Time period of pendulum, on a satellite orbiting the earth,

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141.

The escape velocity for the earth is 11.2 km/s. The mass of another planet 100  times mass of earth and its radius is 4 times radius of the earth. The escape velocity for the planet is

  • 280 km/s

  • 56.0 km/s

  • 112 km/s

  • 56 km/s


142.

Change in acceleration due to gravity is same upto a height h from each other the earth surface and below depth x then relation between x and his ( h and x<<<Re )

  • x = h

  • x = 2h

  • x = h2

  • x = h2


143.

 A uniform ring of mass m and radius a is placed directly above a uniform sphere of mass m and of equal to radius. The centre of the ring is at a distance 3a from the centre of the sphere. The gravitational force (Fl exerted by the sphere on the ring is

  • 3 G Mm8 a2

  • 2 G M m3 a2

  • 7 G Mm2 a2

  • 3 G Mma2


144.

A body of mass 2m is placed on earth's surface. Calculate the change in gravitational potential energy, if this body is taken from earth's surface to a height of h, where h = 4R.

  • 2 mghR

  • 23 mgR

  • 85 mgR

  • mgR2


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145.

A communication satellite of 500 kg revolves around the earth in a circular orbit of radius 4.0 x 107 m in the equatorial plane of the earth from west to east. The magnitude of angular momentum of the satellite is

  • ∼ 0.13  × 1014 kg m2 s-1

  • ∼ 1.3  × 1014 kg m2 s-1

  • ∼ 0.58 × 1014 kg m2 s-1

  • ∼ 2.58  × 1014 kg m2 s-1


146.

The change in the gravitational potential energy when a body of mass m is raised to a height nR above the surface of the earth is ( here R is the radius of the earth )

  • nn + 1 mgR

  • nn - 1 mgR

  • nmgR

  • mgRn


147.

Assertion:  Two bodies of masses M and m (M > m) are allowed to fall from the same height if the air resistance for each be the same then both the bodies will reach the earth simultaneously. 

Reason:  For same air resistance, acceleration of both the bodies will be same.

  • If both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.

  • If both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.

  • If assertion is true but reason is false.

  • If both assertion and reason are false.


148.

Assertion: Kepler's second law can be understood by conservation of angular momentum principle.

Reason:  Kepler's second law is related with areal velocity which can further be proved to be based on conservation of angular momentum as (dA/dt) = ( r2ω / 2 )

  • If both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.

  • If both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.

  • If assertion is true but reason is false.

  • If both assertion and reason are false


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149.

Time period of pendulum, on a satellite orbiting the earth, is

  • 1π

  • zero

  • π

  • infinity


D.

infinity

On an artificial satellite orbiting the earth the acceleration is given by GMR2 towards the centre of the earth.

Now for a body of mass m on the satellite the graviational force due to earth is  G MmR2 towards the centre of the earth.

Let the reaction force on the surface of the satellite be N, then

          G MmR2 - N = m G MR2

⇒           N = 0

That is on the satellite there is a state of weightlessness or  g = 0

           T = 2 π lg = ∞

Hence     T = ∞


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150.

The additional kinetic energy to be provided to a satellite of mass m revolving around a planet of mass M to transfer it from a circular orbit of radius R, to another of radius R2 (R2 > R1 ) is

  • GmM 1R12 - 1R22

  • GmM 1R1 - 1R2

  • 2 GmM 1R1 - 1R2

  • 12 GmM 1R1- 1R2


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