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MCQ’s on
Gravitation

1. Which of the following basic forces in nature is the weakest?

(a) Gravitational force (b) Weak nuclear force
(c) Strong nuclear force (d) Electromagnetic force

2. Which basic force is responsible for the motion of falling objects and motion of planets
around the sun?
(a) Electromagnetic force (b) Strong nuclear force
(c) Weak nuclear force (d) Gravitational force

3. The gravitational force between two bodies is:-

(a) Resistive force (b) Impulsive force
(c) Action and reaction force (d) None of these

4. Force responsible for the motion of the planets around the sun is:-
(a) Gravitational force (b) Repulsive force
(c) Binding force (d) None of these

5. If the distance between two mass particles is doubled, the gravitational force between
them:-
(a) Is reduced to half of the original value
(b) Is reduced to one fourth of the original value
(c) Becomes double
(d) Becomes four times

6. If the distance between two mass particles is halved, the gravitational force between
them becomes:-
(a) Four times (b) Three times
(c) Double (d) Half

7. If the distance between two mass particles is doubled and their masses are also
doubled, the gravitational force:-
(a) Is doubled (b) Is halved
(c) Becomes four times (d) Remains unchanged (constant)

8. Which one of the following is not a universal constant?

(a) Planck’s constant (b) Acceleration due to gravity
(c) Gas constant (d) Gravitational constant

9. The value of gravitational constant G was first determined in the laboratory by:-
(a) Newton (b) Maxwell
(c) Einstein (d) Cavendish

10. The minimum velocity at which a body must be projected to go out from earth’s
gravitational pull is called:-
(a) Angular velocity (b) Escape velocity
(c) Terminal velocity (d) Root mean square velocity

11. Gravitational force between the bodies is given as:-

(a) F = m1m2/r2 (b) F = G m1m2/r2
2
(c) F = g m1m2/r (d) F = G m1m2/r

12. The value of G, in S.I.:-

(a) 6.673 x 10¯11 (b) 6.673 x 1011
(c) 66.73 x 10¯11 (b) 66.73 x 1011

13. Which one of the following can be used to determine the mass of the earth?
(a) Kepler’s law (b) Newton’s second law of motion
(c) Coulomb’s law (d) Newton’s law of gravitation

14. The value of acceleration due to gravity g at the center of earth is:-

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(a) 19.6 m/s2 (b) 9.8 m/s2

(c) 4.9 m/s2 (d) Zero

15. The value of g is:-

(a) Greatest at the equator (b) Least at the equator
(c) Least at the poles (d) Same all over the earth surface

16. The sun exerts A force of attraction on the planets thus keeping them in their:-
(a) Axis (b) Radii
(c) Orbits (d) State of motion

17. The value of g, on the surface of the earth:-

(a) Maximum (b) Minimum
(c) Half (d) One fourth

18. The weight of a body is minimum at:-

(a) The equator (b) The poles
(c) A place in between poles and equator
(d) None of these

19. As we go below the surface of the earth the value of g:-

(a) Decreases (b) Increases
(c) Become zero (d) Remains unchanged

20. The earth attracts the other body towards its center is given by:-
(a) F = Mm / R (b) F = GMm / R
(c) F = GMm / R2 (d) F = G2Mm / R

21. g, does not depend upon in absence of friction:-

(a) Mass of the body (b) Weight of the body
(c) Distance from the earth (d) None of these

22. At what depth below the earth surface the value of g reduces to one half of its value on
the earth’s surface:-
(a) Re/4 (b) Re/2
(c) Re (d) 2Re

23. The value of g at a height equal to the radius of earth from its surface is:-
(a) g (b) g/2
(c) g/4 (d) 2g

24. The artificial gravity is created in a satellite to overcome the state of weightlessness,
experienced by the astronauts in it, by:-
(a) Decreasing the orbital speed of the satellite
(b) By increasing the orbital speed of the satellite
(c) By causing the satellite to rotate about its own axis
(d) None of these

25. A body in satellite orbiting round the earth is weightless because:-

(a) It is essentially a freely falling body
(b) It is far away from the earth to experience the pull of the earth
(c) The moon attracts the body with a force equal to its weight
(d) None of these

26. The artificial gravity is created in the satellite to:-

(a) Increase the orbital speed of the satellite
(b) Keep the satellite in its orbit
(c) Keep the orbit radius of the satellite constant
(d) Overcome the weightlessness experienced by the astronaut

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27. The weight of a man in an elevator moving down with an acceleration of 9.8 m/s 2 will
become:-
(a) Double (b) Half
(c) Zero (d) Unchanged

28. Value of g is maximum at:-

(a) Poles (b) Equator
(c) Poles and equator (d) Center of the earth

29. The acceleration due to gravity at the surface of moon i.e. gm is:-
(a) 1.6 m/s2 (b) 1.8 m/s2
(c) 1.9 m/s2 (b) 16 m/s2

30. Weight rather than mass must be used when calculating:-

(a) The gravitational force between two bodies
(b) Specific heat capacity of a body
(c) The stress in a wire due to a load hanging from it
(d) The momentum of inertial of a body

31. Weight of the body of mass 10 kg at the center of the earth is:-
(a) 10 N (b) 9.8 N
(c) 98 N (d) 0

32. A body of mass m is projected from the earth’s surface. At the point of launch, the
acceleration of free fall is g and the radius of earth is R e. To escape from the
gravitational field of the earth, the speed of the body (i.e. escape velocity) must be at
least):-
(a) g Re (b) m g Re
(c) 2g Re (d) m g / 2 Re

33. Weight of the body mass 10 kg at the surface of the earth is:-
(a) 9.8 N (b) 98 N
(c) 980 N (d) 0

34. A body of mass m moves in a horizontal circle of radius r at constant speed V. The
work done by the centripetal force is:-
(a) 2 m v2 (b) m v2
(c) mv 2
(d) Zero

35. g, is inversely proportional to the:-

(a) Mass of the body (b) Mass of the earth
(c) Distance from the center of the earth
(d) Square of the distance from the center of the earth

36. Assuming the earth to be a uniform sphere rotating about an axis through the poles,
the weight of a body at the equator compared with its weight at the pole would be:-
(a) Greater (b) Smaller
(c) Equal (d) None of these

37. g, at a distance R from the surface of the earth:-

(a) g = GM/R (b) g = GM/4R2
2
(c) g = GM/4R (d) g = GM2/R

38. g, at the surface of the moon becomes:-

(a) 1/4 g (b) 1/6 g
(c) 1/9 g (d) 1/12 g

39. An ice-skater can greatly increase his speed in a spin by drawing in his limbs towards
the spin axis. This is because:=
(a) His moment of inertia decrease (b) His angular momentum increases

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(c) His potential energy decreases (d) His center of gravity changes

40. If M is the mass and R is the radius of the earth, then which one of the following
equations correctly relates the universal gravitational constant G to the acceleration of
free fall g at the surface of the Earth?
(a) G = gM/R2 (b) G = R2/gM
2
(c) G = gR /M (d) G = M/gR2

41. The electrons revolve around the nucleus of an atom due to:-
(a) Electric force (b) Gravitational force
(c) Electromagnetic force (d) None of these

42. The force which is responsible for the motion of planets around the sun is:-
(a) Weak nuclear force (b) Strong nuclear force
(c) Gravitational force (d) Electromagnetic force

43. The range of strong nuclear force is:-

(a) 0.4 x 10¯15 (b) 14 x 10¯15
(c) 10¯15 (d) None of these

44. The relative strength of electromagnetic force is:-

(a) 10¯5 (b) 10¯2
(c) 10 (d) 10¯3

45. The relative strength of weak nuclear force is:-

(a) 10¯13 (b) 10¯12
11
(c) 10¯ (d) 10¯17

46. The range of gravitational force is:-

(a) 10¯13 (b) 10¯5
(c) 10¯7 (d) 10¯10

47. What will be the weight of 600 N body on the surface of the moon?
(a) 600 N (b) 1000 N
(c) 100 N (d) 10 N

48. When the earth gravitational pull is balanced by centripetal force of space craft than
the weight of the astronauts will become:-
(a) Doubled (b) Zero
(c) Halved (d) None of these

49. Gravitational force cannot be screened out by any known means:-

(a) True (b) False
(c) Sometimes true (d) None of these

50. Artificial gravity can be created in the space craft by:-

(a) Spinning it (b) Increasing the orbital speed
(c) Decreasing the orbital speed (d) None of these

51. The theory which unified the weak and electromagnetic was put forward by:-
(a) Dr. Abdul Salam (b) Einstein
(c) Newton (d) None of these

52. The space or region around the earth were a body can experience a force of attraction
due to the earth is called:-
(a) Electric field (b) Magnetic field
(c) Attractive field (d) Gravitational field

53. The motion of falling objects and the moving of planets and galaxies around the sun is
due to:-

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(a) Gravitational forces (b) Strong nuclear forces

(c) Weak nuclear forces (d) Electromagnetic forces

54. The gravitational theory was presented by:-

(a) Einstein (b) Newton
(c) Weinberg (d) None of these

55. Newton’s law of gravitation is stated as “Every body attracts every other body with a
force which is directly proportional to the product of masses and inversely proportional
to:-
(a) Square of product of their radii (b) Distance between them
(c) Square of distance between their centre (d) Square of distance between them

56. The gravitational force between two bodies is:-

(a) Action force (b) Reaction force
(c) Both (a) and (b) (d) None of these

57. The force of attraction between earth and any material object is called:-
(a) Force of gravity (b) Gravitation
(c) Force of attraction (d) None of these

58. The radius of earth is:-

(a) 6.4 x 106 m (b) 4.6 x 106 m
(c) 6.4 x 108 m (d) 4.6 x 108 m

59. The diameter of moon is ________ times the diameter of earth.

(a) 1/6 (b) 1/3.65
(c) 1/5.365 (d) 1/5.6

60. The radius of moon is:-

(a) 1.74 x 106 m (b) 4.17 x 106 m
(c) 4.17 x 104 m (d) 1.74 x 104 m

61. The mass of earth can be determined by the equation:-

(a) Me = Re2g/G (b) Me = ReG/g
(c) Me = Re2G/g (d) Me = Reg/G

62. The mass of earth is:-

(a) 6 x 1022 kg (b) 6 x 1024 kg
(c) 6 x 1026 kg (d) 6 x 1028 kg

63. The value of g is maximum at:-

(a) Surface of earth (b) Below the surface of earth
(c) Above the surface of earth (d) At the center of earth

64. The value of g is maximum at:-

(a) Poles (b) Equator
(c) In between equator and poles (d) None of these

65. The value of g is affected by earth’s:-

(a) None-special shape (b) Daily rotation
(c) Both (a) and (b) (d) None of these

66. If the mass of earth becomes four times then the value of g becomes:-
(a) Four times (b) Half
(c) Double (d) No effect

67. If both the values of mass and radius of earth are doubled the value of g will be:-
(a) 9.8 m/s2 (b) 19.6 m/s2
2
(c) 4.9 m/s (d) 39.2 m/s2

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Gravitation

68. If mass and radius of earth becomes half then value of g will be:-
(a) 4.9 m/s2 (b) 9.8 m/s2
2
(c) 19.6 m/s (d) 39.2 m/s2

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