Q. A thief stole a box full of valuable articles of weight $w$ and while carrying it on his head jumped down from a wall of height $h\ $from the ground. Before he reaches the ground, he experienced a load

A) Zero
B) $w/2$
C) $w$
D) $2\ w$
Explanation

(a) When the thief with box on his head jumped down from a wall, he along with box is falling down with acceleration due to gravity, so the apparent weight of box becomes zero, (because, $R = mg - mg = 0$), so he experiences no load till he reaches the ground

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