The centre of mass of an extended body on the surface of the earth and its centre of gravity

(a) Are always at the same point for any size of the body.

(b) Are always at the same point only for spherical bodies.

(c) Can never be at the same point.

(d) Is close to each other for objects, say of sizes less than 100 m. (e) both can change if the object is taken deep inside the earth.

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    alok kumar singh | Contributor-Level 10

    4 months ago

    This is a Multiple Choice Questions as classified in NCERT Exemplar

    Answer-d

    Explanation- for small objects  sizes less than 100 m centre of mass very close with the centre of gravity of the body. But when the size of object increases it weight changes and its CM and CG become far from each other.

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