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Important Questions on Gravitation

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Let the moment of inertia of a hollow cylinder of length 30 cm (inner radius 10 cm and outer radius 20 cm), about its axis be I. The radius of a thin cylinder of the same mass such that its moment of inertia about its axis is also I, is:
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Three identical spherical shells, each of mass m and radius r are placed as shown in the figure. Consider an axis XX which is touching the two shells and passing through the diameter of the third shell. The moment of inertia of the system consisting of these three spherical shells about XX axis is:

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A thin circular disk is in the xy plane as shown in the figure. The ratio of its moment of inertia about z and z' axes will be:
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Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R

Assertion A : An electric fan continues to rotate for some time after the current is switched off.

Reason R: Fan continues to rotate due to inertia of motion.

In the light of above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below.

 

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Rockets are launched in Eastward direction to take advantage of
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A small planet is revolving around a very massive star in a circular orbit of radius R with a period of revolution T. If the gravitational force between the planet and the star is proportional to R-52, then T would be proportional to,
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Two artificial satellites A and B are at a distance rA and rB above the earth's surface, respectively. If the radius of earth is R, then the ratio of their speeds will be

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Two satellites A and B go round a planet in circular orbits having radii 4R and R, respectively. If the speed of satellite A is 3V, then the speed of satellite B is
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Two satellites A and B move round the earth in the same orbit. The mass of B is twice the mass of A. Which of the following statement is true?

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If ρ is the density of the planet, the time period of nearby satellite is given by
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Which of the following quantities does not depend upon the orbital radius of the satellite?
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The orbital velocity of an artificial satellite in a circular orbit just above the earth's surface is v. For a satellite orbiting at an altitude of half of the earth's radius, the orbital velocity is
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The time period of an Earth satellite, in circular orbit, is independent of
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Satellites orbiting the earth have a finite life and sometimes debris of satellites fall to the earth. This is because,
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If ρ is the density of the planet, the time period of nearby satellite is given by
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A ball is dropped from a spacecraft revolving around the earth at a height of 100 km, then the ball
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A body is orbiting very close to the earth surface with kinetic energy KE. The energy required to completely escape from it is
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An artificial satellite moving in a circular orbit around the earth has a total (kinetic + potential) energy E0. Its potential energy is
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Two satellites, A and B, moves around the earth in circular orbits at heights of RA and RB, respectively, from the surface of the earth. Assuming earth to be a uniform sphere of radius Re, the ratio of the magnitudes of their orbital velocities is
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Satellites A and B are revolving around the orbit of Earth. The mass of A is 10 times of the mass of B. The ratio of their time periods TATB is