The ratio of period of oscillation of the conical pendulum to that of the simple pendulum is : (Assume the strings are of the same length in the two cases and $\theta$ is the angle made by the string with the verticla in case of conical pendulum)

  • A

    $cos \theta$

  • B

    $\sqrt {\cos \theta } $

  • C

    $1$

  • D

    none of these

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