Question

A boy while playing with two magnets got familiar with their attractive and repulsive properties. He observed the magnets attracting and repelling each other from a distance. From this we can conclude that

• A. Non- contact forces does not exist
• B. Contact is necessary for a force to act
• C. Force may be contact or non-contact depending upon it's nature
• D. None of these

Answer 1

The correct option is C

Force may be contact or non-contact depending upon it's nature

In the above question, magnetic nature of force is observed, magnets are attracted or repelled through a certain distance, from which we can clearly infer that the forces need not necessarily make contact for their action, it depends upon the nature of force.