Multiple choice

The swing of a spinning cricket ball in air can be explained on the basis of _____.

  1. Sudden change in wind direction

  2. Buoyancy of air

  3. Turbulence caused by wind

  4. Bernoulli's theorem
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Explanation

The swing of a spinning cricket ball in flight is a classic illustration of the Magnus effect, which is governed by Bernoulli's principle concerning pressure differences created by fluid velocities around a spinning object.

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