Force and Motion MCQ (Multiple Choice Questions) PDF Download

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

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

The most famous scientist and the first modern physicist was

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

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

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