The moment of inertia of a uniform semicircular wire of mass M and radius r about a line perpendicular to the plane of the wire through the centre is

(a) Mr 2

(b) 1/2Mr2

(c) 1/4 mr2

(d) 2/5 mr2.


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(a) Mr 

Explanation: 

Since the mass of the wire is at a distance r away from the axis. Hence the option (a).