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For SHM, the displacement-time graph is:

AParabola
BSinusoidal
CHyperbola
DStraight line
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Sinusoidal
x = A sin(ωt + φ) is a sinusoidal (sine wave) function. **So x-vs-t graph is a sine curve.**
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