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A pen slipping from your hand falls because the earth pulls it. That pull is the force of:

AGrinding
BGrouping
CGuidance
DGravity
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Gravity
1. The pen was at rest and then moved downwards. 2. Something must have acted on it. 3. That something is the force of gravity. _Source: syllabus Science Class VIII, Chapter 8, Force and Pressure._
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