JEE Main Physics question

**Assertion:** A body becomes weightless at the centre of the earth.

**Reason:** As the distance from the centre of earth decreases, the acceleration due to gravity increases.

(A)Assertion is True, Reason is True; Reason is correct explanation for Assertion
(B)Assertion is True, Reason is True; Reason is NOT correct explanation for Assertion
(C)Assertion is True, Reason is FalseCorrect
(D)Assertion is False, Reason is True

Answer: (C)

Solution

Inside a uniform earth, , which *decreases* as decreases, reaching exactly zero at the centre () — this is precisely why a body is weightless there, so the Assertion is true. The Reason states the

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Question ID VK-154502