Which of the following is not an example of gravity?
A. To prevent the planetary atmosphere from being separated from them
B. It helps in rotation of black hole
C. Keeps the stars connected together
D. The moon is in its orbit
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Which one of the following statement about gravitational force is not correct?
A. It is experienced by all bodies in the universe
B. It is a dominant force between celestial bodies
C. It is a negligible force for atoms
D. It is same for all pairs of bodies in our universe
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A car falls from an inclined section, and falls to the ground in 0.9 seconds. (Suppose g = 10m/s2 ) What is its speed while hitting the ground?
A. 9 ms-2
B. 9 ms-1
C. 9.5 ms-1
D. 5 ms-1
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If the mass of a person is 60 kg on the surface of earth then the same person's mass on the surface of the moon will be:
A. 0 kg
B. 360 kg
C. 60 kg
D. 10 kg
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If your weight 38 kg on Earth, what will be your weight on the planet Mercury?
A. 19 kg
B. 760 kg
C. 10 kg
D. 14.3 kg
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What will be the effect on the rock brought from the lunar surface?
A. Its weight will change
B. Its mass will change
C. Both its mass and weight will change
D. Both its mass and weight will remain the same
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Suppose the force of gravitation between two bodies of equal masses is F. If each mass is doubled keeping the distance of separation between them unchanged, then the force would become
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What is weight?
A. Weight can be determined by only a spring balance
B. The weight of a body is constant
C. The force with which earth attracts towards its centre
D. Weight of a body has a direction towards the centre of the earth. So it is a vector quantity
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The mass of an object is 10 kg. What will be its weight on Earth? (g = 9.8 ms-2 )
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Every object in the universe attracts another object with a force, which is inversely proportional to the square of . . . . . . . .
A. their energy
B. their mass
C. their distance
D. their velocities
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Acceleration due to gravity g = . . . . . . . .
A. GMR2
B. G M R 2
C. M R 2 G
D. R 2 GM
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What will be the ratio of acceleration due to gravity at a depth 'h' below the surface of the earth and a height 'h' above the surface of earth where, Re is the radius of the earth, h << Re -
A. will remain fixed
B. will decrease
C. increases in a parabolic manner with h
D. will increase linearly with h
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A car falls from the bridge to the ground in 0.8 seconds. What will be its speed at the time of hitting the ground? given (g) = 10ms-2
A. 8 ms-2
B. 8 ms-1
C. 8 ms2
D. 8 ms1
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Which of the following statements is true?
1. The value of 'g' on Mount Everest is > g
2. The value of 'g' on Mount Everest is < g.
3. After 15 seconds a ball is thrown vertically and returns to the ground. Its velocity is 75 m/s.
4. A ball is returned to the ground after 15 seconds when thrown vertically. Its velocity is 150 m/s.
A. Only statements 2 and 4 are true
B. Only statement 4 is true
C. Only statements 2 and 1 are true
D. Only statement 2 is true
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If the distance between two particles increases, what is the effect on the force of gravitational between them?
A. increases
B. decreases
C. becomes zero
D. remains the same
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The distance travelled in 2s independently of a body falling freely will be . . . . . . . .
A. 39.2 m
B. 4.9 m
C. 19.6 m
D. 9.8 m
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Consider the following statements. The acceleration due to earth's gravity decreases if
1. we go up from the surface of the earth.
2. we go from the equator towards the pole.
3. the rotation speed of the earth is increased.
4. we go down from the surface of the earth towards its centre.
Which of these statements are correct?
A. 1, 2 and 3
B. 1, 3 and 4
C. 1. 2 and 4
D. 1, 2, 3 and 4
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When two eggs are dropped from a certain height in such a way that one egg falls on the floor and the other on the pillow, which of the following will not be a possible outcome?
A. Objects dropped from different heights exert different levels of force
B. Both eggs will break
C. The egg falling on the paved floor will break, because for a short period of time a wide force acts on it
D. The egg falling on the pillow will not break, because a small force acts on the egg for a long time
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The minimum number of geo-stationary satellites needed for uninterrupted global coverage
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What is the escape velocity for the Earth?
A. 9500 m/s
B. 7800 m/s
C. 11200 m/s
D. None of these
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