A body weight \(48~\text{N}\) on the surface of the earth. The gravitational force experienced by the body due to the Earth at a height equal to one-third the radius of the Earth from its surface is:
1. \(32~\text N\) 2. \(36~\text N\)
3. \(16~\text N\) 4. \(27~\text N\)
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An object of mass \(100 ~\text{kg}\) falls from point \(A\) to \(B\) as shown in the figure. The change in its weight, corrected to the nearest integer (\(R_E\) is the radius of the Earth), is:
    
1. \(49~\text N\)
2. \(89~\text N\)
3. \(5~\text N\)
4. \(10~\text N\)
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What is the depth at which the value of acceleration due to gravity becomes \(\dfrac{1}{{n}}\) times it's value at the surface of the earth? (radius of the earth = \(\mathrm{R}\))  
1. \(\dfrac R {n^2}\) 2. \(\dfrac {R~(n-1)} n\)
3. \(\dfrac {Rn} { (n-1)}\) 4. \(\dfrac R n\)  
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Starting from the centre of the earth, having radius \(R,\) the variation of \(g\) (acceleration due to gravity) is shown by:

1.     2.
3.    4.    

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