1) A stone is being weighed with the help of spring balance suspended from the roof of a lift.

The spring balance reads 0.5KN, If the cable supporting the lift breaks and the lift starts
falling freely, then the reading of the spring balance will be
A) 0.5KN B)1KN C)0.25KN D) None of these

2) A clock S works on the oscillations of a spring. Another clock P works on the oscillations of
pendulum. Both the clocks keep correct time on the earth. What will happen if they are taken
to the moon?
A) Both of them will keep correct time
B) Only clock S will keep correct time
C) Only clock P will keep correct time
D) None of them.

3) If the earth stops rotating about its axis, the acceleration due to gravity will remain unchanged
at
A) Equator B) latitude 450 C)latitude 600 D)poles

4)
If the radius of the earth decreases by 10%, the mass remaining unchanged, what will
happen to the acceleration due to gravity?
A)decrease by 19% B)increase by 19% C) decrease by more than 19% D) increase by
more than 19%

5) Let g be acceleration due to gravity on the earth’s surface. The gain in potential energy of an
object of mass M raised from surface of earth to height equal to radius R of the earth is
1
A) ½ MgR B) 2MgR C)MgR D)4 𝑀𝑔𝑅

6)Two identical spheres each of radius R are placed with their centers at a distance of nR, where n is
integer greater than 2. The gravitational force between them will be proportional to
1 1
A) 𝑅4 B) 𝑅2 C) 𝑅 2 D) 𝑅 4

7) the acceleration due to gravity increases by 0.5% when we go from equator to the poles. What will be
the time period of the pendulum at equator which beats seconds at the poles.
A)1.950 B)1.995 C) 2.050 D)0.005

8) If V be the gravitational potential on the surface of the earth, then what is its value at the centre of the
earth?
A)2V B) 3V C) 3/2 V D)2/3 V

9) A body weighs 72N on the surface of the earth. What is the gravitational force on it radius due to
earth at height equal to half the radius of the earth from the surface?
A)32N B)28N C) 16N D)72N

10)Energy required to move a body of mass 𝑚 from an orbit of radius 2R to 3R is

11) A satellite is moving around the earth with speed 𝑣 in a circular orbit of radius 𝑟. If the orbit radius is
decreased by 1% its speed will
A)increase by 1% B) increase by 0.5% C)decrease by 1% D)decrease by 0.5%
12)The gravitation potential energy of a body at a distance 𝑟 from the centre of the earth is U, then its
weight at that point is
𝑈 𝑈
A)𝑟2 B) 𝑟 C) 𝑟𝑈 D) 𝑈𝑟 2

13)weight of a body of mass m decreases by 1% when it is raised to height ℎ above the earth’s surface. If
the body is taken to a depth ℎ in a mine, change in its weight will now is
A)0.5% increase B) 1% increase C)0.5% decrease D) 2 % decrease

14) The acceleration due to gravity on the planet A is 9 times the acceleration due to gravity on planet B.
A man jumps to a height of 2M on the surface of A. what is the height of jump by the same person on the
planet B?
2 2
A) 18m B) 6m C) 𝑚 D) 𝑚
3 9

15) suppose for some reasons radius of earth were to shrink by 1% of present value, mass remaining
same, then change in g ( acceleration due to gravity) will change by ….
A)+1% B)-1% C) - 2% D)+2%
1
16)The depth at which the value of acceleration due to gravity becomes times the value at the surface is
𝑛
𝑅 𝑅 𝑅(𝑛−1) 𝑅𝑛
A) 𝑛 B) 𝑛2 C) 𝑛
D) 𝑛−1

17) A satellite is revolving around the earth with a kinetic energy E. The minimum addition of kinetic
energy needed to make it escape from its orbit is
A)2E B)√𝐸 C)E/2 D)E

18) two small and heavy spheres, each of mass M, are placed a distance 𝑟 apart on a horizontal surface.
The gravitational potential at the mid-point on the line joining the centres of the spheres is
−𝐺𝑀 −2𝐺𝑀 −4𝐺𝑀
A) zero B) 𝑟 C) 𝑟 D) 𝑟

19)An astronaut on a strange planet finds that acceleration due to gravity is twice as that on the surface of
earth. Which of the following could explain this?
A) Mass of the planet is half as that of earth but radius is same as that of earth.
B)both Mass and radius of the planet is twice as that of earth.
C)Radius of the planet is half as that of earth but mass is same as that of earth.
D) both the Mass and radius of the planet is half as that of earth.

20)The height at which the acceleration due to gravity becomes g/3 is n times the radius R of the earth,
where n is
1
A) √3 B) 3 C) √3 + 1 D) √3 − 1
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