A boy sitting on the top most berth in the compartment of a train which is just going to stop on a railway station, drops an apple aiming at the open hand of his brother situated vertically below his hands at a distance of about 2 m. The apple will fall

In the hand of his brother

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Slightly away from the hands of his brother in the direction of motion of the train.

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Slightly away from the hands of his brother in the direction opposite to the direction of motion of the train.

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Solution

The correct option is B Slightly away from the hands of his brother in the direction of motion of the train.
The apple continues to move forwards with the initial velocity. Due to retardation of the train,the distance travelled by the hands of the boy sitting on the lower berth is smaller. Therefore,the apple falls away from the hands in the direction of motion of train.

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