Class Assignment

(Batch 2020)
PHYSICS
1.

Topic: Gravitation

When an apple falls from a tree:

(A) only earth attracts the apple
(B) only apple attracts the earth
(C) both the earth and the apple attract each other

2.

(D) none attracts each other

Force of attraction between two bodies does not depend upon :
(A) the shape of bodies
(C) the magnitude of their masses

3.

(B) the distance between their centres

(D) the gravitational constant

When the medium between two bodies changes, force of gravitation between them :
(A) will increase
(B) will decrease
(D) remains same

4.

(C) will change according to the environment

S.I. unit of G is :

(C) N kg2M2

5.

(A) Nm2 kg2

(B) Nm kg2
The value of universal gravitational constant:
(A) changes with change of place
(C) becomes more at night

(B) does not change from place to place

(D) becomes more during the day

The value of G in S.I. unit is :

(A) 6.67 109
(B) 6.67 1010

(C) 6.67 1011

6.
7.
8..

9.

10.

(D) Nkg m2

(D) 6.67 x 1012

The gravitational force between two bodies varies with distance r as :

(A) 1/r
(B) 1/r2
(C) r

(D) r2

The value of G in year 1900 was 6.673 1011 Nm2 kg2, The value of G in the year 2007 will be :
(A) 6.673 109 Nm2 kg2
(B) 6.673 1010 Nm2 kg2
(C) 6.673 102 Nm2 kg2
(D) 6.673 1011 Nm2 kg2
Value of G on surface of earth is 6.673 1011 Nm2 kg2, then value of G on surface of Jupiter is :
(A) 12 6.673 1011 Nm2 kg2

(B)

6.673
1 011 Nm2 kg2
12

(C) 6.673 1011 Nm2 kg2

(D)

6.673
1011 Nm2 kg2
6

The earth attracts the moon with a gravitational force of 1020 N. Then the moon attracts the earth with a
gravitational force of:
(C) 1020 N

(D) 1010 N

11.

(A) 1020 N
(B) 102 N
The orbits of planets around the sun are:

(C) elliptical

(C) straight

12.

(A) circular
(B) parabolic
Law of gravitation is applicable for:
(A) heavy bodies only

(B) medium sized bodies only

13.

(C) small sized bodies only

(D) bodies of any size
The universal law of gravitation was proposed by :
(A) Copernicus

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(B) Newton

(C) Galileo

(D) Archimedes

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Class Assignment
(Batch 2020)
PHYSICS
14.

15.

Topic: Gravitation

Choose the correct statement :

(A) All bodies repel each other in the universe. (B) Our earth does not behave like a magnet.
(C) Acceleration due to gravity is 8.9 ms2
(D) All bodies fall at the same rate in vacuum.
The value of acceleration due to gravity (g) on earth's surface is :
(A) 6.67 x 1011 Nm2 kg2
(C) 9.8 m/sec2

16.

(B) 8.9 m/sec2

(D) none of these

The acceleration due to gravity:

(A) has the same value everywhere in space
(B) has the same value everywhere on the earth
(C) varies with the latitude on the earth

17.

(D) is greater on moon because it has smaller diameter

When a space ship is at a distance of two earths radius from the centre of the earth, the gravitational
acceleration is :
(A) 19.6 ms2

18.

19.

(B) 9.8 m/s2

(D) 2.45 ms2

If planet existed whose mass and radius were both half of the earth, the acceleration due to gravity at
the surface would be :
(A) 19.6 m/sec2
(B) 9.8 m/s2
(C) 4.9 ms2
(D) 2.45 m/s2
A stone is dropped from the top of a tower. Its velocity after it has fallen 20 m is
[Take g = 10 ms2] :
(A) 5 ms1

20.

(C) 4.9 m/s2

(B) 10 m s1

(C) 15 m s1

(D) 20 m s1

A ball is thrown vertically upwards. The acceleration due to gravity:

(A) is in the direction opposite to the direction of its motion
(B) is in the same direction as the direction of its motion
(C) increases as it comes down
(D) become zero at the highest point.

ANSWERS
1
C
16
C

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2
A
17
D

3
D
18
A

4
A
19
D

5
B
20
A

6
C

7
B

8
D

9
C

10
C

11
C

12
D

13
B

14
D

15
C

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