Practice Gravitation RRB PYQ questions from Railway examinations, including RRB NTPC PYQ, RRB Group D PYQ, RRB JE PYQ, RRB ALP PYQ and RRB Technician PYQ. This topic-wise question set covers important concepts of gravitation that are useful for RRB Physics preparation.
The questions cover important concepts such as Newton’s law of gravitation, gravitational force, acceleration due to gravity, variation of gravity, mass and weight, gravity and motion under gravity, satellite motion, escape velocity and related numerical and conceptual questions.
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Who is credited with determining the universal gravitational constant G experimentally?
Henry Cavendish's torsion-balance experiment measured gravitational attraction between laboratory masses.
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Which statements are correct? I. Gravitational force is independent of separation. II. It is inversely proportional to the square of separation. III. It is directly proportional to the product of the masses.
RRB ALP (Stage-I); RRB ALP (Stage-I); RRB Group-D
29/11/2024 / Shift I; 27/11/2024 / Shift I; 05/11/2018 / Shift I
2024; 2024; 2018
✓ Answer:CII and III
Newton's law F = Gm₁m₂/r² makes statements II and III correct.
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The universal law of gravitation applies to:
RRB Group-D
09/10/2018 / Shift I
2018
✓ Answer:DAny pair of objects
The law describes gravitational attraction between any pair of masses.
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Which statement about the gravitational force between the Earth and Moon is correct?
RRB ALP (Stage-I)
27/11/2024 / Shift II
2024
✓ Answer:CIt is attractive and maximum when the Moon is closest to Earth
Gravity is attractive, and its magnitude increases as the separation decreases.
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The attractive force directly proportional to the product of two masses and inversely proportional to the square of their separation is called:
RRB Minis. & Iso. Category (Primary Teacher); RRB ALP (Stage-I)
11/09/2025 / Shift I; 29/11/2024 / Shift II
2025; 2024
✓ Answer:AGravitational force
This is the force described by Newton's universal law of gravitation.
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Find the force exerted by Earth on the Moon if G = 6 × 10⁻¹¹ N m²/kg², Earth's mass = 6 × 10²⁴ kg, Moon's mass = 8 × 10²² kg, and their separation = 4 × 10⁸ m.