Gravitation questions
1239 published questions with worked solutions.
- The effect of rotation of the earth on the value of acceleration due to gravity is **[UP SEE 2010]**
- A body of weight 500 N on the surface of the earth. How much would it weigh half-way below the surface of the earth?
- A person will get more quantity of matter in kg-wt at **[J & K CET 2004]**
- Two planets of radii in the ratio 2:3 are made from the material of density in the ratio 3:2. Then, the ratio of acceleration due...
- The masses of two planets are in the ratio 1:2. Their radii are in the ratio 1:2. The acceleration due to gravity on the planets...
- If the mass of moon is 1 90 of earth's mass, its radius is 1 3 of earth's radius and if g is acceleration due to gravity on...
- If the radius of earth decreases by 1 % and its mass remains the same, then the acceleration due to gravity **[DCE 2004, BVP...
- 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...
- A body is orbiting very close to the earth's surface with kinetic energy KE. The energy required to completely escape from it is
- A satellite is orbiting around the earth. By what percentage should we increase its velocity, so as to enable it to escape away...
- The escape velocity for a body of mass 1 kg from the earth's surface is 11.2 kms ^ -1 . The escape velocity for a body of mass...
- Gravitational acceleration on the surface of a planet is 6 11 g, where g is the gravitational acceleration on the surface of the...
- A particle of mass 10 g is kept on the surface of a uniform sphere of mass 100 kg and radius 10 cm. Find the work to be done...
- The escape velocity from the earth is 11 kms ^ -1 . The escape velocity from a planet having twice the radius and the same mean...
- Two planets. The ratio of radius of the two planets is K but ratio of acceleration due to gravity of both planets is g. What will...
- The mass of a planet is six times that of the earth. The radius of the planet is twice that of the earth. If the escape velocity...
- If an object of mass m is taken from the surface of earth (radius R) to a height 2R, then the work done is
- The required kinetic energy of an object of mass m, so that it may escape, will be
- A body is projected with a velocity of 2 11.2 km/s from the surface of the earth. The velocity of the body when it escapes the...
- The escape velocity from the earth is 11.2 kms ^ -1 . The escape velocity from a planet having twice the radius and the same mean...
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