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2025 · 22 Jan · Shift 1 · Q50
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Gravitation question

2025 · 22 Jan · Shift 1 · Q50

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A small point of mass mmm is placed at a distance 2R2 R2R from the centre 'OOO' of a big uniform solid sphere of mass M and radius R . The gravitational force on ' m ' due to M is F1\mathrm{F}_1F1​. A spherical part of radius R/3\mathrm{R} / 3R/3 is removed from the big sphere as shown in the figure and the gravitational force on m due to remaining part of MMM is found to be F2F_2F2​. The value of ratio F1:F2F_1: F_2F1​:F2​ is JEE Main 2025 (Online) 22nd January Morning Shift Physics - Gravitation Question 12 English
  1. A
    11 : 10
  2. B
    12 : 11
  3. C
    16 : 9
  4. D
    12 : 9
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Correct answer: B

  1. Force due to the original full sphere

Since the point mass mmm is outside the uniform solid sphere (2R>R2R > R2R>R), the sphere behaves like a point mass MMM placed at its centre OOO.

So,

F1=GMm(2R)2=GMm4R2F_1 = \frac{GMm}{(2R)^2} = \frac{GMm}{4R^2}F1​=(2R)2GMm​=4R2GMm​
  1. Mass of the removed spherical part

The big sphere is uniform, so density is constant.

If radius of removed sphere is R/3R/3R/3, then its mass is proportional to volume:

M′=M(R/3R)3=M(13)3=M27M' = M\left(\frac{R/3}{R}\right)^3 = M\left(\frac{1}{3}\right)^3 = \frac{M}{27}M′=M(RR/3​)3=M(31​)3=27M​
  1. Location of the removed cavity

From the figure (standard cavity-inside-sphere arrangement), the small removed sphere of radius R/3R/3R/3 is tangent to the outer surface along the line joining OOO and mmm.

Hence the centre of the removed sphere is at distance

OO′=R−R3=2R3OO' = R - \frac{R}{3} = \frac{2R}{3}OO′=R−3R​=32R​

from OOO, toward the particle mmm.

Since mmm is at distance 2R2R2R from OOO, its distance from the centre O′O'O′ of the removed spherical part is

O′m=2R−2R3=4R3O'm = 2R - \frac{2R}{3} = \frac{4R}{3}O′m=2R−32R​=34R​
  1. Force due to the removed part

Again, mmm lies outside the removed spherical part, so that part acts like a point mass M/27M/27M/27 at O′O'O′.

Thus,

Fremoved=G(M27)m(4R3)2F_{\text{removed}} = \frac{G\left(\frac{M}{27}\right)m}{\left(\frac{4R}{3}\right)^2}Fremoved​=(34R​)2G(27M​)m​

Now,

(4R3)2=16R29\left(\frac{4R}{3}\right)^2 = \frac{16R^2}{9}(34R​)2=916R2​

so

Fremoved=GMm27⋅916R2=GMm48R2F_{\text{removed}} = \frac{GMm}{27}\cdot \frac{9}{16R^2} = \frac{GMm}{48R^2}Fremoved​=27GMm​⋅16R29​=48R2GMm​
  1. Force due to the remaining part

The removed mass was on the same side as the particle, so its gravitational pull was in the same direction as F1F_1F1​. Therefore,

F2=F1−FremovedF_2 = F_1 - F_{\text{removed}}F2​=F1​−Fremoved​

Substitute:

F2=GMm4R2−GMm48R2F_2 = \frac{GMm}{4R^2} - \frac{GMm}{48R^2}F2​=4R2GMm​−48R2GMm​ F2=12GMm−GMm48R2=11GMm48R2F_2 = \frac{12GMm - GMm}{48R^2} = \frac{11GMm}{48R^2}F2​=48R212GMm−GMm​=48R211GMm​
  1. Find the ratio F1:F2F_1 : F_2F1​:F2​
F1:F2=GMm4R2:11GMm48R2F_1 : F_2 = \frac{GMm}{4R^2} : \frac{11GMm}{48R^2}F1​:F2​=4R2GMm​:48R211GMm​

Cancel common factors:

=14:1148= \frac{1}{4} : \frac{11}{48}=41​:4811​

Multiply both by 484848:

=12:11= 12 : 11=12:11
  1. Correct option
12:11\boxed{12:11}12:11​

So the correct option is B.

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