Question

While doing an experiment to establish the relationship between weight of a rectangular wooden block lying on a horizontal table and minimum force required to just move it using a spring balance, a student kept the block on wooden table and pulled it towards East, West, South, and North directions. The force required to just move the block will be :
(a) maximum in East direction and minimum in South direction.
(b) equal in all directions.
(c) equal in North and South directions while different in East and West directions.
(d) maximum in South direction and minimum in East direction.

CBSE Class IX Science VSA (1 Mark)

Answer 1

b) Force is equal in all directions.