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प्रश्न
Why do the passengers in a bus tend to fall backward when it starts suddenly ?
उत्तर
When a bus starts suddenly, the passengers tend to jerk backward. This is because their bodies possess inertia due to which the passengers tend to remain in their state of rest (or stationary state) even when the bus has started moving.
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