Newton's Laws of Motion
Newton's Laws of Motion: Overview
This topic covers concepts such as Laws of Motion, Second Law of Motion, Mathematical Formulation of Second Law of Motion, First Law of Motion, Inertia, Law of Inertia, Inertia of Rest, Inertia of Motion, Inertia of Direction, etc.
Important Questions on Newton's Laws of Motion
Assertion: We should always wear a seat belt while travelling in a car.
Reason: Seat belt prevents us from falling forward due to inertia when sudden brakes are applied.

Name the physical quantity which gives a quantitative measure of the inertia of a body.
(Choose from: Temperature/Mass)

Which body offers more inertia - heavier body or lighter body?

Which of the following is the correct relation?

Force is inversely proportional to the acceleration of the body.

An object of mass is moving with a constant velocity of on a frictionless table. The force required to keep the object moving with the same velocity is

The working of a rocket depends on Newton’s _____ (second / third) law of motion.

Newton's first law is also known as law of:

In the equation , will become one for one unit of force. One unit of force is also equal to one _____.

Consider the equation . The unit of force is so chosen that the value of the constant, becomes _____.


Calculate the force required to impart a velocity of 30m/s in 12sec, if the mass of the car is 1500 kg _____.

If a force of 5 N is acting on a body of mass 10 kg, then the acceleration produced is _____ m/s2.

A body of mass 2 kg is acted upon by a force of 1Newton. Its acceleration is _____.

A passenger in a moving train tosses a coin which falls behind him. It means the motion of the train is


According to the third law of motion, action and reaction

According to the third law of motion, action and reaction _____.

Which of the following statement is not correct for an object moving along a straight path in an accelerated motion?

What is the forceacting on an object of mass m moving with an accelerationa?
