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Important Questions on Gravitation

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An astronaut of mass m is working on a satellite orbiting the earth at a distance h from the earth's surface. The radius of the earth is R, while its mass is M. The gravitational pull FG on the astronaut is
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Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R

Assertion A : An electric fan continues to rotate for some time after the current is switched off.

Reason R: Fan continues to rotate due to inertia of motion.

In the light of above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below.

 

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The speed limit of a car over a roadways bridge in the form of a vertical arc is 9.8 m s-1. The diameter of the arc is
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The gravitational attraction between the two bodies increases when their masses are
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If suddenly the gravitational force of attraction between Earth and a satellite revolving around it becomes zero, then the satellite will
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Calculate the force of attraction between two spheres each of mass 1 kg separated by 3 mG=6.67×10-11 N m2 kg-2
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If M is the mass of the earth and R its radius, the ratio of the gravitational acceleration and the gravitational constant is

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The escape velocity for a body of mass 1 kg from the Earth's surface is 11.2 km s-1. The escape velocity for a body of mass 100 kg would be
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The orbital velocity of the planet will be maximum at

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Suppose the gravitational force varies inversely as the nth power of distance. Then the time period of a planet in circular orbit of radius R around the sun will be proportional to -

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If a planet of a given density was made larger, its force of attraction, for an object on its surface, would increase because of the planet's greater mass; but would decrease because of the greater distance from the object to the center of the planet. Which effect predominates?
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Two spheres of masses m and M are situated in air and the gravitational force between them is F. The space around the masses is now filled with a liquid of specific gravity 3. The gravitational force will now be -
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If the distance between the two particles is increased by 2%, then the force of attraction between them will
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Two spheres of mass m and M are situated in air and the gravitational force between them is F. The space around the masses is now filled with a liquid of specific gravity 3. The gravitational force will now be
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Calculate the force of attraction between two 90 kg spheres of metal spaced so that their centres are 40 cm apart.
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Three particles, each of mass m are kept at the veritices of an equilateral triangle of side  L. The gravitational field at the centre due to these particle is
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What is centripetal force? With the help of this force, how could Newton conclude that F1r2?
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Which of the following is the evidence to show that there must be a force acting on Earth and directed towards the Sun?
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Suppose the gravitational force varies inversely as the nth power of the distance. Then the time period of a planet in circular orbit of radius R around the sun will be proportional to

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Two particles each of mass m are moving around a circle of radius R due to their mutual gravitational force of attraction. The velocity of each particle is