Acceleration Due To Gravity
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Questions 9 MCQs
A body projected vertically from the earth reaches a height equal to earth’s radius before returning to the earth. The power exerted by the gravitational force:
| 1. | is greatest at the instant just before the body hits the earth. |
| 2. | remains constant throughout. |
| 3. | is greatest at the instant just after the body is projected. |
| 4. | is greatest at the highest position of the body. |
The height at which the weight of a body becomes of its weight on the surface of the earth (radius ) is:
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Starting from the centre of the earth, having radius the variation of (acceleration due to gravity) is shown by:
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The acceleration due to gravity at a height above the earth's surface is the same as at a depth below the surface of the earth. Then:
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If the mass of the sun were ten times smaller and the universal gravitational constant were ten times larger in magnitude, which of the following statements would not be correct?
| 1. | Raindrops would drop faster. |
| 2. | Walking on the ground would become more difficult. |
| 3. | Time period of a simple pendulum on the earth would decrease. |
| 4. | Acceleration due to gravity on earth would not change. |
A body weighs N on the surface of the earth. How much will it weigh halfway down the centre of the earth?
| 1. | N | 2. | N |
| 3. | N | 4. | N |
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