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9X SARQ – J – Gravitation
Class 9 Science ASSERTION REASON QUESTIONS
DIRECTION : In each of the following
questions, a statement of Assertion is given
followed by a corresponding statement of
Reason just below it. Of the statements, mark
the correct
answer as
(a) Both assertion and reason are true and
reason is the correct explanation of
assertion. (b) Both assertion and reason are
true but reason is not the correct explanation
of assertion.
(c) Assertion is true but reason is
false. (d) Assertion is false but reason
is true
Question 1.
Assertion: Mass of an object is always zero.
Reason: Mass of an object is the measure of
its inertia and the substance contained by the
body.
Question 2.
Assertion: On moon, man feels lighter than
earth.
Reason: Due to more gravitational force
exerted by moon on man.
Question 3.
Assertion: If the distance between two bodies
of mass m1, and m2, increased by a factor of 5,
the gravitational force is reduced by 1/25
Reason: The gravitational force is inversely
proportional to the square of the distance
between two bodies.
Question 4.
Assertion: An object thrown vertically upward
with certain velocity v, reaches maximum
height and fall back with same velocity.
Reason: Whenever an object falls towards the
earth, gravitational force of the earth causes
acceleration.
Question 5.
Assertion (A): The value of acceleration due to
gravity does not depend upon mass of the
body.
Reason (R): Acceleration due to gravity is a
constant quanity.
Question 6.
Assertion (A): When distance between two
bodies is doubled and also mass of each body
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is doubled, gravitiational force between them
becomes half.
Reason (R): According to Newton's law of
gravitation, force is directly proportional to
masses of the bodies and inversely
proportional to square of distance between
them.
Question 7.
Assertion (A): Earth is attracted towards the
object but with a very small acceleration.
Reason (R): According to Newton's law of
motion, if Earth attracts an object towards
itself, then the object should also attract the
Earth.
Question 8.
Assertion (A): The direction of acceleration is
always towards the Earth.
Reason (R): The value of "g" is 9.8 m/s2
Question 9.
Assertion (A): The value of "g" is greater at the
poles than at the equator.
Reason (R): Radius is more at the equator
than at the poles.
Question 10.
Assertion (A): An object experiences
acceleration during free fall.
Reason (R): Acceleration experienced by an
object during free fall is independent of its
mass.
Question 11.
Assertion (A): The S.I unit of weight is the
same as that of force, that is, newton.
Reason (R): As the weight of an object is the
force with which it is attracted towards the
earth.
Question 12.
Assertion (A): At the centre of Earth, a body is
a centre of gravity but no centre of mass.
Reason (R): Acceleration due to gravity at the
centre of the Earh is zero.
Question 13.
Assertion (A) : If we drop a stone and a sheet
of paper from a balcony of first floor, then
stone will reach the ground first.
Reason (R) :The air resistance depends on
velocity only.
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Question 14.
Assertion (A): The value of g is different at
different places.
Reason (R): g depends on your distance from
the centre of the Earth.
Question 15.
Assertion (A): The value of G is same
everywhere.
Reason (R): G is universal constant equal
to 6.67 x 10-11 Nm2/kg2.
Question 16.
Assertion (A): The mass of body is same on
Moon and Earth.
Reason (R): The mass of body is measure of
inertia and is same everywhere.
Question 17.
Assertion : At the centre of earth, a body has a
centre of mass but no centre of gravity.
Reason : Acceleration due to gravity at the
centre of the earth is zero.
Question 18.
Assertion : Kepler's first law of planetary
motion is also known as the law of ellipses.
Reason : The line joining the planet and the
sun sweeps equal areas in equal intervals of
time.
Question 19.
Assertion : Universal gravitational constant G
is a scalar quantity.
Reason : The value of G is independent of
direction and is a constant through out the
universe.
Question 20.
Assertion : It si the gravitational force exerted
by the sun and the moon on the sea water that
causes to the formation of tides in the sea.
Reason : Gravitational force of attraction is a
weak force.
Question 21.
Assertion : The value of acceleration due to
gravity changes with the height, depth and
shape of the earth.
Reason : Acceleration due to gravity is zero at
the centre of the earth.
Question 22.
Assertion : Weight of a body on earth is not
equal to the force with which the body is
attracted towards the earth.
Reason : Weight of a body is dependent of the
mass of the body.
Question 23.
Assertion : A sheet of paper falls slower, than
one that is crumpled into a ball.
Reason : Sheet of paper has large surface
area, which causes it to face more opposing
force caused by the environmental air.
Question 24.
Assertion : The acceleration due to gravity on
the moon is one-sixth that on the earth.
Reason : The law of gravitation is the same on
both the moon and the earth.
Question 25.
Assertion : Gravitational force between two
particles is negligibly small compared to the
electric force.
Reason : The electric force is experienced by
charged particles.
Question 26.
Assertion : Smaller the orbit of the planet
around the sun, shorter is the time it takes to
complete one revolution.
Reason : According to Kepler's third law of
planetary motion, square of time period is
proportional to cube of mean distance from
sun.
Question 27.
Assertion : If earth suddenly stop rotating
about its axis, then the value of acceleration
due to gravity will become same at all the
places.
Reason : The value of acceleration due to
gravity is independent of rotation of earth.
Question 28.
Assertion : Gravitational potential of earth at
every place on it is negative.
Reason: Everybody on earth is bound by the
attraction of earth.
Question 29.
Assertion : Space rockets are usually launched
in the equatorial line from west to east.
Reason : The acceleration due to gravity is
minimum at the equator.
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Question 30.
Assertion : The acceleration due to gravity
increases with height above the earth's
surface.
Reason : Gravitational force decreases with
height.

ANSWERS –
1b
2c
3a
4d
5c
6d
7a
8b
9a
10 b
11 a
12 d
13 c
14 a
15 a
16 a
17 a
18 b
19 b
20 a
21 b
22 d
23 b
24 b
25 b
26 a
27 c
28 a
29 b
30 d
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