Gravitation MCQs
Gravitation MCQs
Gravitation MCQs
EXERCISE # 1
Q.1
Two satellites S1 and S2 revolve round a planet in the same direction in circular orbits. Their period of revolution
are 1 hour and 8 hour respectively. The radius of S1 is 104 km. The velocity of S2 with respect to S1 will be
[1] 104 km/hr
Q.2
[2] /3 rad/sec
[3] /6 rad/hr
A mass M splits into two parts m and (M m), which are then separated by a certain distance. What ratio
(m/M) maximies the gravitational force between the parts ?
[1]
Q.4
Q.3
2
3
[2]
3
4
[3]
1
2
[4]
1
3
1
the velocity of light then inertial mass will
2
be
[1] 2 kg
Q.5
[2] 1 kg
[3]
3 kg
[4] 0 kg
What would be the angular speed of earth, so that bodies lying on equator may appear weightless ?
(g = 10m/s2 and radius of earth = 6400 km)
[1] 1.25 103 rad/sec
Q.6
[2] 32 J
[3] 160 J
[4] 320 J
Two bodies of mass 100 kg and 104 kg are lying one meter apart. At what distance from 100 kg body will
the intensity of gravitational field be zero
[1]
Q.9
On a planet (whose size is the same as that of earth and mass 4 times to the earth) the energy needed to
lift a 2kg mass vertically upwards through 2m distance on the planet is (g = 10m/sec2 on surface of earth)
[1] 16 J
Q.8
The speed with which the earth have to rotate on its axis so that a person on the equator would weight
(3/5)th as much as present will be (Take the equatorial radius as 6400 km.)
[1] 3.28 104 rad/sec
Q.7
1
m
9
[2]
1
m
10
[3]
1
m
11
[4]
10
m
11
Two bodies of mass 102 kg and 103 kg are lying 1m apart. The gravitational potential at the mid-point of the
line joining them is
[1] 0
Q.10 If g is the acceleration due to gravity on the earths surface, the gain in P.E. of an object of mass m raised
from the surface of the earth to a height of the radius R of the earth is
[1] mgR
[2] 2mgR
[3]
1
mgR
2
[4]
1
mgR
4
Q.11 The mass and radius of earth and moon are M1, R1 and M2, R2 respectively. Their centres are d distance apart.
With what velocity should a particle of mass m be projected from the mid point of their centres so that it may
escape out to infinity.
[1]
G(M1 + M2 )
d
[2]
2G(M1 + M2 )
d
[3]
4G(M1 + M2 )
d
[4]
GM1M2
d