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The acceleration due to gravity on a planet is `1.96 ms^(-1)`. If it is safe to jump from a height of 2 m on the earth, what will be the corresponding safe height on the planet?

A

5m

B

2m

C

10m

D

20m

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ALLEN -GRAVITATION-EXERCISE 1
  1. The value of 'g' on earth surface depends :-

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  2. The value of 'g' reduces to half of its value at surface of earth at a...

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  3. The acceleration due to gravity on a planet is 1.96 ms^(-1). If it is ...

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  4. If the earth stops rotating sudenly, the value of g at a place other t...

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  5. Diameter and mass of a planet is double that earth. Then time period o...

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  6. Gravitation on moon is (1)/(6) th of that on earth. When a balloon fil...

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  7. The acceleration due to gravity g and mean density of earth rho are re...

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  8. Will 1 kg sugar be more at poles or at the equator?

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  9. When you move from equator to pole, the value of acceleration due to g...

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  10. When the radius of earth is reduced by 1% without changing the mass, t...

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  11. Weight of a body of mass m decreases by 1% when it is raised to height...

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  12. Acceleration due to gravity at earth's surface if 'g' m//s^(2). Find t...

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  13. The mass of moon 1% of mass of earth. The ratio of gravitational pull ...

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  14. Imagine a new planet having the same density as that of earth but 3 ti...

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  15. The change in the value of g at a height h above the surface of the ea...

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  16. If the speed of rotation of earth about its axis increases, then the w...

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  17. A body weighs W newton at the surface of the earth. Its weight at a he...

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  18. The imaginary angular velocity of the earth for which the effective ac...

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  19. A particle falls on earth : (i) from infinity. (ii) from a height 10...

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  20. Two different masses are droped from same heights. When these just str...

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