Acceleration Due To Gravity

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Acceleration Due To Gravity: Overview

This topic covers concepts such as Gravitational Field Strength, Acceleration Due to Gravity, Acceleration Due to Gravity in Terms of Mass and Radius of Planet, Acceleration Due to Gravity in Terms of Density and Radius of Planet, etc.

Important Questions on Acceleration Due To Gravity

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If a tunnel is cut at any orientation through the earth, then a ball released from one end will reach the other end in how much time (neglect earth rotation)? 

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Gravitational force on point mass in side solid sphere.

(i) When a point mass m is considered at distance r from the centre of solid sphere inside it then gravitational force on point mass is proportional to.

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If the radius of the earth were to shrink by one percent, its mass remaining same, the value of g on the earths surface would

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Weight of an object can be explained as                                                                         

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Acceleration due to gravity at a height of h is 25% of that at the surface of the Earth. The value of h in terms of radius of earth R is
radius of the Earth. 

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The mass and density of the moon, if acceleration due to gravity on its surface is 1.62 m s-2 and its radius is 1.74×106 m, respectively. (Take, G=6.67×10-11 N-m2 kg-2)

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Two planets have the same average density but their radii are R1 and R2. If acceleration due to gravity on these planets be g1 and  g2 respectively, then :-

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The density of a newly discovered planet is twice that of earth. The acceleration due to gravity at the surface of the planet is equal to that at the surface of the earth. If the radius of the earth is R, the radius of the planet would be

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The force of attraction due to a hollow spherical shell of uniform density on a point mass situated inside it is zero.

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What is the force of attraction between a hollow spherical shell of uniform density and a point mass located inside the shell?

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What is the direction of gravitational force between a hollow spherical shell of uniform density and a point mass situated outside the shell?

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The force of attraction between a hollow spherical shell of uniform density and a point mass situated outside is just as if the entire mass of the shell is concentrated at the _____ of the shell.

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The force of attraction due to a hollow spherical shell of uniform density on a point mass situated outside is zero.

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The acceleration due to gravity on the earth's surface is 

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The value of acceleration due to gravity is maximum at ____.

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Weight of an object can be explained as                                                                         

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What is acceleration due to gravity at the surface of mars if its diameter is 6760 km and mass one tength that of earth. The diameter of earth is 12742 km and acceleration due to gravity on earth is 9.8 m/sec2 
 

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Gravitational potential V versus distance r graph is represented in figure. The magnitude of gravitational field intensity is equal to:
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The density of two planets are in ratio 1:2 and their radii are in the ratio 3:2 . The acceleration due to gravity on the surface of planets are in the ratio

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R is the radius of Earth and ω is its angular velocity and gp is the value of g at the poles. The effective value of g at a latitude λ=60o.