A boy sitting on the topmost berth in the compartment of a train which is just going to stop on a railway station, drop an apple aiming at the open hand of his brother sitting vertically below his hands at a distnace of about 2 meter. The apple willl fall

Options

A. precisely on the hand of his brother
B. slightly away from the hand of his brother in the direction of motion of the train
C. Slightly away from the hand of his brother in the direction oppsite to the direction of motion on the train
D. none of above

Answer

B

Explanation

Horizontal velocity of apple will remain same but due to retardation of train, velocity of train and hence velocity of boy w.r.t. ground decreases, so apple falls away from the hand of boy in the direction of motion of the train.