Inertial and Non-Inertial Frames – Rankers Physics
Topic: Laws of Motion
Subtopic: Pseudo Force

Inertial and Non-Inertial Frames

Assertion (A): A particle on earth found to be at rest when seen from a frame \(U_1\) and moving with a constant velocity when seen from another frame \(U_2\). Then both frames may be non-inertial.
Reason (R): A reference frame attached to the earth must be an inertial frame.
 
Both (A) & (R) are true and the (R) is the correct explanation of the (A)
Both (A) & (R) are true but the (R) is not the correct explanation of the (A)
(A) is true but (R) is false
Both (A) and (R) are false

Solution:

Assertion (A) is true. Earth is a non-inertial frame, so frames observing a particle on Earth can also be non-inertial. Reason (R) is false because a frame attached to Earth is technically non-inertial due to Earth's rotation and orbital motion.

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