Question

Assertion (A): In a tug of war game, the rope exerts less horizontal force on the losing team than on the winning team.

Reason (R): An unbalanced external force is necessary to cause motion in a body at rest.

• A. $A$and $R$ are true and $R$ is the correct explanation of $A$
• B. $A$ and $R$ are true, but $R$ is not the correct explanation of $A$ .
• C. $A$ is true but $R$ is false
• D. Both $A$ and $R$ are false

Answer 1

The correct option is C

$A$ is true but $R$ is false

Explanation for correct answer: Option (C)

1. The force exerted by the rope on each of the players is the same, that is equal to the tension in the string.
2. An unbalanced external force is required to move a body.
3. That is the resultant of all the forces including the horizontal force exerted by the ground.

Hence, Assertion (A) is true but reason is False.