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Ch–09 Gravitation
Daily Practice Problem 01

REVISION: Q3. In the arrangement shown in the figure,

the elevator is going up with an acceleration
Q1. A 5 𝑚𝑚 long pole of 3 𝑘𝑘𝑘𝑘 mass is placed of 𝑔𝑔/10. If the pulley and the string are light
against a smooth vertical wall as shown in and the pulley is smooth, the tension in the
the figure. Under equilibrium condition, if the string 𝐴𝐴𝐴𝐴 is
pole makes an angle of 37° with the
horizontal, the frictional force between the
pole and horizontal surface is

44
(a) mg
30
(a) 20 N
88
(b) mg
(b) 30 N 15
22
(c) 20 𝜇𝜇N (c) mg
15
(d) 30 𝜇𝜇N
44
(d) mg
150

Q2. A bullet fired into a fixed target loses half

its velocity after penetrating 3 𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐. How much
further it will penetrate before coming to rest TODAY’S DPP:
assuming that it faces constant resistance to
motion? Q4. An earth's satellite is moving in a circular
(a) 1.5 cm orbit with a uniform speed 𝑣𝑣. If the
gravitational force of the earth suddenly
(b) 1.0 cm disappears, the satellite will
(c) 3.0 cm (a) vanish into outer space
(d) 2.0 cm (b) continue to move with velocity 𝑣𝑣 in
original orbit
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(c) fall down with increasing velocity
(d) fly off tangentially from the orbit with
velocity 𝑣𝑣
Q5. Mars has a diameter of approximately
0.5 of that of earth, and mass of 0.1 of that of
earth. The surface gravitational field strength
on mars as compared to that on earth is a
factor of -
Q8. Three equal masses of 2 𝑘𝑘𝑘𝑘 each are
placed at the vertices of an equilateral
triangle and a mass of 4 𝑘𝑘𝑘𝑘 is placed at the
centroid of the triangle which is at a distance
of √2 m from each of the vertices of the
triangle. The force, (in newton) acting on the
mass of 4 𝑘𝑘𝑘𝑘 is
(a) 2
(b) √2

(a) 0.1 (c) 1

(b) 0.2 (d) zero

(c) 2.0

(d) 0.4 Q9. The force of gravitation is

(a) repulsive

Q6. A mass of 10 𝑘𝑘𝑘𝑘 is balanced on a (b) attractive

sensitive physical balance. A 1000 kg mass (c) conservative
is placed below 10 𝑘𝑘𝑘𝑘 mass at a distance of
1 𝑚𝑚. How much additional mass will be (d) Both (b) and (c)
required for balancing the physical balance

(a) 66 × 10−15 𝑘𝑘𝑘𝑘 Q10. Four particles of masses 𝑚𝑚, 2𝑚𝑚, 3𝑚𝑚
(b) 6.7 × 10 −8
𝑘𝑘𝑘𝑘 and 4𝑚𝑚 are kept in sequence at the corners
of a square of side 𝑎𝑎. The magnitude of
(c) 66 × 10−12 𝑘𝑘𝑘𝑘 gravitational force acting on a particle of
(d) 6.7 × 10−6 𝑘𝑘𝑘𝑘 mass m placed at the centre of the square
will be:

24𝑚𝑚2 𝐺𝐺
(a)
Q7. Gravitational force between a point 𝑎𝑎2
mass 𝑚𝑚 and 𝑀𝑀 separated by a distance is 𝐹𝐹.
6𝑚𝑚2 𝐺𝐺
Now if a point mass 2𝑚𝑚 is placed next to 𝑚𝑚 (b)
𝑎𝑎2
in contact with it, the force on 𝑀𝑀 due to 𝑚𝑚 and
the total force on 𝑀𝑀 are 4√2𝐺𝐺𝑚𝑚2
(c)
𝑎𝑎2
(a) 2𝐹𝐹, 𝐹𝐹
(d) 𝑧𝑧𝑧𝑧𝑧𝑧𝑧𝑧
(b) 𝐹𝐹, 2𝐹𝐹

(c) 𝐹𝐹, 3𝐹𝐹

Q11. Six point masses each of mass 𝑚𝑚 are
(d) 𝐹𝐹, 𝐹𝐹
placed at the vertices of a regular hexagon of
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side 𝑙𝑙. The force acting on any of the masses

is
𝐺𝐺𝑚𝑚2 5 1
(a) 𝑙𝑙 2
�4 + �
√3

𝐺𝐺𝑚𝑚2 3 1
(b) � + �
𝑙𝑙 2 4 √3

𝐺𝐺𝑚𝑚2 5 1
(c) � − � Q15. The distance of the centres of moon
𝑙𝑙 2 4 √3
and earth is 𝐷𝐷. The mass of earth is 81 times
𝐺𝐺𝑚𝑚2 3 1
(d) � − � the mass of the moon. At what distance from
𝑙𝑙 2 4 √3
the centre of the earth, the gravitational force
on a particle will be zero

Q12. The mass of moon is 1% of mass of (a)

𝐷𝐷
Earth. The ratio of gravitational pull of Earth 2
on moon and that of moon on Earth will be 2𝐷𝐷
(b)
3
(a) 1 : 1
4𝐷𝐷
(b) 1 : 10 (c)
3
(c) 1 : 100 9𝐷𝐷
(d)
(d) 2 : 1 10

Q16. Two balls, each of radius 𝑅𝑅, equal

Q13. Mass particles of 1 𝑘𝑘𝑘𝑘 each are placed
mass and density are placed in contact, then
along 𝑥𝑥-axis at 𝑥𝑥(𝑚𝑚𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑒) = 1, 2, 4, 8, . . . . . ∞.
the force of gravitation between them is
Then gravitational force on a mass of 3𝑘𝑘𝑘𝑘
proportional to
placed at origin is (𝐺𝐺 = universal gravitational
constant) :- (a) 𝐹𝐹 ∝
1
𝑅𝑅2
(a) 4G
(b) 𝐹𝐹 ∝ 𝑅𝑅
4𝐺𝐺
(b) (c) 𝐹𝐹 ∝ 𝑅𝑅 4
3
1
(c) 2𝐺𝐺 (d) 𝐹𝐹 ∝
𝑅𝑅

(d) ∞

Q17. If the distance between the sun and the

earth is increased by three times, then
Q14. Infinite particles each of mass ′𝑀𝑀′ are
attraction between two will
placed at positions 𝑥𝑥 = 1 𝑚𝑚, 𝑥𝑥 = 2 𝑚𝑚, 𝑥𝑥 =
4 𝑚𝑚 … . ∞. Find the gravitation field intensity (a) remain constant
at the origin.
(b) decrease by 63%
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(c) increase by 63% (d) decrease by 89%

ANSWERS

1. a 7. c 13. a

2. b 8. d 4
14. 𝐺𝐺𝐺𝐺𝚤𝚤̂
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3. a 9. d
15. d

4. d 10. c
16. c

5. d 11. a
17. d

6. b 12. a