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प्रश्न
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उत्तर
The physical quantity is ‘torque’.
Torque may be defined as the turning effect produced by a force on a rigid body about a point, pivot, or fulcrum. It is measured by the product of force and the perpendicular distance of the pivot from the line of action of force.
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