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  • A passenger in a moving train tosses a coin which falls behind him. It means that motion of the train is (a) accelerated (b) uniform (c) retarded (d) along circular tracks

A passenger in a moving train tosses a coin which falls behind him. It means that motion of the train is

(a) accelerated
(b) uniform
(c) retarded
(d) along circular tracks

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Ans. A

Sol.  When a body is detached from any other body, it acquires the same velocity as the original body. That means, when the passenger tosses the coin, the initial horizontal speed of coin is equal to the speed of passenger sitting in the train. If the train would be moving with constant speed then the coin falls at a point directly below the line of motion, just like as we throw it on ground. If train will be accelerated, the passenger will travel more distance forward and he will find that the coin will fall backward. If train will be decelerated then passenger will travel less distance forward and he will find that coin will fall forward.

Hence the correct answer is option A

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