Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Physics

Chapter

Gravitation

Question:

The energy required to remove a body of mass m from earth’s surface is/are equal to

Options:

$\frac{GMm}{R}$

mgR

-mgR

none of these

Correct Answer:

mgR

Explanation:

The potential energy of the body on the surface of each = U1 = $-\frac{GMm}{R}$. The potential energy of the body in the surface at infinity U2 = 0

$\Rightarrow \Delta U=U_2-U_1=\frac{GMm}{R}=mgR~~\left(∵ g=\frac{GMm}{R^2}\right)$