Question

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

• A. Contact is necessary for a force to act
• B. Non-contact forces do not exist
• C. Force may be contact or non-contact depending upon its nature
• D. None of the above

Answer 1

The correct option is C

Force may be contact or non-contact depending upon its nature

In the above question, the 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 need contact for their action, it depends on the nature of forces.