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

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A person standing in a bus falls backwards when bus suddenly starts moving in forward direction. This happens because 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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Q. Assertion :When a bus starts suddenly, a person standing in it falls backwards. Reason: It is due to inertia of rest.

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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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