Question

A passenger sitting in a train and facing towards the direction of its motion tosses a coin which falls behind him. This shows that the motion of train is

• A. accelerated
• B. along circular track
• C. uniform
• D. retarded

Answer 1

The correct option is A

accelerated

The train is accelerating. As the horizontal velocity of the coin will be the same as the velocity of the train as it was when it left the passenger's hand. Thus the velocity of the coin remains the same but the velocity of the train increases in the meantime. and thus the train covers more distance than the coin and the coin falls behind the passenger.