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Questions Related to galileo's law and inertia

The inertia of an object tends to cause the object:

  1. $to\ increase\ its\ speed$

  2. $to\ decrease\ its\ speed$

  3. $to\ resist\ any\ change\ in\ its\ state\ of\ motion$

  4. $to\ decelerate\ due\ to\ friction$


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Inertia of an object is the tendency of the object to resist change in  motion. The inertia is directly dependent on the mass of the body. 
Inertia resist any change in its state of motion and is of three types:

  1. Inertia of rest
  2. Inertia of motion
  3. Inertia of direction

When a running horse suddenly stops, the rider falls  _________.

  1. forwards

  2. backwards

  3. to his right

  4. to the horse's right


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

When horse stop suddenly rider falls due to inertia as when the horse is in motion rider also is in motion and when horse stop suddenly there is no external force acting on the ride to stop its motion therefore  rider falls forward.

Inertia means resistance to the change of state.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Yes inertia means resistance to the charge of state

Hence,
option $A$ is correct answer.

Inertia of a body is directly dependent on its: 

  1. velocity

  2. volume

  3. mass

  4. all of the above


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

If we see by Newton second law of motion.

  $F _{net}=ma$
$a=\frac{F}{m}$ 
a is depend on mass and is inversely proportional which state that the heavy object exhibit more inertia and they resist motion.

A coin tossed vertically by a passenger sitting in a train that is moving with a uniform velocity, still returns to his palm. This demonstrates the principle of.

  1. Inertia(Newton's First Law of Motion)

  2. Conservation of angular momentum

  3. Addition of velocities of the train and the coin

  4. Addition of forces due to gravity and the toss of the coin


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

A coin tossed vertically by a passenger sitting in a train that is moving with a uniform velocity, still returns to his palm, it happens due to the phenomenon of inertia as the person and coin in his hand both are in uniform motion with the train.