An unbalanced force acts on a body. The body must

remain at rest.

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move with uniform velocity.

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be accelerated.

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Solution

The correct option is C be accelerated.
Force is defined as, $F = m a$
$∴ a = \frac{F}{m}$

If an unbalanced force acts on a body, which means the net force is non-zero, and hence the body must be accelerated.

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