Question

Pressure is a vector.

(a) True

(b) False

I had been asked this question in an interview for internship.

My doubt is from Motion in a Plane topic in portion Laws of Motion of Engineering Physics I

Answer 1

The correct choice is (b) False

To elaborate: Pressure is always taken to be normal to the plane of the area on which it is acting. As this direction is unique, it does not need any specification. So the pressure is not a vector.