Variation with Altitude & Depth: JEE Questions & Solutions

At what distance above and below the surface of the earth a body will have the same weight (take radius of earth as R)?

The gravitational potential at a point above the surface of Earth is -5.12 10^7 J/kg and the acceleration due to gravity at that point is…

The weight of a body at the surface of Earth is 18 N. The weight of the body at an altitude of 3200 km above the Earth's surface is (given,…

Given below are two statements: Statement I: Acceleration due to earth's gravity decreases as you go 'up' or 'down' from earth's surface.…

Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R Assertion A: A pendulum clock when…

T is the time period of a simple pendulum on the Earth's surface. Its time period becomes x T when taken to a height R (equal to Earth's…

At a certain depth d below the surface of the Earth, the value of acceleration due to gravity becomes four times that of its value at a…

A body weight W, is projected vertically upwards from earth's surface to reach a height above the earth which is equal to nine times the…

Given below are two statements: Statement-I: Acceleration due to gravity is different at different places on the surface of Earth.…

The weight of a body on the surface of the earth is 100 N. The gravitational force on it when taken at a height, from the surface of earth,…

Choose the incorrect statement from the following:

The weight of a body on the earth is 400 N. Then weight of the body when taken to a depth half of the radius of the earth will be:

Assuming the earth to be a sphere of uniform mass density, the weight of a body at a depth d = R2 from the surface of Earth, if its weight…