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When a shell explodes, the fragments fly apart though no external force is acting on it. Does this violate Newton's first law of motion?

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MAXIMUM PUBLICATION-LAWS OF MOTION-EXERCISE
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  2. A large force is acting on a body for a short time. The impulse impart...

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  3. When a shell explodes, the fragments fly apart though no external forc...

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  4. In taking a catch, a cricket player moves his hands backward on holdin...

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  5. Name the factor on which inertia depends.

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  6. Why does a swimmer push the water backwards?

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  7. Rocket works on the principle of conservation of .

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  8. A man experience a backward jerk, while firing bullet from gun. Which ...

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  9. If you jerk a piece of paper under a book quick enough, the book will ...

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  10. Why it is difficult to walk on a slippery road?

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  11. A stone, when thrown on a glass window, smashes the window pan to piec...

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  12. Why an athlete runs some distance before taking a jump?

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  13. Why a horse can not pull a cart and run in empty space?

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  14. Why parachute descends slowly?

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  15. Sand is thrown on tracks with snow. Why?

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  16. It is difficult to move a cycle along a road with its brakes on. Expla...

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  17. What is inertia?

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  18. Two masses are in the ratio 1:5 . What is the ratio of inertia of this...

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  19. More force is required to push a body than pull to get same speed on a...

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  20. A lift in a multistoried building is moving from ground floor to third...

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