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FREEDOM INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

WORKSHEET
L7 – GRAVITATION
PHYSICS

CLASS: XI MAX MARKS: 15


TIME: 25 MINS.
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1. A body weighed 250 N on the surface. Assuming the earth to be a sphere of uniform mass 1
density, how much would it weigh half way down to the centre of earth?
(a) 240 N (b) 210 N (c) 195 N (d) 125 N
2. At what altitude (h) above the earth’s surface would the acceleration due to gravity be 1
one-fourth of its value at the earth’s surface?
(a) h = R (b) h = 4 R (c) h = 2 R (d) h = 16 R
3. Mass of moon is 1/81 times that of earth and its radius is ¼ the earth’s radius. If the 1
escape velocity at the surface of earth is 11.2 km/s, then its value at the surface of moon is
(a) 0.14 km/s (b) 2.5 km/s (c) 0.5 km/s (d) 5 km/s

4. A ball is dropped from a spacecraft revolving around the earth at a height of 120 km. 1
What will happen to the ball?
(a) It will go very far in the space.
(b) It will move with the same speed tangentially to the spacecraft.
(c) It will fall down to the earth gradually.
(d) It will continue to move with the same speed along the original orbit of spacecraft.
5. Two satellites of masses m1 and m2 (where m1 is greater than m2) are going around the 1
earth in orbits of radii r1 and r2 (r2 > r1). Which statement about velocities is correct?
(a) v1 > v2 (b) v1 < v2 (c) v1 = v2 (d) v1/r1 > v2/r2
6. If the radius of earth’s orbit is made one-fourth, then the duration of one year will become 1
(a) 8 times (b) ¼ times (c) 4 times (d) 1/8 times
7. The figure shows an elliptical orbit of a planet m about the sun S. The shaded area of SCD 1
is twice the shaded area SAB. If t1 is the time for the planet to move from C to D and t2 is
the time to move from A to B, then

(a) t1 = 4t2 (b) t1 = 2t2 (c) t1 = t2 (d) t1 > t2


8. The kinetic energy needed to project a body of mass m from the earth’s surface (radius R) 1
to infinity is
(a) mgR/2 (b) 2mgR (c) mgR (d) mgR/4

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9. The escape velocity for a body projected vertically upwards from the surface of earth is 11 1
km/s. If the body is projected at an angle 450 with the vertical, the escape velocity will be
(a) 11/√2 km/s (b) 11 km/s (c) 11√2 km/s (d) 22 km/s
10. A man is standing on an international space station, which is orbiting earth at an altitude 1
520 km with a constant speed 7.6 km/s. If the man’s weight is 50 kg, his acceleration is
(a) 7.6 km/s2 (b) 7.6 m/s2 (c) 8.4 m/s2 (d) 10 m/s2
Directions: In the following questions, a statement of Assertion (A) is followed by a
statement of Reason (R). Mark the correct choice as
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
(b) Both A and R are true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A
(c) A is true but R is false
(d) A is false but R is true
11. Assertion: If a pendulum falls freely, then its time period is infinite. 1
Reason: Free falling body has acceleration equal to g.
12. Assertion: For the planets orbiting around the sun, angular speed, linear speed, K.E. 1
changes with time, but angular momentum remains constant
Reason: No torque is acting on the rotating planet. So, its angular momentum is constant.
13. Assertion: The value of acceleration due to gravity does not depend upon the mass of the 1
body on which force is applied.
Reason: Acceleration due to gravity is a constant quantity.
14. Assertion: A body becomes massless at the centre of earth. 1
Reason: The acceleration due to gravity at a depth d is gd = g (1 – d/R)
15. Assertion: The gravitational force on a particle inside a spherical shell is zero. 1
Reason: The shell shields other bodies outside it from exerting gravitational forces on a
particle inside.

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