motion under gravity - Category wise Question and Answer Practice Test with Solutions

Question : 16 [UDA/LDA (Pre) 2007]

Who propounded the universal law of gravitation?

a) Galileo

b) Newton

c) Copernicus

d) Einstein

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Question : 17 [MPPCS (Pre) 1991]

Weightlessness is

a) When gravity decrease

b) Zero gravity

c) In vacuum

d) None of the above

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Question : 18 [PSC (Pre) 2018]

A pendulum clock can run faster in

a) Winter

b) Summer

c) Spring season

d) Rainy season

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Question : 19 [UPPCS (Pre) 2009]

The Leaning Tower of Pisa does not fall because

a) It covers a large base area

b) It is tapered at the top

c) Its centre of gravity remains at the lowest position

d) The vertical line through the centre of gravity of the tower falls within its base

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Question : 20 [IAS (Pre) 1996]

The variation of displacement d with time t in the case of a particle falling freely under gravity from rest is correctly shown in the graph.

a)

b)

c)

d)

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