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What are the `SI` units of gravitational intansity and gravitational potential?

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The `SI` unit of gravitational intensity is `N kg^(-1)` or `ms^(-2)` and `SI` unit of gravitational potential is `J kg^(-1)`.
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  • The gravitational potential

    A
    is same everywhere inside a uniform spherical shell.
    B
    at a point is always negative.
    C
    is maximum at infinity.
    D
    of a body is the gravitational potential energy per unit mass of the body.

  • The SI unit of gravitational constant is

    A
    N
    B
    J
    C
    `m//s^(2)`
    D
    `Nm^(2)kg^(-2)`

  • The S.I. unit of gravitational potential is

    A
    `J`
    B
    `J-kg^(-1)`
    C
    `J-kg`
    D
    `J-kg^(2)`

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