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A little boy was playing tug of war with his elder brother; he tried everything but was unsuccessful in pulling the rope towards himself. Eventually, the little boy lost the game because:-

Statement1: Elder brother was capable of applying a greater force than his younger brother and hence the net force was in a direction to make him win.

Statement2: An object moves in the direction of the net force acting on it.


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Statement 1 is true, Statement 2 is true and Statement 2 is the correct explanation of statement1.

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Statement 1 is true, Statement 2 is true and Statement 2 is not the correct explanation of statement1.

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Statement 1 is true and statement 2 is false.

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Statement 1 is false and statement 2 is true.

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Solution

The correct option is A

Statement 1 is true, Statement 2 is true and Statement 2 is the correct explanation of statement1.


His elder brother was able to apply a larger force and hence the net force was in a direction which made the little boy move towards his brother and lost the game. The motion is in the direction of the net force.


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