Nuclear Force vs. Other Forces – Rankers Physics
Topic: Modern Physics
Subtopic: Nucleus

Nuclear Force vs. Other Forces

Assertion (A): Nuclear force is short range while gravitation and electric force are universal.
Reason (R): Nuclear force does not follow inverse square law.
Both (A) & (R) are true and the (R) is the correct explanation of the (A)
Both (A) & (R) are true but the (R) is not the correct explanation of the (A)
(A) is true but (R) is false
Both (A) and (R) are false

Solution:

Assertion (A) is true; nuclear force is short-range, while gravitational and electric forces are long-range.


Reason (R) is true; nuclear force has a complex dependence, not \(1/r^2\). (R) correctly explains (A) as the absence of inverse square law behavior is characteristic of short-range forces.

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