times 10^{-4} \;Pa - s$ ) then its terminal velocity in glycerine $\left(\rho=12 gcm ^{-3}, \eta=13.2\right)$ would be nearly

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  • A

    $1.6 \times 10^{-5} \;cms ^{-1}$

  • B

    $6.25 \times 10^{-4} \;cms ^{-1}$

  • C

    $6.45 \times 10^{-4}\; cms ^{-1}$

  • D

    $1.5 \times 10^{-5}\; cms ^{-1}$

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