1.

If the change in the value of g at a height h above the surface of the earth is the same as at a depth x below it
(both h and x being much smaller than the radius of the earth), then
(a) x = h (b) x = 2h (c) x = h/2 (d) x = h2
2. If R is the radius of the earth and g the acceleration due to gravity on the earth’s surface, the mean density of the
earth is
4πG 3πR 3g πRg
(a) (b) (c) 4πRG
(d)
3gR 4gG 12G
3. The moon’s radius is 1/4 that of the earth and its mass is 1/80 times that of the earth. If g represent the
acceleration due to gravity on the surface of the earth, that on the surface of the moon is
(a) g/4 (b) g/5 (c) g/6 (d) g/g
4. A body weighs w newton at the surface of the earth. Its weight at a height equal to half the radius of the earth will
be
(a) w/2 (b) 2w/3 (c) 4w/9 (d) 8w/27
5. If the density of a small planet is the same as that of the earth, while the radius of the planet is 0.2 times that of
the earth, the gravitational acceleration on the surface of that planet is
(a) 0.2 g (b) 0.4 g (c) 2 g (d) 4 g
6. The gravitational potential energy of a body of mass m at the earth’s surface is –mgRe. Its gravitational potential
energy at a height Re from the earth’s surface will be (Here, R is the radius of the earth)
(a) – 2mgRe (b) 2mgRe (c) 1/2 mgRe (d) – 1/2 mgRe
7. The escape velocity of a rocket from the earth is 11.2 km/s. Its value on a planet, where acceleration due to gravity
is double that on the earth and diameter of the planet is twice that of the earth, will be in km/s
(a) 11.2 (b) 5.6 (c) 22.4 (d) 53.6
8. What is time period of pendulum hanged in satellite? (T is time period on earth)
(a) zero (b) T (c) infinite (d) T/√6
9. If a body is raised from the surface of the earth up to height R, what is the change in potential energy?
(a) mgR (b) 3/2 mgR (c) mgR/2 (d) mgR/4
10. Two spheres of same size, one of mass 2 kg and another of mass 4 kg, are dropped simultaneously from the top of
Qutab Minar (height = 72 m). When they are 1 m above the ground, the two spheres have the same
(a) momentum (b) kinetic energy (c) potential energy (d) acceleration
11. Imagine a light planet revolving around a very massive star in a circular orbit of radius R with a period of revolution
T. If the gravitational force of attraction between the planet and the star is proportional to R-5/2, then
(a) T2 is proportional to R2 (c) T2 is proportional to R3/2
(b) T2 is proportional to R7/2 (d) T2 is proportional to R3.75
12. If the radius of the earth wire to shrink by one per cent, its mass remaining the same, the acceleration due to
gravity on the earth’s surface would
(a) decrease (c) increase
(b) remain unchanged (d) be zero
13. The time period of a satellite of earth is 5 h. If the separation between the earth and the satellite is increased to
four times the previous value, the new time period will become
(a) 20 h (b) 10 h (c) 80 h (d) 40 h
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14. If the gravitational force between two objects were proportional to (and not as ), where R is separation
R R2
between them, then a particle in circular orbit under such a force would have its orbital speed v proportional to
(a) 1/R2 (b) R0 (c) R’ (d) 1/R
15. A geostationary satellite is orbiting the earth at a height of 6 R above the surface of earth. R being the radius of
earth. The time period of another satellite at a height of 2.5 R from the surface of the earth is
(a) 10 h (b) 6/√2 h (c) 6 h (d) 6√2 h
16. When a satellite going round the earth in a circular orbit of radius r and speed v loses some of its energy, then r
and v change as
(a) r and v both will increase (c) r will decrease and v will increase
(b) r and v both will decrease (d) r will increase and v will decrease
17. A planet moves around the sun. At a given point P it is closest from the sun at a distance d1 and has a speed v1. At
another point Q when it is farthest from the sun at a distance d2, its speed will be
d1 2 d2 d1 d2 2
(a) 2 v1 (b) v1 (c) v1 (d) v1
d2 d1 d2 d1 2
18. Kepler’s second law regarding constancy of areal velocity of a planet is a consequence of the law of conservation
of
(a) energy (c) linear momentum
(b) angular momentum (d) none of these
19. Two balls, each radius R, equal mass and density are placed in contact, then the force of gravitation between them
is proportional to
(a) F ∝ 1/R2 (b) F ∝ R (c) F ∝ R4 (d) F ∝ 1/R
20. If the earth stops rotating, the value of g at the equator
(a) increases (b) decreases (c) no effect (d) none of these
21. In an elliptical orbit under gravitational force, in general
(a) tangential velocity is constant (c) radial velocity is constant
(b) angular velocity is constant (d) areal velocity is constant
22. What is ratio of gravitational mass and internal mass?
(a) 1 : g (b) g : 1 (c) 1 : 1 (d) g : G
23. If a new planet is discovered rotating around sun with the orbital radius double that of the earth, then what will be
its time period (in earth’s days)
(a) 1032 (b) 1023 (c) 1024 (d) 1043
24. Assuming the earth to have a constant density, point out which of the following curves show the variation of
acceleration due to gravity from the center of earth to the points far away from the surface of earth?

g g g

(a) (b) (c) (d) None of these

O R r O R r O R r

25. An artificial satellite moving in a circular orbit around the earth has a total (kinetic + potential) energy E0. Its
potential energy is
(a) – E0 (b) 1.5 E0 (c) 2E0 (d) E0
26. Two satellite of earth, S1 and S2, are moving in the same orbit. The mass of S1 is four times the mass of S2. Which
one of the following statements is true?
(a) the time period of S1 is four times that of S2
(b) the potential energies of earth and satellite in the two cases are equal
(c) S1 and S2 are moving with the same speed
(d) the kinetic energies of the two satellites are equal
27. In order to make the effective acceleration due to gravity equal to zero at the equator, the angular velocity of
rotation of the earth about its axis should be (g = 10 m/s2 and radius of the earth is 6400 km)
(a) zero (b) 1/800 rad/s (c) 1/80 rad/s (d) 1/8 rad/s
28. A satellite is launched into a circular orbit of radius r around the earth. A second satellite is launched into an orbit
of radius 1.01 r. The period of the second satellite is larger than that of first one by approximately
(a) 0.5% (b) 1.0% (c) 1.5% (d) 3.0%

29. If the radius of the earth were to shrink by 1%, its mass remaining the same, the acceleration due to gravity on the
earth’s surface would
(a) decrease by 2% (c) increase by 2%
(b) remain unchanged (d) increase by 1%
30. If g is the acceleration due to gravity on the earth’s surface, the gain in the potential energy of an object of mass m
raised from the surface of the earth to a height equal to the radius R of the earth, is
(a) 1/2 mgR (b) 2 mgR (c) mgR (d) 1/4 mgR
31. If the distance between the earth and the sun were half its present value, the number of days in a year would have
been
(a) 64.5 (b) 129 (c) 182.5 (d) 730
32. If density of earth increases 4 times and its radius becomes half of what it is, out weight will
(a) be 4 times its present value (c) remain same
(b) be doubled (d) be halved
33. A man can jump to a height of 1.5 m on a planet A. What is the height he may be able to jump to on another
planet whose density and radius are respectively one quarter and one third that of planet A?
(a) 1.5 m (b) 15 m (c) 18 m (d) 28 m
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34. The mass of the moon is 7.34 x 10 kg and its radius is 1.74 x 10 m. The value of gravitational intensity at a point
on its surface is
(a) 1.45 N/kg (b) 1.55 N/kg (c) 1.75 N/kg (d) 1.62 N/kg
35. A mass M is divided into two parts x M and (1 – x)M. For a given separation, the value of x for which the
gravitational force between the two parts becomes maximum, is
(a) 1/2 (b) 3/5 (c) 1 (d) 2
36. If the earth loses its gravity, then for a body
(a) weight becomes zero but not the mass (c) both mass and weight become zero
(b) mass becomes zero but not the weight (d) neither mass nor weight become zero
37. There are two bodies of masses 100 kg and 10000 kg separated by a distance 1 m. At what distance from the
smaller body, the intensity of gravitational field will be zero?
(a) 1/9 m (b) 1/10 m (c) 1/11 m (d) 10/11 m
38. The escape velocity from the earth is νes. A body is projected with velocity 2 νes. With what constant velocity will it
move in the inter planetary space?
(a) νes (c) √3 νes (d) √5 νes
(b) 3 νes
39. If the height of a satellite from the earth is negligible in comparison to the radius of the earth R, the orbital
velocity of the satellite is
(a) gR (c) √g/R (d) √gR
(b) 1/2 gR