Multiple choice

Spring balance measures the

  1. mass of the body

  2. weight of the body

  3. direction of force applied on a body

  4. direction of motion of a moving body

  5. length of the body
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Explanation

A spring balance is used to measure the weight of the body, because the weight is the force with which a body gets attracted towards the centre of the earth.

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