Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Physics

Chapter

Laws of Motion

Question:

Person sitting in the bus experiences a sudden jerk when the bus begins to move. Why ?

Options:

Inertia of motion

Inertia of rest

Inertia of turning

Inertia of acceleration

Correct Answer:

Inertia of rest

Explanation:

By first Law of Motion, Inertia of rest is the fundamental property possessed by a body to oppose any change in its state of rest. That is to say that the body does not want to change its state of rest, but wants to continue staying itself in the same state.