An oil drop carries six electronic charges,has a mass of $1.6 \times 10^{-12} \text{ g}$ and falls with a terminal velocity in air. The magnitude of the vertical electric field required to make the drop move upward with the same speed as it was formerly moving is ........$kN/C$.

  • A
    $16.3$
  • B
    $32.7$
  • C
    $98$
  • D
    None of the above

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