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Outside the earth, the weight of a body veries as ……………………..

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`1//(R+h)^(2)`
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  1. The CGS unit of weight is the …………………….

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  2. The weight of a body is ………………… at the poles.

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  3. Outside the earth, the weight of a body veries as ……………………..

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  4. Dut to the ………………. Force, the earth attracts all objects towards it.

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  5. The acceleration due to gravity does dose not depend on the…………….. Of ...

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  6. According to Kepler's first law, the orbit of a planet is …………………… wit...

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  7. According to Kelper's second law, the line joining the planet and the ...

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  8. According to Kepler's third law T^(2) prop r^(n), where n = ………………….

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  9. For a freely falling object we can write Newton's second equation of ...

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  10. Write the proper answer in the square. "If this F = x ...

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  11. Write the proper answer in the square. "If "F=(Gm(1)m(2))/(d^(2))...

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  12. The gravitational force between two particles separated by a distance ...

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  13. In the usual notation, the acceleration due to gravity at a height h f...

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  14. The SI unit of the universal constant of gravitation is …………. .

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  15. The escape velocity of a body from the earth's surface, v("esc")=……….....

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  16. How much will a person with 72 N weight on the earth, weigh on the moo...

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  17. What will be the weight of a person on the earth, who weights 9 N on t...

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  18. If the separation between two particles is doubled, the gravitational ...

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  19. The CGS unit of the universal constant of gravitation is the dyne cm^(...

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  20. At the centre of the earth , the value of the acceleration due to grav...

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