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What are the main features of gravitational force?

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Some features of gravitation forces are :
(a) It is always attractive in nature
(b) Weakest force in nature
(c) It also acts on large distances .
(d) It is central force.
(e) It is conservative in nature .
(f) It obeys the inverse square law of distance. Thus gravitational force between two bodies in inversely proportional to the square of distance between them .
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  • The gravitational force is a

    A
    contact force
    B
    action - at -a distance force
    C
    neither (a) nor (b)
    D
    both (a) and (b)

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