12 MEGACOS

GRAVITATION
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS (SINGLE OPTION CORRECT)
Newton deduced the inverse square law of gravitation
A) by observing motion of an apple falling from a tree. [2009
(B) by using Kepler's laws of planetary motion.
(C) by studying motion of different objects in the laboratory.
(D) by using data obtained from Cavendish experiment.
2 Three particles each of mass m are placed at the vertices of a triangle of sides
force experienced by each mass is
r. The
2012]
A) 5 Gm ()
C) Gm
(D) 2Gm
The percentage change in acceleration due to
earth compared to that on the surface of earth is gravity altitude equal to radius of
at an

(A) 25% increase given by [2013]

(B) 35% decrease
(C) 25% decrease (D) 75% decreases
4.) Gravitational collapse is the contraction of an astronomical
object under its own gravity.
This draws the matter inwards towards the
centre of gravity. A neutron
example of the collapsed core of a giant star. A certain star is an
mass 1.5 M. The neutron star of radius 10 km is of
acceleration due to gravity on the surface of the neutron star is
nearly
(A) 2.0 x 101" m/s2 [oQJs 2020-21]
(C) 2.6 x 101 m/s2 (B) 2.0x 102 m/s2
(D)2.0x 1020 m/s2