A boy sitting on the top most berth in the compartment of a train which is just going to stop on a railway station, drops an apple aiming at the open ¹ hand of his brother situated vertically below his hands at a distance of about ² 2 mtr. The apple will fall _______?

Explanation:

When the apple is dropped, it has the same horizontal velocity as the train due to inertia.

While the apple falls vertically under gravity, the train's motion also causes the apple to move horizontally.

If the train is slowing down (decelerating), the horizontal velocity of the train decreases.

The apple, however, retains the horizontal velocity it had at the moment of release.

As a result, the apple will fall slightly ahead in the direction of the train's motion.

∴ The apple will fall slightly away from the hand of the brother in the direction of motion of the train.