Gravitation-2
1. If the radius of the earth shrinks by 1.5% (mass remaining same), then the value of acceleration due to gravity
changes by
(a) 1% (b) 2%
(c) 3% (d) 4%
2. If radius of the earth contracts 2% and its mass remains the same, then weight of the body at the earth surface
(a) Will decrease (b) Will increase
(c) Will remain the same (d) None of these
3. If mass of a body is M on the earth surface, then the mass of the same body on the moon surface is
(a) M/6 (b) Zero
(c) M (d) None of these
4. Mass of moon is 7 . 34 10 22 kg. If the acceleration due to gravity on the moon is 1 .4 m / s 2 , the radius of the moon
is
(G 6 . 667 10 11 Nm 2 / kg 2 )
(a) 0 .56 10 4 m (b) 1 .87 10 6 m
(c) 1 . 92 10 6 m (d) 1 . 01 10 8 m
5. What should be the velocity of earth due to rotation about its own axis so that the weight at equator become 3/5
of initial value. Radius of earth on equator is 6400 km
(a) 7 . 4 10 4 rad / sec (b) 6 . 7 10 4 rad / sec
(c) 7 . 8 10 4 rad / sec (d) 8 . 7 10 4 rad / sec
6. Acceleration due to gravity is ‘g’ on the surface of the earth. The value of acceleration due to gravity at a height of
32 km above earth’s surface is (Radius of the earth = 6400 km)
(a) 0.9 g (b) 0.99 g
(c) 0.8 g (d) 1.01 g
7. At what height from the ground will the value of ‘g’ be the same as that in 10 km deep mine below the surface of
earth
(a) 20 km (b) 10 km
(c) 15 km (d) 5 km
8. If the Earth losses its gravity, then for a body
(a) Weight becomes zero, but not the mass
(b) Mass becomes zero, but not the weight
(c) Both mass and weight become zero
(d) Neither mass nor weight become zero
9. The height of the point vertically above the earth’s surface, at which acceleration due to gravity becomes 1% of its
value at the surface is (Radius of the earth = R)
(a) 8 R (b) 9 R
(c) 10 R (d) 20 R
10. An object weights 72 N on earth. Its weight at a height of R/2 from earth is
(a) 32 N (b) 56 N
(c) 72 N (d) Zero
11. The angular velocity of the earth with which it has to rotate so that acceleration due to gravity on 60o latitude
becomes zero is (Radius of earth = 6400 km. At the poles g 10 ms 2 )
(a) 2 . 5 10 3 rad/s (b) 5 . 0 10 1 rad/s
(c) 10 10 1 rad / s (d) 7 .8 10 2 rad/s
12. Assuming earth to be a sphere of a uniform density, what is the value of gravitational acceleration in a mine 100
km below the earth’s surface (Given R = 6400 km)
(a) 9 . 66 m /s 2 (b) 7 . 64 m /s 2 (c) 5.06m/s2 (d) 3 . 10 m /s 2
13. If radius of earth is R then the height ‘h’ at which value of ‘g’ becomes one-fourth is
R 3R
(a) (b)
4 4
R
(c) R (d)
8
14. R and r are the radii of the earth and moon respectively. e and m are the densities of earth and moon
respectively. The ratio of the accelerations due to gravity on the surfaces of earth and moon is
R e r e
(a) (b)
r m R m
r m R e
(c) (d)
R e r m
15. If the mass of earth is 80 times of that of a planet and diameter is double that of planet and ‘g’ on earth is 9 .8 m /s 2
, then the value of ‘g’ on that planet is
(a) 4 .9 m /s 2 (b) 0 .98 m /s 2
(c) 0 . 49 m /s 2 (d) 49 m /s 2
16. Assume that the acceleration due to gravity on the surface of the moon is 0.2 times the acceleration due to gravity
on the surface of the earth. If R e is the maximum range of a projectile on the earth’s surface, what is the maximum
range on the surface of the moon for the same velocity of projection
(a) 0 . 2 R e (b) 2 Re
(c) 0 . 5 R e (d) 5 Re
17. The angular speed of earth, so that the object on equator may appear weightless, is (g 10 m /s 2 , radius of earth
6400 km)
(a) 1 .25 10 3 rad/sec (b) 1 .56 10 3 rad/sec
(c) 1 . 25 10 1 rad/sec (d) 1.56 rad/sec
18. At what distance from the centre of the earth, the value of acceleration due to gravity g will be half that on the
surface (R = radius of earth)
(a) 2 R (b) R
(c) 1.414 R (d) 0.414 R
19. If density of earth increased 4 times and its radius become half of what it is, our weight will
(a) Be four times its present value
(b) Be doubled
(c) Remain same
(d) Be halved
20. A man can jump to a height of 1.5 m on a planet A. What is the height he may be able to jump on another planet
whose density and radius are, respectively, one-quarter and one-third that of planet A
(a) 1.5 m (b) 15 m
(c) 18 m (d) 28 m
21. Weight of a body is maximum at
(a) Moon (b) Poles of earth
(c) Equator of earth (d) Centre of earth
22. What will be the acceleration due to gravity at height h if h >> R. Where R is radius of earth and g is acceleration
due to gravity on the surface of earth
g 2h g h
(a) 2
(b) g 1 (c) 2
(d) g 1
h R h R
1 1
R R
23. The acceleration due to gravity near the surface of a planet of radius R and density d is proportional to
d
(a) (b) dR 2
R2
d
(c) dR (d)
R
24. The acceleration due to gravity is g at a point distant r from the centre of earth of radius R. If r R , then
(a) g r (b) g r 2
(c) g r 1 (d) g r 2
25. A body weight W newton at the surface of the earth. Its weight at a height equal to half the radius of the earth will
be
W 2W 4W 8W
(a) (b) (c) (d)
2 3 9 27
26. If the density of the earth is doubled keeping its radius constant then acceleration due to gravity will be (g 9 . 8 m /s 2 )
(a) 19 . 6 m /s 2 (b) 9 . 8 m /s 2
(c) 4 . 9 m /s 2 (d) 2 . 45 m /s 2
27. The acceleration due to gravity at pole and equator can be related as
(a) g p g e (b) g p g e g
(c) g p g e g (d) g p g e
28. If the value of ‘g’ acceleration due to gravity, at earth surface is 10 m /s 2 , its value in m /s 2 at the centre of the earth,
which is assumed to be a sphere of radius ‘R’ metre and uniform mass density is
(a) 5 (b) 10/R
(c) 10/2R (d) Zero
29. A research satellite of mass 200 kg circles the earth in an orbit of average radius 3R/2 where R is the radius of
the earth. Assuming the gravitational pull on a mass of 1 kg on the earth’s surface to be 10 N, the pull on the
satellite will be
(a) 880 N (b) 889 N
(c) 890 N (d) 892 N
30. Acceleration due to gravity on moon is 1/6 of the acceleration due to gravity on earth. If the ratio of densities of
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earth ( e ) and moon (m ) is e then radius of moon Rm in terms of Re will be
m 3
5 1 3 1
(a) Re (b) Re (c) Re (d) Re
18 6 18 2 3
31. The acceleration of a body due to the attraction of the earth (radius R) at a distance 2 R from the surface of the
earth is (g = acceleration due to gravity at the surface of the earth)
g g g
(a) (b) (c) (d) g
9 3 4
g
32. The depth at which the effective value of acceleration due to gravity is is
4
3R R R
(a) R (b) (c) (d)
4 2 4
33. Weight of a body of mass m decreases by 1% when it is raised to height h above the earth’s surface. If the body
is taken to a depth h in a mine, change in its weight is
(a) 2% decrease (b) 0.5% decrease
(c) 1% increase (d) 0.5% increase
34. If both the mass and the radius of the earth decrease by 1%, the value of the acceleration due to gravity will
(a) Decrease by 1% (b) Increase by 1%
(c) Increase by 2% (d) Remain unchanged
35. The density of a newly discovered planet is twice that of earth. The acceleration due to gravity at the surface of
the planet is equal to that at the surface of the earth. If the radius of the earth is R, the radius of the planet would
be
(a) 2 R (b) 4 R
1 1
(c) R (d) R
4 2
36. Two planets of radii in the ratio 2 : 3 are made from the material of density in the ratio 3 : 2. Then the ratio of
acceleration due to gravity g 1 / g 2 at the surface of the two planets will be
(a) 1 (b) 2.25
(c) 4/9 (d) 0.12
37. A person will get more quantity of matter in kg –wt. at
(a) Poles (b) At latitude of 60o
(c) Equator (d) Satellite
38. At what depth below the surface of the earth, acceleration due to gravity g will be half its value 1600 km above
the surface of the earth
(a) 4 . 2 10 6 m (b) 3 . 19 10 6 m
(c) 1 .59 10 6 m (d) None of these
39. What should be the angular speed of earth, so that body lying on equator may appear weightlessness
(g 10 m / s 2 , R 6400 km )
1 1
(a) rad / s (b) rad / s
800 400
1 1
(c) rad / s (d) rad / s
600 100
40. A body weight 500 N on the surface of the earth. How much would it weigh half way below the surface of the earth
(a) 125 N (b) 250 N
(c) 500 N (d) 1000 N
41. If the density of a small planet is the same as that of earth, while the radius of the planet is 0.2 times that of the
earth, the gravitational acceleration on the surface of that planet is
(a) 0.2 g (b) 0.4 g (c) 2g (d) 4g
42. Acceleration due to gravity 'g' for a body of mass 'm' on earth's surface is proportional to (Radius of earth=R,
mass of earth=M)
(a) GM / R 2 (b) m 0 (c) mM (d) 1/ R3/2
43. A body has a weight 90 kg on the earth's surface, the mass of the moon is 1/9 that of the earth's mass and its
radius is 1/2 that of the earth's radius. On the moon the weight of the body is
(a) 45 kg (b) 202.5 kg
(c) 90 kg (d) 40 kg
44. If it is assumed that the spinning motion of earth increases, then the weight of a body on equator
(a) Decreases (b) Remains constant
(c) Increases (d) Becomes more at poles
45. The masses of two planets are in the ratio 1 : 2. Their radii are in the ratio 1 : 2. The acceleration due to gravity
on the planets are in the ratio
(a) 1 : 2 (b) 2 : 1 (c) 3:5 (d) 5:3
46. If earth is supposed to be a sphere of radius R, if g30 is value of acceleration due to gravity at latitude of 30o and
g at the equator, the value of g g 30 o is
1 2 3 2 1 2
(a) R (b) R (c) 2R (d) R
4 4 2
47. If M the mass of the earth and R its radius, the ratio of the gravitational acceleration and the gravitational constant
is
R2 M M
(a) (b) (c) MR 2 (d)
M R2 R
1 c 2 b 3 c 4 b 5 c
6 b 7 a 8 a 9 b 10 a
11 a 12 a 13 c 14 a 15 c
16 d 17 a 18 d 19 b 20 c
21 b 22 a 23 c 24 a 25 c
26 a 27 d 28 d 29 a 30 a
31 a 32 b 33 b 34 b 35 d
36 a 37 d 38 a 39 a 40 b
41 a 42 a 43 d 44 a 45 b
46 b 47 b
