A body weighs \(200\text{ N}\) on the surface of the earth. How much will it weigh halfway down to the centre of the earth?
1. \(100\text{ N}\)
2. \(150\text{ N}\)
3. \(200\text{ N}\)
4. \(250\text{ N}\)
What is the depth at which the value of acceleration due to gravity becomes \(1/n\) times the value that at the surface of the earth? (radius of earth = \(R\))
1. \(\dfrac{R}{n^2}\)
2. \(\dfrac{R(n-1)}{n}\)
3. \(\dfrac{Rn}{(n-1)}\)
4. \(\dfrac{R}{n}\)
| 1. | \(72\) N | 2. | \(32\) N |
| 3. | \(28\) N | 4. | \(16\) N |
The dependence of acceleration due to gravity \('g'\) on the distance \('r'\) from the centre of the earth, assumed to be a sphere of radius \(R\) of uniform density, is as shown in figure below:
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(b) | ![]() |
| (c) | ![]() |
(d) | ![]() |
The correct figure is:
1. \(a\)
2. \(b\)
3. \(c\)
4. \(d\)

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Two girls are standing on the edge of a building tossing coins over the edge. Alice is dropping her coins, each of which is \(10~\text{gm}.\) Barbara is tossing her coins horizontally at \(0.3~\text{m/s},\) and her coins are \(40~\text{gm}\) each (see figure). Ignore air resistance.

| 1. | One-fourth |
| 2. | Same |
| 3. | Four times |
| 4. | Dependent on the height at which the acceleration is recorded |
| 1. | \(100\) N | 2. | \(300\) N |
| 3. | \(200\) N | 4. | \(250\) N |
The height from the surface of the earth at which the value of \(g\) becomes one-fourth of that on the earth’s surface will be:
(\(R\) is the radius of the earth)
| 1. | \(2.45 R\) | 2. | \(1.45 R\) |
| 3. | \(R\) | 4. | \(\dfrac{5}{6}R\) |
| 1. | half | 2. | four times |
| 3. | twice | 4. | three times |
| 1. | \(1: 29.4\) | 2. | \(1:6\) |
| 3. | \(1: 4.9\) | 4. | \(1: 3\) |