Statement I: A cricketer moves his hands forward to catch a ball so as to catch it easily without hurting. Statement II: He tries to decrease the distance travelled by the ball so that it hurts less.

Question

Statement I: A cricketer moves his hands forward to catch a ball so as to catch it easily without hurting. Statement II: He tries to decrease the distance travelled by the ball so that it hurts less. (A) Both statement I and II are correct. (B) Both statement I and II are incorrect. (C) Statement I is correct but statement II is incorrect. (D) Statement II is correct but statement I is incorrect.

Tardigrade Admin · Accepted Answer

A cricket player moves his hands backward to increase the time interval for reducing the momentum of the ball to zero. Thus the ball does not hit him hard as force is directly proportional to change of momentum.

Q. Statement I : A cricketer moves his hands forward to catch a ball so as to catch it easily without hurting. Statement II : He tries to decrease the distance travelled by the ball so that it hurts less.

Both statement I and II are correct.

Both statement I and II are incorrect.

Statement I is correct but statement II is incorrect.

Statement II is correct but statement I is incorrect.

A cricket player moves his hands backward to increase the time interval for reducing the momentum of the ball to zero. Thus the ball does not hit him hard as force is directly proportional to change of momentum.

Q. Statement I : A cricketer moves his hands forward to catch a ball so as to catch it easily without hurting.
Statement II : He tries to decrease the distance travelled by the ball so that it hurts less.