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When a bus starts suddenly, the person falls backwards because of

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  1. Inertia of rest of the passenger

  2. Inertia of motion of the passenger

  3. Inertia of rest of the bus

  4. None of the above

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

When a bus starts suddenly,the person falls backwards because of inertia of rest of passenger.This is due to the fact that because of their inertia ,the passengers tend to remain in their state of rest when the bus starts suddenly.

Which of the following statement is true when a magician pulls a tablecloth from under a table full of dishes without disturbing the dishes?

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  1. Gravity holds the dishes still

  2. The weight of the dishes is reduced

  3. Action-reaction forces are in operation

  4. The dishes have inertia

  5. The dishes have no acceleration

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The dishes have the inertia at rest, thus they tend to remain at rest even when the tablecloth is pulled of suddenly from the table and hence the dishes do not get disturbed.

Suppose gravity of earth suddenly becomes zero, then in which direction
will the moon begin to move if no other celestial body affects it ?

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  1. Radial

  2. Tangential

  3. cant say

  4. None

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Moon will be launched in tangential direction with a speed at which it was orbiting around the earth.

In other words, it's speed and direction will be what it was at the time when gravitational force of earth ceased to exist.

Passengers standing in a bus are thrown outwards when the bus takes a sudden turn. This is due to:

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  1. outward pull on them

  2. inertia

  3. change in momentum

  4. change in acceleration

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Newton's I law of inertia states that an object will change its direction when a force is applied to it. Hence, when a bus takes a sudden turn the passengers are thrown outward. This is due to the inertia of direction.

A truck and a car are moving with same kinetic energy. They are brought to rest by the application of brakes which provide equal force.

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  1. both will cover equal distance

  2. the truck will cover a greater distance

  3. the car will cover a greater distance

  4. none of the above

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

We know that, ${u}^{2}=2as$    (as final velocity will be zero).

$\Rightarrow$ $s=m\dfrac{{u}^{2}}{2F}$.
truck has greater mass  so distance will be more for truck yhan the car.

Two balls of the same size but of different materials, rubber and iron are kept on the smooth floor of a moving train. The brakes are applied suddenly to stop the train. Will the balls start rolling? If so, in which direction? Will they move with the same speed? 

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  1. Iron ball is faster than rubber ball

  2. Rubber ball is faster than iron ball

  3. Both move at the same speed

  4. None of them move

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

(a) Inertia is the name for the tendency of an object in motion to remain in motion, or an object at rest to remain at rest, unless acted upon by a force. This concept was quantified in Newton's First Law of Motion. For example when a car is abruptly accelerated, drivers and passengers may feel as though their bodies are moving backward. In reality, inertia is making the body want to stay in place as the car moves forward.

(b) Yes, both the balls will start rolling due to inertia of motion. The train stops due to brakes. But the balls continue to move in the direction of the train. But the balls will not roll with the same speed. Iron ball will move slower than the rubber ball because it is heavier in weight.

Galilee's law of inertia is another name for newton's (... ) law of motion.

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  1. First

  2. Second

  3. Third

  4. Anyone of the above

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Galileo's law of inertia is another name for newton's First law of motion. Newton's first law states that an object will remain at rest or move at a constant speed in a straight line unless it is acted on by an unbalanced force. Inertia comes from mass. Objects with more mass have more inertia.

What is the other name of Galileo's law of falling bodies?

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  1. Law of motion

  2. Newton's first law

  3. Newton's second law

  4. Newton's third law

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Galelio’s hypothesis stated,”A falling body accelerates uniformly: it picks up equal amounts of speed in equal time intervals, so that, if it falls from rest, it is moving twice as fast after two seconds as it was moving after one second, and moving three times as fast after three seconds as it was after one second.”


The term inertia was first used by

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  1. Newton

  2. Galileo

  3. Aristotle

  4. Kepler

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Galileo, a premier scientist in the seventeenth century, developed the concept of inertia. Galileo reasoned that moving objects eventually stop because of a force called friction. First thing it was discovered and not invented. It was discovered and stated and proved by Sir Isaac Newton.

Hence,
option $B$ is correct answer.

The ratio of inertial force to viscous force represents

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  1. Magnus effect

  2. Reynolds number

  3. Torricelli's law

  4. Relative density

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Reynolds number represents the ratio of inertial force to viscous force.