An object moving in a circle is held on its path by a force directed

Correct answer to question 97 (Mechanical Comprehension): toward the centre of the circle

Method

Centripetal force points inward and constantly bends the path away from the straight line inertia would follow. The outward push a passenger feels in a turn is that inertia, not a real outward force; cut the string on a whirling weight and it flies off along a tangent, not outward.