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GK QUESTION#2994

Which law states that an object remains at rest or moves uniformly in a straight line unless acted upon by a nonzero net external force?

  1. ANewton’s Second law of motion
  2. BNewton’s First Law of MotionCorrect answer
  3. CLaw of Gravitation
  4. DBernoulli’s Principle
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B. Newton’s First Law of Motion

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Newton’s first law states that a body remains at rest or moves with constant velocity unless a nonzero net external force acts. The word net matters: external forces can be present but balance one another.

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