Question

Akash noticed that someone had carelessly thrown a banana peel on the footpath. He thought, "If someone steps on the banana peel, he or she is likely to slip and fall." So he picked it up and threw it in dustbin.
1. Is Akash right in thinking that people can slip on a banana peel? Why?
​2. Which two values did Akash show?

Answer 1

1. Yes, Akash is right. People can slip on a banana peel because the surface of banana peel is smooth, so it offers very less amount of friction force. Due to that, people can slip if they step on a banana peel while walking or running.

2. Akash showed the following values in doing so:

(i) Akash is a responsible citizen of the society as he picked the garbage from the road and threw that in a dustbin.

(ii) Also, Akash is a caring person. He does not want anyone to slip on the road due to a banana peel.