Physics gravitation quiz

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Question 1. 1. A body attached to a spring balance weighs 10 kg on the earth. The body attached to the same spring balance is taken to a planet, where gravity is half that of the earth. The spring balance will read






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Question 2. One feels heavier in a lift when the lift






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Question 3. Gravitational force shares a common feature with electromagnetic force. In both cases, the force is







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Question 4. The weight of an object may be assigned using Newton’s






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Question 5. A piece of paper and a coin both having the same mass are dropped from the 10th floor of a building. The piece of paper would take more time to reach the ground because








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Question 6. Planet A has doubled the radius than that of planet B. if the mass of planet A is 4 times heavier than the mass of planet B which of the following statements regarding weight of an object is correct?






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Question 7. The radius of the moon is about one fourth that of the earth and acceleration due to gravity on the moon is about one sixth that on the earth. From this, we can conclude that the ratio of the mass of the earth to the mass of the moon is about







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Question 8. If the length of the equator is about 40000km and the velocity of rotation is about 1700km/h, then what would be the velocity of rotation at the pole?






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Question 9. A body has a free fall from a height of 20m. After falling through a distance of 5m. then body would






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Question 10. Mass of a particular amount of substance I. Is the amount of matter present in it. II. Dos not vary from place to place III. Changes with change in gravitational force. Select the correct answer using the codes given below






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