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During free fall , the body experiences weightlessness.

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Solution

The correct option is A True
A body feels weight, when a reaction force is acting on it. For example, when we are sitting in a chair, then we are applying force on the chair due to gravity and chair is giving a reaction force. But for a freely falling object, there is no reaction force against gravity. Hence the body under free fall will be in a state of weightlessness.

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