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1. A satellite of the earth is revolving in a circular orbit with a 7. Two sphere of mass m and M are situated in air and the
uniform speed v. If the gravitational force suddenly gravitational force between them is F. The space around the
disappears, the satellite will [AIIMS 1982; AIEEE 2002] masses is now filled with a liquid of specific gravity 3. The
gravitational force will now be [CBSE PMT 2003]
(a) Continue to move with velocity v along the original orbit F
(a) F (b)
(b) Move with a velocity v, tangentially to the original orbit 3
(c) Fall down with increasing velocity F
(c) (d) 3 F
(d) Ultimately come to rest somewhere on the original orbit 9

2. The atmosphere is held to the earth by [IIT 2007] 8. Weightlessness experienced while orbiting the earth in space-
(a) Winds (b) Gravity ship, is the result of [DPMT 1982]
(c) Clouds (d) None of the above (a) Inertia (b) Acceleration
(c) Zero gravity (d) Free fall towards earth
3. Two particles of equal mass go round a circle of radius R
under the action of their mutual gravitational attraction. The 9. If the change in the value of g at a height h above the
speed of each particle is [CBSE PMT 1995] surface of the earth is the same as at a depth x below it, then
(both x and h being much smaller than the radius of the
1 1 Gm
(a) v (b) v earth) [ BHU 2002]
2R Gm 2R
(a) x h (b) x 2h
1 Gm 4 Gm h
(c) v (d) v (c) x (d) x h2
2 R R 2

4. The earth (mass 6 10 24 kg ) ) revolves round the sun with 10. The time period of a simple pendulum on a freely moving
7 artificial satellite is [AFMC 2002]
angular velocity 2 10 rad / s in a circular orbit of radius
(a) Zero (b) 2 sec
1.5 108 km . The force exerted by the sun on the earth in (c) 3 sec (d) Infinite
newtons, is [CBSE PMT 1995; AFMC 1999]
(a) 18 10 25
(b) Zero 11. Two planets have the same average density but their radii
are R1 and R2 . If acceleration due to gravity on these
(c) 27 1039 (d) 36 10 21
planets be g1 and g 2 respectively, then [AIIMS 1985]
5. The gravitational force between two point masses m1 and
m1m2 g1 R1 g1 R2
m2 at separation r is given by F k The constant k (a) (b)
r2 g 2 R2 g 2 R1
(a) Depends on system of units only g1 R12 g1 R13
(c) (d)
(b) Depends on medium between masses only g 2 R22 g 2 R23

(c) Depends on both (a) and (b)

12. An iron ball and a wooden ball of the same radius are
(d) Is independent of both (a) and (b) [CPMT 2008] released from a height h in vacuum. The time taken by
both of them to reach the ground is
6. Who among the following gave first the experimental value [AFMC 1998]
of G [AFMC 1997]
(a) Unequal (b) Exactly equal
(a) Cavendish (b) Copernicus
(c) Roughly equal (d) Zero
(c) Brook Teylor (d) None of these

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13. The correct answer to above question is based on (a) 4G / 3 gR (b) 3R / 4 gG
[NCERT 1975] (c) 3 g / 4RG (d) RG / 12G
(a) Acceleration due to gravity in vacuum is same
irrespective of size and mass of the body
21. If the earth suddenly shrinks (without changing mass) to half
(b) Acceleration due to gravity in vacuum depends on the of its present radius, the acceleration due to gravity will be
mass of the body [MNR 1998]
(c) There is no acceleration due to gravity in vacuum (a) g/2 (b) 4g
(d) In vacuum there is resistance offered to the motion of the
(c) g/4 (d) 2g
body and this resistance depends on the mass of the body
22. The moon's radius is 1/4 that of the earth and its mass is
14. In order to find time, the astronaut orbiting in an earth
1/80 times that of the earth. If g represents the acceleration
satellite should use [DPMT 1982]
due to gravity on the surface of the earth, that on the surface
(a) A pendulum clock of the moon is [MP PMT 1997]
(b) A watch having main spring to keep it going (a) g/4 (b) g/5
(c) Either a pendulum clock or a watch
(c) g/6 (d) g/8
(d) Neither a pendulum clock nor a watch
23. At what altitude in metre will the acceleration due to gravity
15. If the earth stops rotating, the value of g at the equator will be 25% of that at the earth's surface (Radius of earth = R
[CPMT 2009] metre) [ISM Dhanbad 1994]
(a) Increase (b) Remain same
1
(c) Decrease (d) None of the above (a) R (b) R
4
3 R
16. The mass and diameter of a planet have twice the value of (c) R (d)
8 2
the corresponding parameters of earth. Acceleration due to
gravity on the surface of the planet is
[Pb. PMT 2000] 24. Let g be the acceleration due to gravity at earth's surface and
2 2 K be the rotational kinetic energy of the earth. Suppose the
(a) 9.8 m / sec (b) 4.9 m / sec
earth's radius decreases by 2% keeping all other quantities
(c) 980 m / sec 2 (d) 19.6 m / sec 2 same, then [BHU 1994; JIPMER 2000]
(a) g decreases by 2% and K decreases by 4%
17. As we go from the equator to the poles, the value of g (b) g decreases by 4% and K increases by 2%
[AFMC 1995; AFMC 2004]
(c) g increases by 4% and K increases by 4%
(a) Remains the same
(b) Decreases (d) g decreases by 4% and K increases by 4%
(c) Increases
(d) Decreases upto a latitude of 45 25. If the radius of the earth shrinks by 1.5% (mass remaining
same), then the value of acceleration due to gravity changes
18. Force of gravity is least at [CPMT 1992] by [BHU 1997]
(a) The equator (a) 1% (b) 2%
(b) The poles (c) 3% (d) 4%
(c) A point in between equator and any pole
(d) None of these 26. If radius of the earth contracts 2% and its mass remains the
same, then weight of the body at the earth surface
19. The value of g at a particular point is 9.8 m / s 2 . Suppose [CPMT 1997]

the earth suddenly shrinks uniformly to half its present size (a) Will decrease (b) Will increase
without losing any mass. The value of g at the same point (c) Will remain the same (d) None of these
(assuming that the distance of the point from the centre of
earth does not shrink) will now be [DPMT 1999]
27. If the Earth losses its gravity, then for a body
(a) 4.9 m / sec 2 (b) 3.1 m / sec 2 [BHU 1999]
(c) 9.8 m / sec 2
(d) 19.6 m / sec 2 (a) Weight becomes zero, but not the mass
(b) Mass becomes zero, but not the weight
20. If R is the radius of the earth and g the acceleration due to
(c) Both mass and weight become zero
gravity on the earth's surface, the mean density of the earth
is [BHU 1998; CBSE PMT 1995] (d) Neither mass nor weight become zero

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28. An object weights 72 N on earth. Its weight at a height of R/2 35. Energy required to move a body of mass m from an orbit of
from earth is [AIIMS 2000] radius 2R to 3R is [AIEEE 2002]
(a) 32 N (b) 56 N (a) GMm/12R 2 (b) GMm/3 R 2
(c) 72 N (d) Zero
(c) GMm/8 R (d) GMm/6R
29. If the mass of earth is 80 times of that of a planet and
36. The kinetic energy needed to project a body of mass m from
diameter is double that of planet and g on earth is 9.8 m/s 2
the earth surface (radius R) to infinity is [AIEEE 2002]
, then the value of g on that planet is
(a) mgR/2 (b) 2 mgR
[CPMT 2000]
2 2
(c) mgR (d) mgR/4
(a) 4.9 m/s (b) 0.98 m/s
(c) 0.49 m/s 2 (d) 49 m/s 2 37. Radius of orbit of satellite of earth is R. Its kinetic energy is
proportional to [BHU 2003; CPMT 2004]

30. The acceleration due to gravity near the surface of a planet 1 1

(a) (b)
of radius R and density d is proportional to R R
[AIEEE 2004] 1
d (c) R (d)
(a) (b) dR 2 R3/ 2
R2
d 38. The escape velocity for a rocket from earth is 11.2 km/sec. Its
(c) dR (d)
R value on a planet where acceleration due to gravity is double
that on the earth and diameter of the planet is twice that of
31. The density of a newly discovered planet is twice that of earth will be in km/sec [CPMT 1990; UPSEAT 1999]
earth. The acceleration due to gravity at the surface of the (a) 11.2 (b) 5.6
planet is equal to that at the surface of the earth. If the radius (c) 22.4 (d) 53.6
of the earth is R, the radius of the planet would be
[CBSE PMT 2009] 39. The escape velocity from the earth is about 11 km/second.
(a) 2 R (b) 4 R The escape velocity from a planet having twice the radius
1 1 and the same mean density as the earth, is
(c) R (d) R
4 2 [ AIIMS 2001; UPSEAT 1999]
(a) 22 km/sec (b) 11 km/sec
32. If earth is supposed to be a sphere of radius R, if g30 is value
(c) 5.5 km/sec (d) 15.5 km/sec
of acceleration due to gravity at latitude of 30o and g at the
equator, the value of g g 30o is [DCE 2005]
40. A missile is launched with a velocity less than the escape
1 2 3 2 velocity. The sum of its kinetic and potential energy is
(a) R (b) R
4 4 [MNR 1986]
1 2 (a) Positive
(c) 2 R (d) R
2 (b) Negative
(c) Zero
33. A body of mass m rises to height h = R/5 from the earth's (d) May be positive or negative depending upon its initial
surface, where R is earth's radius. If g is acceleration due to velocity
gravity at earth's surface, the increase in potential energy is
[SCRA 1996; DPMT 2001]
41. The escape velocity of a particle of mass m varies as
4
(a) mgh (b) mgh [CPMT 1978; AIEEE 2002]
5 2
(a) m (b) m
5 6
(c) mgh (d) mgh (c) m 0
(d) m1
6 7

42. Given mass of the moon is 1/81 of the mass of the earth and
34. A body of mass m is placed on the earths surface. It is taken
corresponding radius is 1/4 of the earth. If escape velocity on
from the earths surface to a height h 3 R . The change in
the earth surface is 11.2 km/s, the value of same on the
gravitational potential energy of the body is [CBSE 2002]
surface of the moon is
2 3 [CPMT 1997; AIIMS 2000]
(a) mgR (b) mgR
3 4
(a) 0.14 km/s (b) 0.5 km/s
mgR mgR (c) 2.5 km/s (d) 5 km/s
(c) (d)
2 4

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43. Escape velocity on earth is 11.2 km/s. What would be the 50. A particle of mass 10 g is kept on the surface of a uniform
escape velocity on a planet whose mass is 1000 times and sphere of mass 100 kg and radius 10 cm. Find the work to
radius is 10 times that of earth [DCE 2001; DPMT 2004] be done against the gravitational force between them to take
(a) 112 km/s (b) 11.2 km/s the particle far away from the sphere (you may take
(c) 1.12 km/s (d) 3.7 km/s G 6.67 10 11 Nm 2 / kg 2 ) [AIEEE 2005]

44. Escape velocity on the earth [BHU 2001] (a) 6.67 109 J (b) 6.67 1010 J
(a) Is less than that on the moon (c) 13.34 10 10
J (d) 3.33 1010 J
(b) Depends upon the mass of the body
51. For a satellite moving in an orbit around the earth, the ratio
(c) Depends upon the direction of projection of kinetic energy to potential energy is [CBSE PMT 2005]
(d) Depends upon the height from which it is projected 1
(a) 2 (b)
2
45. Escape velocity on the surface of earth is 11.2 km/s . Escape 1
(c) (d) 2
velocity from a planet whose mass is the same as that of 2
earth and radius 1/4 that of earth is
[CBSE PMT 2000; JIPMER 2002; BHU 2004]
52. 3 particles each of mass m are kept at vertices of an
equilateral triangle of side L. The gravitational field at centre
(a) 2.8 km/s (b) 15.6 km/s
due to these particles is [DCE2005]
(c) 22.4 km/s (d) 44.8 km/s

3GM
46. The velocity with which a projectile must be fired so that it (a) Zero (b)
escapes earths gravitation does not depend on L2
[AIIMS 2003] 9GM 12 GM
(c) (d) 2
(a) Mass of the earth L2 3 L

(b) Mass of the projectile

53. The value of escape velocity on a certain planet is 2 km/s.
(c) Radius of the projectiles orbit Then the value of orbital speed for a satellite orbiting close to
its surface is [DCE 2005]
(d) Gravitational constant
(a) 12 km/s (b) 1 km/s
47. The escape velocity for a body projected vertically upwards
(c) 2 km/s (d) 2 2 km / s
from the surface of earth is 11 km/s. If the body is projected
at an angle of 45o with the vertical, the escape velocity will
be [AIEEE 2003] 54. If ve and vo represent the escape velocity and orbital
11 velocity of a satellite corresponding to a circular orbit of
(a) km/s (b) 11 2 km/s
2 radius R, then [CPMT 1982; AIIMS 2002]

(c) 22 km/s (d) 11 km/s (a) ve vo

48. The escape velocity for a body of mass 1 kg from the earth (b) 2vo ve
1
surface is 11.2 kms . The escape velocity for a body of
(c) ve v0 / 2
mass 100 kg would be [DCE 2003]
(d) ve and vo are not related

(a) 11.2 10 2 kms 1 (b) 11.2 kms 1

55. An earth satellite of mass m revolves in a circular orbit at a
(c) 11.2 10 kms 2 1
(d) None of these height h from the surface of the earth. R is the radius of the
earth and g is acceleration due to gravity at the surface of the
earth. The velocity of the satellite in the orbit is given by
49. The escape velocity from earth is ves . A body is projected
[AIEEE 2004]
with velocity 2ves with what constant velocity will it move in 2
gR
the inter planetary space [DCE 2002] (a) (b) gR
Rh
(a) v es (b) 3v es
gR gR 2
(c) (d)
(c) 3ves (d) 5ves Rh Rh

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56. Two satellites of masses m1 and m2(m1 m2) are revolving 63. For a satellite escape velocity is 11 km/s. If the satellite is
round the earth in circular orbits of radius r1 and r2(r1 r2 ) launched at an angle of 60 with the vertical, then escape
velocity will be [CBSE PMT 1993]
respectively. Which of the following statements is true
regarding their speeds v1 and v2 ?[MNR 1995; BHU 1998] (a) 11 km/s (b) 11 3 km/s

(a) v1 v2 (b) v1 v2 11
(c) km/s (d) 33 km/s
3
v1 v2
(c) v1 v2 (d)
r1 r2
64. The mean radius of the earth is R, its angular speed on its
own axis is and the acceleration due to gravity at earth's
57. The period of a satellite in a circular orbit around a planet is surface is g. The cube of the radius of the orbit of a
independent of [AIEEE 2004]
geostationary satellite will be [CBSE PMT 1992]
(a) The mass of the planet
(a) R 2 g / (b) R 2 2 / g
(b) The radius of the planet
(c) The mass of the satellite (c) Rg / 2 (d) R2 g / 2
(d) All the three parameters (a), (b) and (c)
65. A ball is dropped from a spacecraft revolving around the
58. The relay satellite transmits the T.V. programme earth at a height of 120 km. What will happen to the ball
continuously from one part of the world to another because [CBSE PMT 1996; CPMT 2001; BHU 1999]
its [MNR 1984, 93] (a) It will continue to move with velocity v along the original
(a) Period is greater than the period of rotation of the earth orbit of spacecraft
(b) Period is less than the period of rotation of the earth (b) It will move with the same speed tangentially to the
about its axis spacecraft
(c) Period has no relation with the period of the earth about (c) It will fall down to the earth gradually
its axis (d) It will go very far in the space
(d) Period is equal to the period of rotation of the earth
about its axis 66. If Gravitational constant is decreasing in time, what will
(e) Mass is less than the mass of the earth remain unchanged in case of a satellite orbiting around earth
[DCE 1999, 2001]
59. Two satellites A and B go round a planet P in circular orbits (a) Time period (b) Orbiting radius
having radii 4R and R respectively. If the speed of the
(c) Tangential velocity (d) Angular velocity
satellite A is 3V, the speed of the satellite B will be.
[MNR 1991; AIIMS 1995; UPSEAT 2010]
67. A geo-stationary satellite is orbiting the earth at a height of 6
(a) 12 V (b) 6 V R above the surface of earth, R being the radius of earth.
4 3 The time period of another satellite at a height of 2.5 R from
(c) V (d) V
3 2 the surface of earth is [UPSEAT 2002]

(a) 10 hr (b) (6/ 2 ) hr

60. A small satellite is revolving near earth's surface. Its orbital
velocity will be nearly [CPMT 1987; JIPMER 2001, 02] (c) 6 hr (d) 6 2 hr
(a) 8 km/sec (b) 11.2 km/sec
(c) 4 km/sec (d) 6 km/sec 68. Two satellite A and B, ratio of masses 3 : 1 are in circular
orbits of radii r and 4r. Then ratio of total mechanical energy
61. In a satellite if the time of revolution is T, then K.E. is of A to B is [DCE 2002,09]
proportional to [BHU 1995]
(a)1 : 3 (b) 3 : 1
1 1 (c) 3 : 4 (d) 12 : 1
(a) (b)
T T2
69. If the gravitational force between two objects were
1
(c) (d) T 2 / 3 proportional to 1/R (and not as 1 / R 2 ) where R is separation
T3
between them, then a particle in circular orbit under such a
62. A satellite is moving around the earth with speed v in a force would have its orbital speed v proportional to
circular orbit of radius r. If the orbit radius is decreased by [CBSE PMT 1994; JIPMER 2001, 02]
1%, its speed will [MP PET 1996, 99, 2002]
(a) Increase by 1% (b) Increase by 0.5% (a) 1 / R 2 (b) R 0
(c) Decrease by 1% (d) Decrease by 0.5% (c) R1 (d) 1/R

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70. Potential energy of a satellite having mass m and rotating at 77. A planet moves around the sun. At a given point P, it is
a height of 6.4 10 6 m from the earth surface is closest from the sun at a distance d1 and has a speed v1 . At
[AIIMS 2000; CBSE PMT 2001; BHU 2001] another point Q, when it is farthest from the sun at a
(a) 0.5 mgRe (b) mgRe distance d2 , its speed will be [DCE 2002]

(c) 2 mgRe (d) 4 mgRe d12v1 d2v1

(a) (b)
d22 d1
71. An earth satellite S has an orbit radius which is 4 times that
d1v1 d22v1
of a communication satellite C. The period of revolution of S (c) (d)
d2 d12
is [DCE 1999]
(a) 4 days (b) 8 days
(c) 16 days (d) 32 days 78. The orbital speed of Jupiter is [MNR 1986; UPSEAT 2000]
(a) Greater than the orbital speed of earth
72. Which of the following quantities does not depend upon the (b) Less than the orbital speed of earth
orbital radius of the satellite [DCE 2000,03] (c) Equal to the orbital speed of earth
T T2 (d) Zero
(a) (b)
R R
79. Kepler's second law regarding constancy of aerial velocity of
T2 T2
(c) (d) a planet is a consequence of the law of conservation of
R2 R3 [CPMT 1990; AIIMS 2002]
(a) Energy (b) Angular momentum
73. The time period of a satellite of earth is 5 hours. If the
(c) Linear momentum (d) None of these
separation between the earth and the satellite is increased to
four times the previous value, the new time period will
80. The largest and the shortest distance of the earth from the
become [AIIMS 1995; AIEEE 2003]
sun are r1 and r2 , its distance from the sun when it is at the
(a) 20 hours (b) 10 hours
(c) 80 hours (d) 40 hours perpendicular to the major axis of the orbit drawn from the
sun [CBSE PMT 1991]

74. The distance of neptune and saturn from sun are nearly r1 r2 r1r2
(a) (b)
4 r1 r2
1013 and 1012 meters respectively. Assuming that they
move in circular orbits, their periodic times will be in the ratio 2r1r2 r1 r2
(c) (d)
[CBSE PMT 1994] r1 r2 3
(a) 10 (b) 100
81. A satellite A of mass m is at a distance of r from the centre of
(c) 10 10 (d) 1 / 10
the earth. Another satellite B of mass 2m is at a distance of
2r from the earth's centre. Their time periods are in the ratio
75. The figure shows the motion of a planet around the sun in
of [CBSE PMT 1993]
an elliptical orbit with sun at the focus. The shaded areas A
(a) 1 : 2 (b) 1 : 16
and B are also shown in the figure which can be assumed to
be equal. If t1 and t 2 represent the time for the planet to (c) 1 : 32 (d) 1 : 2 2
move from a to b and d to c respectively, then
[CPMT 1986, 88] 82. The earth E moves in an elliptical orbit with the sun S at one
of the foci as shown in figure. Its speed of motion will be
b maximum at the point [BHU 1994; CPMT 1997]
(a) t1 t2 a
A
C
(b) t1 t2 E
S (a) C
(c) t1 t2 (b) A A
B B
(d) t1 t2 (c) B S
d c
(d) D
D
76. The period of a satellite in a circular orbit of radius R is T,
the period of another satellite in a circular orbit of radius 4R 83. The period of revolution of planet A around the sun is 8
is [CPMT 1982; AIIMS 2000; CBSE PMT 2002] times that of B. The distance of A from the sun is how many
times greater than that of B from the sun
(a) 4T (b) T/4 [CBSE PMT 1997; BHU 2001]

(c) 8T (d) T/8 (a) 2 (b) 3

(c) 4 (d) 5

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84. If the radius of earth's orbit is made 1/4, the duration of an 92. A satellite S is moving in an elliptical orbit around the earth.
year will become [BHU 1998; JIPMER 2001, 2002] The mass of the satellite is very small compared to the mass
(a) 8 times (b) 4 times of earth [IIT 1998]
(c) 1/8 times (d) 1/4 times (a) The acceleration of S is always directed towards the
centre of the earth
85. Planetary system in the solar system describes (b) The angular momentum of S about the centre of the
[DCE 2010] earth changes in direction but its magnitude remains
(a) Conservation of energy constant
(b) Conservation of linear momentum (c) The total mechanical energy of S varies periodically with
time
(c) Conservation of angular momentum (d) The linear momentum of S remains constant in
(d) None of these magnitude

86. Kepler discovered [DCE 2000] 93. Suppose the gravitational force varies inversely as the n th
power of distance. Then the time period of a planet in
(a) Laws of motion
circular orbit of radius R around the sun will be proportional
(b) Laws of rotational motion to [AIEEE 2004]
(c) Laws of planetory motion n1 n1

2 2
(a) R (b) R
(d) Laws of curvilinear motion n 2

(c) R n (d) R 2

87. In the solar system, which is conserved [DCE 2001]

94. If the radius of the earth were to shrink by 1% its mass
(a) Total Energy (b) K.E.
remaining the same, the acceleration due to gravity on the
(c) Angular Velocity (d) Linear Momentum earth's surface would [IIT 1981; Roorkee 1992;]
(a) Decrease by 2% (b) Remain unchanged
88. The radius of orbit of a planet is two times that of the earth. (c) Increase by 2% (d) Increase by 1%
The time period of planet is [BHU 2003; CPMT 2004]
(a) 4.2 years (b) 2.8 years 95. In order to make the effective acceleration due to gravity
equal to zero at the equator, the angular velocity of rotation
(c) 5.6 years (d) 8.4 years
of the earth about its axis should be (g 10 ms 2 and radius
of earth is 6400 kms) [Roorkee 2000]
89. If a new planet is discovered rotating around Sun with the 1
orbital radius double that of earth, then what will be its time (a) 0 rad sec 1
(b) rad sec 1
800
period (in earth's days) [DCE 2004]
1 1
(a) 1032 (b) 1023 (c) rad sec 1 (d) rad sec 1
80 8
(c) 1024 (d) 1043
96. A simple pendulum has a time period T1 when on the
90. Earth is revolving around the sun if the distance of the Earth
earths surface and T2 when taken to a height R above the
from the Sun is reduced to 1/4th of the present distance then
the present day length reduced by [BHU 2005] earths surface, where R is the radius of the earth. The value
of T2 / T1 is [IIT-JEE 2007]
1 1
(a) (b)
4 2 (a) 1 (b) 2
(c) 4 (d) 2
1 1
(c) (d)
8 6
97. A body of mass m is taken from earth surface to the height h
91. Imagine a light planet revolving around a very massive star equal to radius of earth, the increase in potential energy will
in a circular orbit of radius R with a period of revolution T. If be
the gravitational force of attraction between planet and star is [IIT 1983;CBSE PMT 1991;MNR 1998; AIEEE 2004]
5

proportional to R 2 , then T 2 is proportional to 1
(a) mgR (b) mgR
[IIT 1989; RPMT 1997] 2
(a) R 3 (b) R7 / 2 1
(c) 2 mgR (d) mgR
4
(c) R5 / 2 (d) R 3 / 2

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98. An artificial satellite moving in a circular orbit around the 103. The height at which the acceleration due to gravity
earth has a total (kinetic + potential) energy E0 . Its potential g
becomes (where g = the acceleration due to gravity on
energy is [IIT 1997] 9
the surface of the earth) in terms of R, the radius of the
(a) E0 (b) 1.5 E0 earth, is :- [AIEEE - 2009]

(c) 2 E0 (d) E0 R R
(1) (2) 2R (3) 2R (4)
2 2
99. If the distance between the earth and the sun becomes half 104. Two bodies of masses m and 4m are placed at a distance
its present value, the number of days in a year would have r. The gravitational potential at a point on the line joining
been [IIT 1996] them where the gravitational field is zero is : [AIEEE - 2011]
(a) 64.5 (b) 129
6Gm 9Gm
(c) 182.5 (d) 730 (1) (2)
r r
100. A geostationary satellite orbits around the earth in a circular 4Gm
orbit of radius 36000 km. Then, the time period of a satellite (3) zero (4) B
orbiting a few hundred kilometers above the earths surface r
(REarth 6400 km) will approximately be 105. Two particles of equal mass 'm' go around a circle of
[IIT-JEE (Screening) 2002] radius R under the action of their mutual gravitational
(a) 1/2 h (b) 1 h attraction. The speed of each particle with respect to their
(c) 2 h (d) 4 h centre of mass is:- [AIEEE-2011]

Gm Gm
101. A planet in a distance solar system is 10 times more (1) (2)
massive than the earth and its radius is 10 times smaller. R 4R
Given that the escape velocity from the earth is 11 km s -1,
Gm Gm
the escape velocity from the surface of the planet would (3) (4)
be [AIEEE - 2008] 3R 2R
(1) 1.1 km s-1 (2) 11 km s-1
(3) 110 km s-1 (4) 0.11 km s-1 106. The mass of a spaceship is 1000 kg. It is to be launched
from the earth's surface out into free space. The value of
102. This quqestion contains statement-1 and statement -2 of 'g' and 'R' (radius of earth) are 10 m/s2 and 6400 km
the four choices given after the statements, choose the respectively. The required energy for this work will be :-
[AIEEE-2012]
one that best describes the two statements. [AIEEE - 2008] (1) 6.4 10 Joules
10
(2) 6.4 1011 Joules
Statement 1: For a mass M kept at the centre of a cube of
(3) 6.4 108 Joules (4) 6.4 109 Joules
side a, the flux of graviational field passing through its
sides is 4GM. 107. A stone drop from height 'h' reaches to Earth surface in1
Statement 2 : If the direction of a field due to a point sec. If the same stone taken to Moon and drop freely then
it will reaches from the surface of the Moon in the time
source is radial and its dependence on the distance r (The 'g' of Moon is 1/6 times of Earth):
I (A) 6 second (B) 9 second
from the source is given as , its flux through a closed
r2
(C) 3 second (D) 6 second
surface depends only on the strength of the source
enclosed by the surface and not on the size or shape of
108. Three particles are projected vertically upward from a
the surface.
point on the surface of the Earth with velocities 2gR / 3
(1) Statement 1 is false, Statement 2 is true
gR , 4gR / 3 respectively where R is the radius of
(2) Statement1 is true, Statement2 is true; Statement2
the Earth and g is the acceleration due to gravity on the
is a correct explanation for Statement1 surface of the Earth. The maximum heights attained are
(3) Statement1 is true, Statement2 is true; Statement2 respectively h1, h2, h3.
is not a correct explanation for Statement1 (A) h1 : h2 = 2 : 3 (B) h2 : h3 = 3 : 4

(4) Statement1 is true, Statement2 is false (C) h1 : h3 = 1 : 4 (D) h2 = R : 2R

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109. A planet is revolving around the Sun in an elliptical orbit. ANSWERS KEY (Gravitational)
Its closest distance from the Sun is r min. The farthest
distance from the Sun is rmax. If the orbital angular velocity
1 B 2 B 3 C 4 D 5 A
of the planet when it is nearest to the Sun is , then the
orbital angular velocity at the point when it is at the
farthest distance from the Sun is 6 A 7 A 8 D 9 B 10 D

r r
(A) min (B) max 11 A 12 B 13 A 14 B 15 A
rmax rmin
2 2 16 B 17 C 18 A 19 C 20 C
r r
(C) max (D) min
rmin rmax 21 B 22 B 23 B 24 C 25 C
110. The gravitational field due to a mass distribution is
K 26 B 27 A 28 A 29 C 30 C
E 3 in the xdirection. (K is a constant). Taking the
x
gravitational potential to be zero at infinity, its value at the 31 D 32 B 33 C 34 B 35 D
distance x is :
K K K K 36 C 37 A 38 C 39 A 40 B
(A) (B) (C) 2 (D)
x 2x x 2x2
41 C 42 C 43 A 44 D 45 C
111. Potential energy and kinetic energy of a two particle
system are shown by KE and PE. respectively in figure.
46 B 47 D 48 B 49 C 50 B
This system is bound at :

51 B 52 A 53 C 54 B 55 D

kine
energy

tic en
ergy 56 B 57 C 58 D 59 B 60 A

A B 61 D 62 B 63 A 64 D 65 A
ergy
al en
enti
pot
66 C 67 D 68 D 69 B 70 A

71 B 72 D 73 D 74 C 75 C
(A) Only point A (B) Only point D
(C) Points A, B, and C (D) All points A, B, C and D 76 C 77 C 78 B 79 B 80 C
112. A man of mass m starts falling towards a planet of mass M
and radius R. As he reaches near to the surface, he 81 D 82 B 83 C 84 C 85 C
realizes that he will pass through a small hole in the
planet. As he enters the hole, he seen that the planet is 86 C 87 A 88 B 89 A 90 C
really made of two pieces a spherical shell of negligible
2M M
thickness of mass and a point mass at the 91 B 92 A 93 A 94 C 95 B
3 3
centre. Change in the force of gravity experienced by the
man is : 96 D 97 B 98 C 99 B 100 C
2 GMm 1 GMm 4 GMm
(A) (B) 0 (C) (D) 101 C 102 B 103 C 104 B 105 B
3 R2 3 R2 3 R2
113. Three identical point masses, each of mass 1 kg lie in the
xy plane at points (0, 0) (0, 0.2m) and (0.2m,0). The
106 A 107 A 108 C 109 D 110 D
gravitational force on the mass at the origin is
(A) 1.67 x 1011 (i j)N (B) 3.34 x 1010 (i j)N
111 C 112 A 113 C

(C) 1.67 x 109 (i j)N (D) 3.34 x 1010 (i j)N

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