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2. Which basic force is responsible for the motion of falling objects and motion of planets
around the sun?
(a) Electromagnetic force (b) Strong nuclear force
(c) Weak nuclear force (d) Gravitational force
4. Force responsible for the motion of the planets around the sun is:-
(a) Gravitational force (b) Repulsive force
(c) Binding force (d) None of these
5. If the distance between two mass particles is doubled, the gravitational force between
them:-
(a) Is reduced to half of the original value
(b) Is reduced to one fourth of the original value
(c) Becomes double
(d) Becomes four times
6. If the distance between two mass particles is halved, the gravitational force between
them becomes:-
(a) Four times (b) Three times
(c) Double (d) Half
7. If the distance between two mass particles is doubled and their masses are also
doubled, the gravitational force:-
(a) Is doubled (b) Is halved
(c) Becomes four times (d) Remains unchanged (constant)
9. The value of gravitational constant G was first determined in the laboratory by:-
(a) Newton (b) Maxwell
(c) Einstein (d) Cavendish
10. The minimum velocity at which a body must be projected to go out from earth’s
gravitational pull is called:-
(a) Angular velocity (b) Escape velocity
(c) Terminal velocity (d) Root mean square velocity
13. Which one of the following can be used to determine the mass of the earth?
(a) Kepler’s law (b) Newton’s second law of motion
(c) Coulomb’s law (d) Newton’s law of gravitation
14. The value of acceleration due to gravity g at the center of earth is:-
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16. The sun exerts A force of attraction on the planets thus keeping them in their:-
(a) Axis (b) Radii
(c) Orbits (d) State of motion
20. The earth attracts the other body towards its center is given by:-
(a) F = Mm / R (b) F = GMm / R
(c) F = GMm / R2 (d) F = G2Mm / R
22. At what depth below the earth surface the value of g reduces to one half of its value on
the earth’s surface:-
(a) Re/4 (b) Re/2
(c) Re (d) 2Re
23. The value of g at a height equal to the radius of earth from its surface is:-
(a) g (b) g/2
(c) g/4 (d) 2g
24. The artificial gravity is created in a satellite to overcome the state of weightlessness,
experienced by the astronauts in it, by:-
(a) Decreasing the orbital speed of the satellite
(b) By increasing the orbital speed of the satellite
(c) By causing the satellite to rotate about its own axis
(d) None of these
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27. The weight of a man in an elevator moving down with an acceleration of 9.8 m/s 2 will
become:-
(a) Double (b) Half
(c) Zero (d) Unchanged
29. The acceleration due to gravity at the surface of moon i.e. gm is:-
(a) 1.6 m/s2 (b) 1.8 m/s2
(c) 1.9 m/s2 (b) 16 m/s2
31. Weight of the body of mass 10 kg at the center of the earth is:-
(a) 10 N (b) 9.8 N
(c) 98 N (d) 0
32. A body of mass m is projected from the earth’s surface. At the point of launch, the
acceleration of free fall is g and the radius of earth is R e. To escape from the
gravitational field of the earth, the speed of the body (i.e. escape velocity) must be at
least):-
(a) g Re (b) m g Re
(c) 2g Re (d) m g / 2 Re
33. Weight of the body mass 10 kg at the surface of the earth is:-
(a) 9.8 N (b) 98 N
(c) 980 N (d) 0
34. A body of mass m moves in a horizontal circle of radius r at constant speed V. The
work done by the centripetal force is:-
(a) 2 m v2 (b) m v2
(c) mv 2
(d) Zero
36. Assuming the earth to be a uniform sphere rotating about an axis through the poles,
the weight of a body at the equator compared with its weight at the pole would be:-
(a) Greater (b) Smaller
(c) Equal (d) None of these
39. An ice-skater can greatly increase his speed in a spin by drawing in his limbs towards
the spin axis. This is because:=
(a) His moment of inertia decrease (b) His angular momentum increases
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(c) His potential energy decreases (d) His center of gravity changes
40. If M is the mass and R is the radius of the earth, then which one of the following
equations correctly relates the universal gravitational constant G to the acceleration of
free fall g at the surface of the Earth?
(a) G = gM/R2 (b) G = R2/gM
2
(c) G = gR /M (d) G = M/gR2
41. The electrons revolve around the nucleus of an atom due to:-
(a) Electric force (b) Gravitational force
(c) Electromagnetic force (d) None of these
42. The force which is responsible for the motion of planets around the sun is:-
(a) Weak nuclear force (b) Strong nuclear force
(c) Gravitational force (d) Electromagnetic force
47. What will be the weight of 600 N body on the surface of the moon?
(a) 600 N (b) 1000 N
(c) 100 N (d) 10 N
48. When the earth gravitational pull is balanced by centripetal force of space craft than
the weight of the astronauts will become:-
(a) Doubled (b) Zero
(c) Halved (d) None of these
51. The theory which unified the weak and electromagnetic was put forward by:-
(a) Dr. Abdul Salam (b) Einstein
(c) Newton (d) None of these
52. The space or region around the earth were a body can experience a force of attraction
due to the earth is called:-
(a) Electric field (b) Magnetic field
(c) Attractive field (d) Gravitational field
53. The motion of falling objects and the moving of planets and galaxies around the sun is
due to:-
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55. Newton’s law of gravitation is stated as “Every body attracts every other body with a
force which is directly proportional to the product of masses and inversely proportional
to:-
(a) Square of product of their radii (b) Distance between them
(c) Square of distance between their centre (d) Square of distance between them
57. The force of attraction between earth and any material object is called:-
(a) Force of gravity (b) Gravitation
(c) Force of attraction (d) None of these
66. If the mass of earth becomes four times then the value of g becomes:-
(a) Four times (b) Half
(c) Double (d) No effect
67. If both the values of mass and radius of earth are doubled the value of g will be:-
(a) 9.8 m/s2 (b) 19.6 m/s2
2
(c) 4.9 m/s (d) 39.2 m/s2
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68. If mass and radius of earth becomes half then value of g will be:-
(a) 4.9 m/s2 (b) 9.8 m/s2
2
(c) 19.6 m/s (d) 39.2 m/s2
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