Given below are two statements:

Statement I: The law of gravitation holds good for any pair of bodies in the universe.

Statement II: The weight of any person becomes zero when the person is at the centre of the earth.

In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the option given below:

Option 1 - <p>Both Statement I and Statement II are true</p>
Option 2 - <p>Both Statement I and Statement II are false</p>
Option 3 - <p>Statement I is true but Statement II is false</p>
Option 4 - <p>Statement I is false but Statement II is true</p>
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The law of gravitation holds good for any pair of bodies in the universe.

This is correct statement.

The weight of any person becomes zero when the person is at the centre of the Earth.

Weight = mg

= m * 0 [g = 0 at the centre of the Earth]

= 0

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