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One end of an elastic string of natural length ‘l’ and modulus ‘X’ is kept fixed while to the other end is attached a particle of mass m which is hanging freely under gravity. The particle is pulled down vertically through a distance ‘x’, held at rest and then released.
The motion is

A simple harmonic motion

A rectilinear motion with constant speed

A damped oscillatory motion

None of the above

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