Question

A cricket player while taking a catch lowers his hands to :

• A. increase time of impulse
• B. decrease time of impulse
• C. take catch safely
• D. increase the area of impact

Answer 1

Answer: (A)

increase time of impulse

Force acting on the hand $F=\frac{\Delta P}{\Delta t}$

Thus a player, by lowering his hand, increases the time of impulse so as to decrease the force acting on his hand by the ball which prevents him from injury.