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A boy sitting on the topmost berth in the compartment of a train which is just going to stop on the railway station, drops an apple aiming at the open hand of his brother situated vertically below his own hand at a distance of 2m. The apple will fall: (a) In 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 opposite to the direction of motion of the train. (d) None of the above.

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Answer is B, due to inertia