Question

can there be displacement in the absence of force acting on it? Give reasons with example.

Answer 1

Yes there can, only if there was a previous force acting on the object, for example taking a mass into a vacume (no force) then applying one small force, say a push, which will start the Mass moving. When this force has stopped the object will continue moving at the same velocity with no force acting on it.

Answer 2

yes there can be a displacement in the absence of force. The reason behind it is mostly naturally occurred. For example, in a windy weather a paper flies and displaces itself when no force is applied on it. Basically it is because of air but we do not consider air as a force.Flying hair can be another reason.