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What is a Contact Force and explain with an example?

Answer

A Contact force is a force applied to a body by another body that is in contact with it. Contact force acts on a point of direct contact between the two objects. This force can either be continuous as a continuous force or can be momentary in the form of an impulse. Contact force is governed by Newton’s Laws.


Examples :: Contact force is responsible for most of the interactions we experience in the daily life.


1. Writing your name with a pen, pushing a car up a hill, lifting an object, etc...


2. Kicking a ball, hammering a nail, etc...


are some of the everyday examples where contact forces are at work.


In the first case, the force is continuously applied by the person on the car or pen or an object while in the second case the force is delivered in a short impulse.


 


Contact forces are often decomposed into orthogonal components


one perpendicular to the surface in contact called the normal force, and


one parallel to the surface in contact, called the friction force.

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Q:

Victoria Falls is located between which two countries?

A) Zambia & Zimbabwe B) Senegal-Botswana
C) Ethiopia-Kenya D) Tanzania-Kenya
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Zambia & Zimbabwe

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Q:

What process never occurs in interphase?

Answer

Absence of cell division is the process that never comes in interphase.

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Q:

Which of the following country has re-elected as the member of the UNESCO's executive board?

A) Pakistan B) India
C) Myanmar D) Nepal
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) India

Explanation:

India was re-elected as member of executive board of United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Executive board is UNESCO's top decision-making body. The election was held at 39th session of General Conference of UNESCO in Paris, France

 

UNESCO is UN association that helps safeguard historical and cultural sites around the world. It is special multi-nation organization, framed in 1945 and situated in France. It promotes literacy and sex education as well as improving gender equality in countries around world. The General Conference determines policies and main lines of work of organisation. Its duty is to set programmes and budget of UNESCO. It also elects members of executive board and appoints, every four years, director-general.

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What will happen if an object is dropped from a height and there is no air resistance?

A) It will fall with a constant speed and acceleration B) Its acceleration will increase
C) Both speed and acceleration will increase D) Its speed will increase
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Its speed will increase

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Which country is going to launch the world's first nuclear power plant (Sanmen Nuclear Power Station) that is immune to meltdown ?

A) India B) USA
C) China D) Russia
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) China

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Q:

"Go Back to Vedas" Who gave this motto?

A) Swami Dayananda Saraswati B) Ramkrishna Paramahamsa
C) Swami Vivekananda D) None of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Swami Dayananda Saraswati

Explanation:

The founder of Arya Samaj, Swami Dayananda Saraswati gave the motto "Go Back to Vedas" to propagate the true knowledge of Vedas.

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Geet Sethi is associated with which game?

A) Billiards B) Cricket
C) Hockey D) Chess
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Billiards

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