Gravitation
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Gravitation
63 questions · Physics · NEET
- The radius of Martian orbit around the Sun is about 4 times the radius of the orbit of Mercury. The Martian year is 687 Earth days. Then which of the following is the length of 1 year on Mercury?2025 · Q168 · MCQ
- A body weighs 48 N on the surface of the earth. The gravitational force experienced by the body due to the earth at a height equal to one-third the radius of the earth from its surface is:2025 · Q174 · MCQ
- The mass of a planet is th that of the earth and its diameter is half that of the earth. The acceleration due to gravity on that planet is:2024 · Q175 · MCQ
- The minimum energy required to launch a satellite of mass from the surface of earth of mass and radius in a circular orbit at an altitude of from the surface of the earth is:2024 · Q194 · MCQ
- The escape velocity for earth is . A planet having 9 times mass that of earth and radius, 16 times that of earth, has the escape velocity of:2024 · Q156 · MCQ
- An object of mass falls from point to as shown in figure. The change in its weight, corrected to the nearest integer is ( is the radius of the earth) Includes diagram2024 · Q189 · MCQ
- The escape velocity of a body on the earth surface is . If the same body is projected upward with velocity , the velocity of this body at infinite distance from the centre…2023 · Q129 · MCQ
- If is the radius of the earth and is the acceleration due to gravity on the earth surface. Then the mean density of the earth will be :2023 · Q160 · MCQ
- Two bodies of mass and are placed at a distance . The gravitational potential on the line joining the bodies where the gravitational field equals zero, will be ( gravitational constant) :2023 · Q157 · MCQ
- A satellite is orbiting just above the surface of the earth with period . If is the density of the earth and is the universal constant of gravitation, the quantity represents :2023 · Q160 · MCQ
- A gravitational field is present in a region and a mass is shifted from A to B through different paths as shown. If W1, W2 and W3 represent the work done by the gravitational force along the respective paths, then : Includes diagram2022 · Q168 · MCQ
- In a gravitational field, the gravitational potential is given by, (J/Kg). The gravitational field intensity at point (2, 0, 3) m is2022 · Q171 · MCQ
- A body of mass 60 g experiences a gravitational force of 3.0 N, when placed at a particular point. The magnitude of the gravitational field intensity at that point is2022 · Q151 · MCQ
- Match List - I with List - II Choose the correct answer from the options given below Includes table2022 · Q159 · MCQ
- The escape velocity from the Earth's surface is v. The escape velocity from the surface of another planet having a radius, four times that of Earth and same mass density is :2021 · Q148 · MCQ
- A particle of mass 'm' is projected with a velocity = kVe = (k < 1) from the surface of the earth. (Ve = escape velocity) The maximum height above the surface reached by the particle is :2021 · Q166 · MCQ
- A body weighs 72 N on the surface of the earth. What is the gravitational force on it, at a height equal to half the radius of the earth?2020 · Q121 · MCQ
- The work done to raise a mass m from the surface of the earth to a height h, which is equal to the radius of the earth, is :2019 · Q118 · MCQ
- A body weight 200 N on the surface of earth. How much will it weight half way down to the centre of the earth?2019 · Q123 · MCQ
- The kinetic energies of a planet in an elliptical orbit about the Sun, at positions A, B and C are KA, KB and KC, respectively. AC is the major axis and SB is perpendicular to AC at the position of the Sun S as shown in the figure. Then Includes diagram2018 · Q147 · MCQ
- 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 is not correct?2018 · Q153 · MCQ
- The acceleration due to gravity at a height at a height 1 km above the rearth is the same as at a depth d below the surface of earth. Then2017 · Q153 · MCQ
- Two astronauts are floating in gravitational free space after having lost contact with their spaceship. The two will2017 · Q154 · MCQ
- At what height from the surface of earth the gravitation potential and the value of g are 5.4 107 J kg1 and 6.0 m s2 respectively? Take the radius of earth as 6400 km.2016 · Q140 · MCQ
- The ratio of escape velocity at earth (ve) to the escape velocity at a planet (vp) whose radius and mean density are twice as that of earth is2016 · Q150 · MCQ
- Starting from the centre of the earth having radius R, the variation of g (acceleration due to gravity) is shown by2016 · Q140 · MCQ
- A satellite of mass m is orbiting the earth (of radius R) at a height h from its surface. The total energy of the satellite in terms of g0, the value of acceleration due to gravity at the earth's surface, is2016 · Q150 · MCQ
- A remote-sensing satellite of earth revolves in a circular orbit at a height of 0.25 106 m above the surface of earth. If earth's radius is 6.38 106 m and g = 9.8 ms2, then the orbital speed of the satellite is2015 · Q140 · MCQ
- A satellite S is moving in an elliptical orbit around the earth. The mass of the satellite is very small compared to the mass of the earth. Then,2015 · Q141 · MCQ
- Kepler's third law states that square of period of revoluation (T) of a planet around the sun, is proportional to third power of average distance r between sun and planet i.e. T2 = Kr3 here K is constant. If the masses of sun and planet…2015 · Q145 · MCQ
- A black hole is an object whose gravitational field is so strong that even light cannot escape from it. To what approximate radius would earth (mass = 5.98 1024 kg) have to be compressed to be a black hole?2014 · Q148 · MCQ
- Dependence of intensity of gravitational field (E) of earth with distance (r) from centre of earth is correctly represented by2014 · Q149 · MCQ
- A particle of mass 'm' is kept at rest at a height 3R from the surface of earth, where 'R' is radius of earth and 'M' is mass of earth. The minimum speed with which it should be projected , so that it does not return back, is (g is…2013 · Q153 · MCQ
- The radius of a planet is twice the radius of earth. Both have almost equal average mass densities. VP and VE are escape velocities of the planet and the earth, respectively, then2013 · Q154 · MCQ
- A body of mass 'm' is taken from the earth's surface to the height equal to twice the radius (R) of the earth. The change in potential energy of body will be2013 · Q150 · MCQ
- Infinite number of bodies, each of mass 2 kg are situated on x-axis at distance 1 m, 2 m, 4 m, 8 m, . . . , respectively, from the origin. The resulting gravitational potential due to this system at the origin will be2013 · Q151 · MCQ
- If is escape velocity and is orbital velocity of a satellite for orbit close to the earth's surface, then these are related by2012 · Q100 · MCQ
- Which one of the following plots represents the variation of gravitiational field on a particle with distance r due to a thin spherical shell of radius R? (r is measured from the centre of the spherical shell)2012 · Q99 · MCQ
- A spherical planet has a mass MP and diameter DP. A particle of mass m falling freely near the surface of this planet will experience an acceleration due to gravity, equal to2012 · Q152 · MCQ
- The height at which the weight of a body becomes , its weight on the surface of earth (radius R), is2012 · Q163 · MCQ
- A geostationary satellite is orbiting the earth at a height of 5R above the surface of the earth, R being the radius of the earth. The time period of another satellite in hours at a height of 2R from the surface of the earth is2012 · Q164 · MCQ
- A particle of mass M is situated at the centre of a spherical shell of same mass and radius a. The magnitude of the gravitational potential at a point sutuated at a/2 distance from the centre, will be :2011 · Q101 · MCQ
- A particle of mass m is thrown upwards from the surface of the earth, with a velocity u. The mass and the radius of the earth are, respectively, M and R. G is gravitational constant and g is acceleration due to gravity on the surface of…2011 · Q102 · MCQ
- A planet moving along an elliptical orbit is closest to the sun at a distance r1 and farthest away at a distance of r2. If 1 and 2 are the linear velocities at these points respectively, then the ratio is2011 · Q144 · MCQ
- The dependence of acceleration due to gravity g on the distance r from the centre of the earth, assumed to be a sphere of radius R of uniform density is as shown in figures below The correct figure is Includes diagram2010 · Q92 · MCQ
- (1) Centre of gravity (C.G) of a body is the point at which the weight of the body acts (2) Centre of mass coincides with the centre of gravity if the earth is assumed to have infinitely large radius. (3) To evaluate the gravitational…2010 · Q93 · MCQ
- The additional kinetic energy to be provided to a satellite of mass m revolving around a planet of mass M, to transfer it from a circular orbit of radius R1 to another of radius R2(R2 > R1) is2010 · Q94 · MCQ
- A man of 50 kg mass is standing in a gravity free space at a height of 10 m above the floor. He throws a stone of 0.5 kg mass downwards with a speed 2 m/s. When the stone reaches the floor, the distance of the man above the floor will be2010 · Q164 · MCQ
- A particle of mass M is situated at the centre of a spherical shell of same mass and radius a. The magnitude of the gravitational potential at a point sutuated at a/2 distance from the centre, will be :2010 · Q175 · MCQ
- The radii of circular orbits of two satellites A and B of the earth, are 4R and R, respectively. If the speed of satellite A is 3V, then the speed of satellite B will be2010 · Q176 · MCQ
- The figure shows elliptical orbit of a planet m about the sun S. The shaded area SCD is twice the shaded area SAB. If t1 is the time for the planet to move from C to D and t2 is the time to move from A to B then Includes diagram2009 · Q152 · MCQ
- Two satellites of earth, S1 and S2 are moving in the same orbit. The mass of S1 is four times the mass of S2. Which one of the following statements is true ?2007 · Q128 · MCQ
- The earth is assumed to be a sphere of radius R. A platform is arranged at a height R from the surface of the earth. The escape velocity of a body from this platform is fv, where v is its escape velocity from the surface of the Earth. The…2006 · Q163 · MCQ
- For a satellite moving in an orbit around the earth, the ratio of kinetic energy to potential energy is2005 · Q152 · MCQ
- Imagine a new planet having the same density as that of earth but it is 3 times bigger than the earth in size. If the acceleration due to gravity on the surface of earth is g and that on the surface of the new planet is g', then2005 · Q164 · MCQ
- 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 be2004 · Q152 · MCQ
- Two spheres of masses m and M are situated in air and the gravitational force between them is F. The space around the masses is now filled with a liquid of specific gravity 3. The gravitational force will now be2003 · Q151 · MCQ
- The acceleration due to gravity on the planet A is 9 times the acceleration due to gravity on planet B. A man jumps to a height of 2 m on the surface of A. What is the height of jump by the same person on the planet B?2003 · Q163 · MCQ
- A body of mass m is placed on earth's surface which is taken from earth surface to a height of h = 3R, then change in gravitational potential energy is2003 · Q164 · MCQ
- With what velocity should a particle be projected so that its height becomes equal to radius of earth?2001 · Q148 · MCQ
- For a planet having mass equal to mass of the earth but radius is one fourth of radius of the earth. Then escape velocity for this planet will be2000 · Q144 · MCQ
- Gravitational force is required for2000 · Q156 · MCQ
- A body of weight 72 N moves from the surface of earth at a height half of the radius of earth, then gravitational force exerted on it will be2000 · Q157 · MCQ