According to Newton’s second law of motion, the change in momentum takes place in a direction : (a) opposite to the direction of force applied (b) perpendicular to the direction of the force applied (c) similar to the direction of the force applied (d) none of these

(c) similar to the direction of the force applied

Reason — According to Newton’s second law of motion, the rate of change of momentum of a body is directly proportional to the force applied on it and the change in momentum takes place in the direction in which the force is applied.