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A………..is an agent which moves or tends to move a stationary body, stops or tends to stop a moving body or which tends to change the speed and direction of a moving body.
a) stress                                 
b) force
c) pressure                                            
d) none of these

b

When one object comes in contact with another object and exerts a force, this type of force is known as . . . . . .
a) field force        
b) 
action-at-a-distance force
c) contact force                 
d) magnetic force

c

The gravity of the Earth is an example of . . . . .
a) contact force 
b) action-at-a-distance force
c) field force                        
d) both b & c

d

The SI unit of force is . . . . . .
a) Newton                                            
b) newton (N)
c) pascal                               
d) both a & b

b

1 N = . . . . . . . .
a) 1kgm/s                                             
b) 1kgs2/m
c) 1kgm/s2                                           
d) 1kgm-1s-2

c

Newton’s Laws of Motion