A man pushes wall and fails to displace it. He does:

Negative work

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Positive but not maximum work

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No work at all

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Maximum work

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Solution

The correct option is C No work at all
If a person tries to push the wall he applies the force, but displacement is zero, so product of force and displacement will be zero. Hence, no work is done.

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