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Physics
DPP: 5
Gravitation

Q1 Potential energy of a 3 kg body at the surface of q

1/2

( )
a planet is −54 J, then escape velocity will be: p

(B) 1/2

(A) 18
p
m/s ( )
q

(B) 162 m/s

(C) pq
(C) 36 m/s
(D) −−
√pq
(D) 6 m/s

Q6 Escape velocity of a body from earth is 11.2

Q2 The gravitational potential energy is maximum at:
km/s . Escape velocity, when thrown at an angle
(A) Infinity
of 45 from horizontal will be:-
∘

(B) The earths surface (A) 11.2 km/s

(C) The centre of the earth (B) 22.4 km/s
(D) Twice the radius of the earth (C) 11.2/√2
–
km/s
–
Q3 A missile is launched with a velocity less than the (D) 11.2√2 km/s

escape velocity. Sum of its kinetic energy and Q7 The escape velocity from the earth is 11.2 km/s.
potential energy is The mass of another planet is 100 times of mass
(A) Positive of earth and its radius is 4 times the radius of
(B) Negative earth. The escape velocity for the planet is
(C) May be negative or positive depending upon (A) 56.0 km/s
its initial velocity (B) 280 km/s
(D) Zero (C) 112 km/s

Q4 Escape velocity of a 1 kg body on a planet is (D) 11.2 km/s

100 m/s . Potential energy of body at that Q8 Body is projected vertically upward from the
planet is surface of the earth with a velocity equal to half
(A) −5000 J
the escape velocity. If R is radius of the earth,
(B) −1000 J
the maximum height attained by the body is:-
(C) −2400 J
(A) R

6
(D) −10000 J
(B) R

Q5 The ratio of radii of two satellites is p and the (C) 2

3
R

ratio of their acceleration due to gravity is q . The (D) R

ratio of their escape velocities will be
Q9
(A)

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The minimum projection velocity of a body from Q14 The gravitational potential energy of a body of
the earths surface so that it becomes the satellite mass m at the earths surface −mgRe . Its
of the earth (Re = 6.4 × 10
6
m). gravitational potential energy at a height Re
(A) 11 × 10 3
m/s from the earths surface will be (Here Re is the
(B) 8 × 10 3
m/s radius of the earth)
(C) 6.4 × 10 3
m/s (A) −2mgRe
(D) 4 × 10 3
m/s (B) 2mgRe
(C) 1
mgR e
Q10 Escape velocity for a projectile at earths surface
2

(D) − 12 mgRe
is Ve . A body is projected form earths surface
with velocity 2 Ve . The velocity of the body Q15 In a gravitational field, at a point where the
when it is at infinite distance from the centre of gravitational potential is zero
the earth is (A) The gravitational field is necessarily zero
(A) Ve (B) The gravitational field is not necessarily zero
(B) 2 Ve (C) Nothing can be said definitely about the
–
(C) √2 Ve gravitational field
–
(D) √3 Ve (D) None of these

Q11 Binding energy of moon and earth is: Q16 If mass of earth is M , radius is R and
(A) GM M e m

rem gravitational constant is G, then work done to

(B) GMe Mm
take 1 kg mass from earth surface to infinity will
2rem

(C) − GM e Mm
be
rem −−−
(D) − GM e Mm (A) √ GM
2R
2rem

(B) GM

R
Q12 A body of mass m rises to height h = R/5 from −−−−
(C) √ 2GM
the earths surface, where R is earths radius. If g R

is acceleration due to gravity at earths surface, (D) GM

2R

the increase in potential energy is

Q17 A body of mass m is placed on the earth's
(A) mgh
surface. It is taken from the earth's surface to a
(B) 4
mgh
5
height h = 3R . The change in gravitational
(C) 5
mgh
6
potential energy
(D) 6
mgh
7 (A) 2

3
mgR

Q13 What is the intensity of gravitational field at the (B) 3

mgR
4

centre of a spherical shell (C) mgR

(A) Gm/r 2 (D) mgR

4
(B) g
(C) Zero Q18 Four particles each of mass M , are located at
(D) None of these the vertices of a square with side L. The

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gravitational potential due to this at the centre of Q23 If ve and v0 represent the escape velocity and
the square is orbital velocity of a satellite corresponding to a
−− GM
(A) −√32 circular orbit of radius R, then
L
−− GM
(B) −√64 2
(A) ve = v0
L –
(C) Zero (B) √2 vo = ve
–
(D) √32
−− GM (C) ve = v0 /√2
L
(D) ve and v0 are not related
Q19 The escape velocity on earth is 11.2 km/s . On
Q24 Following curve shows the variation of intensity
another planet having twice radius and 8 times
mass of the earth, the escape velocity will be of gravitational field (I )⃗ with distance from the
(A) 3.7. km/s centre of solid sphere(r):
(B) 11.2 km/s
(A)

(C) 22.4 km/s

(D) 43.2 km/s

Q20 If the radius of a planet is R and its density is ρ,

the escape velocity from its surface will be
(A) ve ∝ ρR (B)
(B) ve −
−
∝ √ρ R

(C) ve ∝
√ρ

(D) ve ∝
R
1

√ρ

Q21 The escape velocity for a body projected

vertically upwards from the surface of earth is (C)
11 km/s . If the body is projected at an angle of
45
∘
with the vertical, the escape velocity will be
(A) 11
km/s
√2
–
(B) 11√2 km/s

(C) 22 km/s

(D) 11 km/s (D)

Q22 The escape velocity from earth is ves. A body is

projected with velocity 2ves with what
constant velocity will it move in the inter
planetary space
(A) ves
(B) 3ves Q25 Two bodies of respective masses m and M are
–
(C) √3 ves placed d distance apart. The gravitational
–
(D) √5 ves

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potential (V ) = at the position where the earth. If g is the acceleration due to gravity on
gravitational field due to them is zero is earth surface, then speed with which the particle
(A) V = −
G

d
(m + M ) strikes the earth surface is
−
− −−
(B) V = −
G
(A) √3gR
d
−
− −−
(C) V = −
GM
(B) √2gR
d
−−−−−
(D) V = −
G −− −− 2
(√ m + √ M ) (C) √1.5gR
d −
−−
(D) √gR
Q26 Three identical particles each of mass M are
located at the vertices of an equilateral triangle Q30 The escape velocities from the surface of two
–
of side a. The escape speed of one particle will planets of same masses is in the ratio of 1 : √2 .
be Then ratio of their densities is
(A)
−−−
4GM
−
(A) 1 : 2 (B) 1 : 4
√

−−−−
a
(C) 1 : 8 (D) 1 : 16
(B) √ 3GM
a
−−−− Q31 A body at rest starts from a point at a distance
(C) √ 2GM
a r(> R) from the center of the Earth. If M and
−−−
(D) √ GM R stand for the mass and the radius of Earth
a
respectively, then the speed of the body when it
Q27 A particle is located midway between two points reaches the Earth surface is
−−−−
masses each of mass M kept at a separation 2d. (A) √ 2GM
R

The escape speed of the particle is (neglect the −−−−

(B) √ 2GM

effect of any other gravitational effect) R−r

−−−−−−−
(A) √ 2GM
−−−−
(C) √ 2GM (r−R)

d Rr

(B) 2√ GM
−−−
(D) Zero
d
−−−−
(C) √ 3GM
d
−−−
(D) √
GM

Q28 A body thrown vertically upward with initial

−
−−
speed √gR , where R is the radius of earth.
Then maximum height reached by the body from
the surface of earth is
(A) R

(B) 3R

(C) R
(D) R

Q29 A particle is dropped from a height h = 3R

above earth surface, where R is the radius of

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Answer Key
Q1 (D) Q17 (B)

Q2 (A) Q18 (A)

Q3 (B) Q19 (C)

Q4 (A) Q20 (B)

Q5 (D) Q21 (D)

Q6 (A) Q22 (C)

Q7 (A) Q23 (B)

Q8 (B) Q24 (A)

Q9 (B) Q25 (D)

Q10 (D) Q26 (A)

Q11 (B) Q27 (B)

Q12 (C) Q28 (C)

Q13 (C) Q29 (C)

Q14 (D) Q30 (C)

Q15 (A) Q31 (C)

Q16 (B)

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