A body weighs \(200\text{ N}\) on the surface of the earth. How much will it weigh halfway down to the centre of the earth?

1. \(100\text{ N}\)

2. \(150\text{ N}\)

3. \(200\text{ N}\)

4. \(250\text{ N}\)

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What is the depth at which the value of acceleration due to gravity becomes \(1/n\) times the value that at the surface of the earth? (radius of earth = \(R\))

1. \(\dfrac{R}{n^2}\)

2. \(\dfrac{R(n-1)}{n}\)

3. \(\dfrac{Rn}{(n-1)}\)

4. \(\dfrac{R}{n}\)

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A body weighs \(72\) N on the surface of the earth. What is the gravitational force on it due to the earth at a height equal to half the radius of the earth from the surface?
1. \(72\) N 2. \(32\) N
3. \(28\) N 4. \(16\) N
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If the acceleration due to gravity experienced by a point mass at a height \(h\) above the surface of the earth is the same as that of the acceleration due to gravity at a depth \(\alpha h\left(h \ll \mathrm{R}_e\right)\) from the earth's surface. The value of \(\alpha\) will be:
(use \(R_e = 6400~\text{km}\))
1. \(1\)
2. \(2\)
3. \(3\)
4. \(4\)
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The dependence of acceleration due to gravity \('g'\) on the distance \('r'\) from the centre of the earth, assumed to be a sphere of radius \(R\) of uniform density, is as shown in figure below:

(a) (b)
(c) (d)


                    
The correct figure is:
1. \(a\)

2. \(b\)

3. \(c\)

4. \(d\)

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Two girls are standing on the edge of a building tossing coins over the edge. Alice is dropping her coins, each of which is \(10~\text{gm}.\) Barbara is tossing her coins horizontally at \(0.3~\text{m/s},\) and her coins are \(40~\text{gm}\) each (see figure). Ignore air resistance.

              
When the coins are in free fall, acceleration of one of Alice’s coins compared to the acceleration of one of Barbara’s coins is:
1. One-fourth 
2. Same
3. Four times
4. Dependent on the height at which the acceleration is recorded
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The weight of an object on the earth’s surface is \(400\) N. What would be the weight of the same object at a depth \(\dfrac{R}{2}\) from the surface?
(where \(R\) is the radius of the earth)
1. \(100\) N 2. \(300\) N
3. \(200\) N 4. \(250\) N
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The height from the surface of the earth at which the value of \(g\) becomes one-fourth of that on the earth’s surface will be:
(\(R\) is the radius of the earth)

1. \(2.45 R\) 2. \(1.45 R\)
3. \(R\) 4. \(\dfrac{5}{6}R\)
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If the diameter of the earth becomes half keeping mass constant, then the acceleration due to gravity at the surface of the earth becomes:
1. half 2. four times
3. twice 4. three times
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A \(\mathrm{DNA}\) sample has a mass of \(2~\text{mg},\) and an \(\mathrm{RNA}\) sample has a mass three times that of the \(\mathrm{DNA}.\) What is the ratio of the weight of the \(\mathrm{DNA}\) to the weight of the \(\mathrm{RNA}\) if both were weighed on the Moon?
1. \(1: 29.4\) 2. \(1:6\)
3. \(1: 4.9\) 4. \(1: 3\)
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