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At a certain depth d below surface of earth, value of acceleration due to gravity becomes four times that of its value at a height 3R above earth surface. Where R is Radius of earth (Take R = 6400 km). The depth d is equal to

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Important Questions on Gravitation

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A body weight W, is projected vertically upwards from earth's surface to reach a height above the earth which is equal to nine times the radius of earth. The weight of the body at that height will be:
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Given below are two statements :

Statement-I: Acceleration due to gravity is different at different places on the surface of earth.

Statement-II: Acceleration due to gravity increases as we go down below the earth's surface.

In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below

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If earth has a mass nine times and radius twice to the of a planet P. Then ve3xms-1 will be the minimum velocity required by a rocket to pull out of gravitational force of P, where ve is escape velocity on earth. The value of x is
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The escape velocities of two planets A and B are in the ratio 1 : 2. If the ratio of their radii respectively is 1 : 3, then the ratio of acceleration due to gravity of planet A to the acceleration of gravity of planet B will be: