A person standing in a bus falls backward when bus suddenly starts moving in forward direction. This happens due to

Inertia

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Solution

The correct option is A
Inertia

When bus starts moving forward, lower part of the person begin to move with the bus whereas the upper part of the body tends to remain in rest due to inertia.

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When a bus suddenly starts, the standing passengers fall backwards in the bus. This can be explained by

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A)When a bus takes a U-turn,passengers sitting inside are thrown a side.

B)It is easier to stop a tennis ball than a cricket ball moving with the samespeed.

C)A passenger jumping out of a rapidly moving bus falls forward with his face downwards.

D)A person sitting in bus falls forward when moving bus suddenly stops and people sitting in bus fall backward when bus suddenly starts.

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