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Acceleration due to gravity from a planet's density and radius

This type of question, asked 8 times: 4 May 2023 S1, 11 May 2023 S1, 15 May 2023 S2, 9 May 2024 S2, 13 May 2024 S2, 14 May 2024 S1, 25 Apr 2025 S1, 11 Apr 2026 S2. All 8 questions below, oldest first.

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  1. Question 1

    4 May 2023 S1

    20
    If RR is the radius of earth and gg is acceleration due to gravity on earth's surface, then mean density of earth is

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  2. Question 2

    11 May 2023 S1

    5
    The acceleration due to gravity at the surface of the planet is same as that at the surface of the earth, but the density of planet is thrice that of the earth. If 'R' is the radius of the earth, the radius of the planet will be

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  3. Question 3

    15 May 2023 S2

    47
    The density of a new planet is twice that of earth. The acceleration due to gravity at the surface of the planet is equal to that at the surface of earth. If RR is the radius of earth, then radius of the planet would be

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  4. Question 4

    9 May 2024 S2

    45
    Consider a planet whose density is same as that of the earth but whose radius is three times the radius RR of the earth. The acceleration due to gravity gpg_p on the surface of the planet is gp=xgg_p = xg. The value of xx is

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  5. Question 5

    13 May 2024 S2

    38
    If two planets have their radii in the ratio x:yx:y and densities in the ratio m:nm:n, then the acceleration due to gravity on them are in the ratio

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  6. Question 6

    14 May 2024 S1

    31
    Considering earth to be a sphere of radius 'RR' having uniform density 'ρ\rho', then value of acceleration due to gravity 'gg' in terms of R,ρR,\rho and G is

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  7. Question 7

    25 Apr 2025 S1

    1
    Two planets AA and BB have densities ' ρ1\rho_{1} ', ' ρ2\rho_{2} ' and have radii ' r1r_{1} ', ' r2r_{2} ', respectively. The ratio of acceleration due to gravity on AA to that of BB is

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  8. Question 8

    11 Apr 2026 S2

    108
    The density of a planet is three times that of earth and radius 2.52.5 times that of earth. If gpg_p and geg_e represents acceleration due to gravity on planet and earth respectively then ratio gpg_p to geg_e is

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