Question

A boy sitting on the topmost 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 sitting vertically below his hand. The apple will fall

• A. precisely in the hands of his brother.
• B. slightly away from the hand of his brother in the direction of motion of the train
• C. slightly away from the hand of his brother in the direction opposite to the direction of motion of the train.
• D. none of these,

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

slightly away from the hand of his brother in the direction of motion of the train

As the train is going to be stop, there is retardation of the train.
Once, the apple leaves the boy's hand, it will not have any retardation in the horizontal direction, where as the boy in the lower compartment has the same retardation as he train.
So, the apple will fall slightly away from the hand of his brother in the direction of motion of the train