Question

Statement 1: Normal contact force offered by a horizontal surface on a block placed on it doesn't form an action-reaction pair with the weight of the block.
Statement 2: Contact force is electromagnetic in nature and weight is gravitational.

• A. Statement $-1$ is true, Statement $-2$ is false
• B. Statement $-1$ is false, Statement $-2$ is true
• C. Statement $-1$ is true, Statement $-2$ is true and Statement $-2$ is a correct explanation for Statement $-1.$
• D. Statement $-1$ is true, Statement $-2$ is true but Statement $-2$ is not a correct explanation for Statement $-1.$

Answer 1

Answer: (C)

Statement $-1$ is true, Statement $-2$ is true and Statement $-2$ is a correct explanation for Statement $-1.$ Weight is the force on the body due to the earth, so its reaction would be force on earth due to body