Correct option (B) v/√2, Ek/2
Half way up you have gained half of the height so you gained ½ of potential energy.
Therefore you must have lost ½ of the initial kinetic energy
so E2 = (Ek/2).
Subbing into this relationship E2 = (Ek/2)
½ mv22 = ½ mv2/ 2
v22 = v2/2 …. Sqrt both sides gives answer