Multiple choice

If lightning strikes a moving car, and all the doors and windows of the car are closed, which of the following will happen?

  1. The persons sitting in the car will get an electric shock.

  2. The car will catch fire.

  3. The car will overturn.

  4. No effect will there.

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D Correct answer
Explanation

Passengers inside a steel-bodied car are protected from lightning because the car behaves like a 'Faraday Cage'. When the lightning hits the car, it wants to take the shortest path with the least resistance to ground.