The earth is an approximate sphere. If the interior contained matter which is not of the same density everywhere, then on the surface of the earth, the acceleration due to gravity
(a) Will be directed towards the centre but not the same everywhere.
(b) Will have the same value everywhere but not directed towards the centre.
(c) Will be same everywhere in magnitude directed towards the centre.
(d) Cannot be zero at any point.
The earth is an approximate sphere. If the interior contained matter which is not of the same density everywhere, then on the surface of the earth, the acceleration due to gravity
(a) Will be directed towards the centre but not the same everywhere.
(b) Will have the same value everywhere but not directed towards the centre.
(c) Will be same everywhere in magnitude directed towards the centre.
(d) Cannot be zero at any point.
This is a Multiple Choice Questions as classified in NCERT Exemplar
Answer-d
Explanation- We treated that the mass of earth is at centre . in this case a=g=0 at centre but if earth is not uniform then value of g is different at different point.
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