Gravitation questions
1239 published questions with worked solutions.
- If earth's satellite is moved from one stable orbit to a farther stable orbit, then which of the following quantities increase?
- An astronaut inside a satellite is in a state of weightlessness because of the effect of
- A person sitting in a chair in a satellite feels weightless because
- If the earth were to stop rotating, the value of acceleration due to gravity at Mumbai will
- The acceleration due to gravity on the surface of earth varies
- If the earth shrinks without change in mass, what will be the effect on the value of acceleration due to gravity g?
- At any point within the interior of earth, the acceleration due to gravity varies with r (distance between the centre of earth...
- If a body of mass 10 kg is taken to the centre of the earth, its weight will be
- The acceleration due to gravity at the equatorial plane is
- A geostationary satellite
- A geostationary satellite has an orbital period of
- Choose the correct statement from the following. The radius of the orbit of a geostationary satellite depends upon
- Statement 1: A body weighs X newton on the surface of the earth. Its weight at a height equal to half the radius of the earth...
- Statement 1: Two solid spheres of radius r and 2r, made of same material, are kept in contact. The mutual gravitational force of...
- If the distance between the sun and the earth is increased by three times, then attraction between two will
- The gravitational force on a body of mass 5 kg at the surface of the earth is 50 N. If earth is a perfect sphere, the...
- A body weighs 63 kg-wt on the surface of earth. Its weight on the surface of Mars will be (Mass of Mars = 19 mass of earth,...
- The radius of the Earth is about 6400 km and that of Mars is about 3200 km. The mass of the Earth is about 20 times the mass of...
- Acceleration due to gravity at earth's surface is 10 m ,s^ -2 . The value of acceleration due to gravity at the surface of a...
- Who among the following did first give the experimental value of G?
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