Revision Test class 9th

chapter # 5 gravitation
Q# 1 ENCIRCLE THE CORRECT OPTION.
1) Gravitational force is a
a) Contact force
b) Non-contact force
c) Electrical force
d) Charging force
2) THE RADIUS OF EARTH IS
a) 6.4×106 m
b) 6.4×108 m
c) 6.4×1012 m
d) 6×1010 m
3) The orbital speed of a low orbit satellite is
a) 0 ms-1
b) 8 ms-1
c) 800 ms-1
d) 8000 ms-1
4) The altitude of geostationary orbits in which communication satellites are launched above the surface of the
Earth is
a) 850 km
b) 1000 km
c) 6400 km
d) 42,300 km
5) At the surface of Earth, the acceleration due to gravity 'g' is measured by using the formula
a) GMe/R2
b) GMe/R
c) 2GMe/R2
d) GMe/2R
6) The force with which earth attracts a body towards its center is equal to its
a) Mass
b) Weight
c) Charge
d) Radius

7) Earth's gravitational force of attraction vanishes at

a) 6400 km
b) Infinity
c) 42,300 km
d) 1000 km
8) The earth also completes its one revolution about its axis in.
a) 1 hour
b) 6 hour
c) 13 hour
d) 24 hour
9) In SI units, the value of gravitational constant 'G' is
a) 6.673×10-9Nm2 kg-2
b) 6.673×10-10 Nm2kg-2
c) 6.673×10-11 Nm2 kg-2
d) 6.673×10-12 Nm2kg-2
10) Value of g increases with the
a) Decrease in altitude
b) Increase in altitude
c) Increase in mass of body
d) None
11) A body is placed at height 'h' above the surface of the Earth. The value of 'g' is given by
a) gh = Me / (R+h)2
b) gh = GMe / (R+h)2
c) gh = GMe / (R+h)
d) gh = Me / (R+h)
12) The orbital velocity of a satellite revolving at height 'h' above the surface of Earth is given by
a) V0 = √𝑔ℎ( 𝑅 + ℎ)
b) V0 = 2 √𝑔ℎ( 𝑅 + ℎ)
c) V0 = √2𝑔ℎ( 𝑅 + ℎ)
d) V0 = 𝑔ℎ( 𝑅 + ℎ)

13) The value of g on moon's surface is 1.6 ms-2. What will be the weight of a 100 kg body on the surface of the
moon?
a) 100 N
b) 160 N
c) 1000 N
d) 1600 N
14) The height of geostationary satellites with respect to Earth is
a) 42, 300 km
b) 36, 300 km
c) 30,300 km
d) 40, 300 km
15) The mass of the earth is
a) 6 × 1018 kg
b) 6 × 1020 kg
c) 6 × 1022 kg
d) 6 × 1024 kg
16) Newton's law of gravitation resembles with
a) 1st law of motion
b) 2nd law of motion
c) 3rd law of motion
d) Law of gravitation
17 ) The value of g at a height one Earth's radius above the surface of the Earth is

a) 2g
b) ½g
c) ¼g
d) 1/3 g