JEE Main Physics question

Which of the following is not a perfectly inelastic collision [BHU 1998, JIPMER 2001, BHU 2002, AFMC 2005, AFMC 2005]

(A)Striking of two glass ballsCorrect
(B)A bullet striking a bag of sand
(C)An electron captured by a proton
(D)A man jumping onto a moving cart

Answer: (A)

Solution

In a perfectly inelastic collision, the colliding bodies stick together and move with a common velocity. Two glass balls striking each other typically

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Question ID VK-154135