Force and Motion Multiple Choice Questions with Answers – PDF Download

MCQ 1: A force can cause:

1. a stationary object to start moving
2. a moving object to decrease speed
3. a moving object to change its direction of motion
4. all of the above

MCQ 2: A van of mass 1200 kg accelerates from rest to 25 ms^-1 in 8 s. By assuming that there is no friction, the forward thrust of the car is:

1. 4000 N
2. 5000 N
3. 6000 N
4. 3000 N

MCQ 3: The most famous scientist and the first modern physicist was:

1. Albert Einstein
2. Michael Faraday
3. Isaac Newton
4. Niels Bohr

MCQ 4: The force that will produce an acceleration of 1 ms^-2 on a mass of 1 kg is called:

1. 1 farad
2. 1 pascal
3. 1 ammeter
4. 1 newton

MCQ 5: When a resultant force acts on a object of constant mass, the object will accelerate and move in the direction of the resultant force. This statement refers to:

1. Newton's second law of motion
2. Newton's third law of motion
3. Newton's first law of motion
4. Hooke's law