What is Weight āĻ“āϜāύ ? Find the weight āĻ“āϜāύ on Moon & Earth.


What is Weight ?


Definition : Weight is the gravitational force acting on an object. It is the force with which a planet (like Earth) pulls an object toward its center.


Formula : W = m×g 


Where: W = Weight (Newton, N), m = Mass of the object (kg), g = Acceleration due to gravity (m/s²)


Important Points : i. Weight depends on mass and gravity. , ii. The unit of weight is Newton (N). iii. If gravity changes, weight changes.


Gravity Values


Earth : Gravity (g) = 9.8 m/s², Weight formula: W = m × 9.8


Moon : Gravity (g) = 1.6 m/s², Weight formula: W = m × 1.6


Key Concept : i. Mass remains the same everywhere., ii. Weight changes depending on gravity.


Example


Given: Mass (m) = 10 kg


On Earth : W = m × g = 10 × 9.8 = 98 N


Weight on Earth = 98 Newton


On Moon : W = m × g = 10 × 1.6 = 16 N


Weight on Moon = 16 Newton


āĻ“āϜāύ āĻ•āĻŋ ?


āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž : āĻ“āϜāύ āĻšā§ˆāϛ⧇ āϕ⧋āύ⧋ āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁⧰ āĻ“āĻĒā§°āϤ āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻ•āĻ°ā§āώ⧀āϝāĻŧ āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋā§° āĻĢāϞāϤ āĻšā§‹ā§ąāĻž āϟāĻžāύ āĻŦāĻž āĻŦāϞāĨ¤ āĻ…ā§°ā§āĻĨāĻžā§Ž, āĻĒ⧃āĻĨāĻŋā§ąā§€āϝāĻŧ⧇ āϕ⧋āύ⧋ āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁āĻŸā§‹āĻ• āύāĻŋāϜ⧰ āϕ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§ā§°ā§° āĻĢāĻžāϞ⧇ āϝāĻŋ āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ⧰⧇ āϟāĻžāύ⧇ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇āχ āĻ“āϜāύ āĻŦā§‹āϞāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤


āĻŽā§āĻ–ā§āϝ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž : i. āĻ“āϜāύ āĻšā§ˆāϛ⧇ āĻāϟāĻž āĻŦāϞ (Force), ii. āχāϝāĻŧāĻžā§° āĻāĻ•āĻ• āĻšā§ˆāϛ⧇ āύāĻŋāωāϟāύ (N),  ii. āϏ⧂āĻ¤ā§ā§°: W = m × g


āχāϝāĻŧāĻžāϤ : W = āĻ“āϜāύ (āύāĻŋāωāϟāύ, N), m = āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁⧰ āĻ­ā§° (kg), g = āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻ•āĻ°ā§āώ⧀āϝāĻŧ āĻ¤ā§āĻŦā§°āĻŖ (m/s²)


āϗ⧁⧰⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž : i. āĻ“āϜāύ āĻ­ā§° āφ⧰⧁ āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻ•āĻ°ā§āώ⧰ āĻ“āĻĒā§°āϤ āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻ­ā§° āϕ⧰⧇ ,  ii. āĻ“āϜāύ⧰ āĻāĻ•āĻ• āĻšā§ˆāϛ⧇ āύāĻŋāωāϟāύ (N),  iii. āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻ•āĻ°ā§āώ āϏāϞāύāĻŋ āĻš’āϞ⧇ āĻ“āϜāύ⧋ āϏāϞāύāĻŋ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤


āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻ•āĻ°ā§āώ⧰ āĻŽāĻžāύ : āĻĒ⧃āĻĨāĻŋā§ąā§€ (Earth) : g = 9.8 m/s² , āϏ⧂āĻ¤ā§ā§°: W = m × 9.8, āϚāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§ā§° (Moon) : g = 1.6 m/s², āϏ⧂āĻ¤ā§ā§°: W = m × 1.6


āĻŽā§āĻ–ā§āϝ āϧāĻžā§°āĻŖāĻž : i. āĻ­ā§° āϏāĻ•āϞ⧋ āĻ āĻžāχāϤ⧇ āĻāϕ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇āĨ¤ , ii. āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻ•āĻ°ā§āώ āϏāϞāύāĻŋ āĻš’āϞ⧇ āĻ“āϜāύ āϏāϞāύāĻŋ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤


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Force, Work, Energy & Gravity – MCQs


Q1. What is the SI unit of force ? : āĻŦāϞ⧰ SI āĻāĻ•āĻ• āĻ•āĻŋ ?


A) Joule | B) Newton | C) Watt | D) Pascal


Ans: B) Newton
Explanation: Force is measured in Newton (N). āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āĻŦāϞ⧰ āĻāĻ•āĻ• āĻšā§ˆāϛ⧇ āύāĻŋāωāϟāύ (N)āĨ¤


Q2. Work is done when: āϕ⧇āϤāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻ•āĻžāĻŽ (Work) āϕ⧰āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ ?


A) Force acts without displacement | B) Force acts with displacement | C) Object at rest | D) Speed constant


Ans: B) Force acts with displacement
Explanation: Work requires force and displacement. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āĻ•āĻžāĻŽ āĻš’āĻŦāϞ⧈ āĻŦāϞ āφ⧰⧁ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧰ āĻĻ⧁āϝāĻŧā§‹āϟāĻž āϞāĻžāĻ—āĻŋāĻŦāĨ¤


Q3. What is the SI unit of work ? āĻ•āĻžāĻŽā§° SI āĻāĻ•āĻ• āĻ•āĻŋ ?


A) Joule | B) Newton | C) Watt | D) Pascal


Ans: A) Joule
Explanation: Work is measured in Joule. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āĻ•āĻžāĻŽā§° āĻāĻ•āĻ• āĻšā§ˆāϛ⧇ āϜ⧁āϞāĨ¤


Q4. Power is defined as: āĻ•ā§āώāĻŽāϤāĻž (Power) āĻ•āĻžāĻ• āĻ•ā§‹ā§ąāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ ?


A) Work × Time | B) Work / Time | C) Force × Time | D) Energy × Time


Ans: B) Work / Time
Explanation: Power = Work ÷ Time. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āĻ•ā§āώāĻŽāϤāĻž = āĻ•āĻžāĻŽ ÷ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧāĨ¤


Q5. The SI unit of power is: āĻ•ā§āώāĻŽāϤāĻžā§° SI āĻāĻ•āĻ• āĻ•āĻŋ ?


A) Joule | B) Watt | C) Newton | D) Volt


Ans: B) Watt
Explanation: Power is measured in Watt. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āĻ•ā§āώāĻŽāϤāĻžā§° āĻāĻ•āĻ• āĻšā§ˆāϛ⧇ ā§ąāĻžāϟāĨ¤


Q6. Energy is defined as: āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻ•āĻžāĻ• āĻ•ā§‹ā§ąāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ ?


A) Ability to do work | B) Force | C) Speed | D) Motion


Ans: A) Ability to do work
Explanation: Energy means ability to do work. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāĻŽ āϕ⧰āĻŋāĻŦ āĻĒā§°āĻž āĻ•ā§āώāĻŽāϤāĻžāĨ¤


Q7. Potential energy depends on: āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤāĻŋāĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ (Potential Energy) āĻ•āĻŋāĻšā§° āĻ“āĻĒā§°āϤ āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻ­ā§° āϕ⧰⧇ ?


A) Mass | B) Height | C) Gravity | D) All of these


Ans: D) All of these
Explanation: PE = mgh. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤāĻŋāĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ = mghāĨ¤


Q8. Formula of kinetic energy is: āĻ—āϤāĻŋāĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋā§° āϏ⧂āĻ¤ā§ā§° āĻ•āĻŋ ?


A) ½mv² | B) mgh | C) ma | D) mv


Ans: A) ½mv²


Q9. Gravitational force was discovered by: āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻ•āĻ°ā§āώ⧀āϝāĻŧ āĻŦāϞ āĻ•āĻžāϕ⧇āχ āφāĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ•āĻžā§° āϕ⧰āĻŋāĻ›āĻŋāϞ ?


A) Einstein | B) Newton | C) Galileo | D) Faraday


Ans: B) Newton


Q10. Gravity on the Moon is: āϚāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§ā§°āϤ āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻ•āĻ°ā§āώ⧰ āĻŽāĻžāύ āĻ•āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ ?


A) 1/6 of Earth | B) 1/3 of Earth | C) Same as Earth | D) Double Earth


Ans: A) 1/6 of Earth


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Q11. Work done is zero when: āĻ•āĻžāĻŽ āĻļā§‚āĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻšāϝāĻŧ āϕ⧇āϤāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž ?


A) Force acts but no displacement | B) Object moves | C) Speed increases | D) Force increases


Ans: A) Force acts but no displacement


Q12. If displacement is zero, work done is: āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧰ āĻļā§‚āĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻšāϝāĻŧ, āĻ•āĻžāĻŽ āĻš’āĻŦ:


A) Maximum | B) Minimum | C) Zero | D) Infinite


Ans: C) Zero


Q13. A moving car possesses: āĻāϟāĻž āĻ—āϤāĻŋ āϕ⧰āĻž āĻ—āĻžāĻĄāĻŧā§€āϤ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇ ?


A) Potential energy | B) Kinetic energy | C) Chemical energy | D) Heat energy


Ans: B) Kinetic energy


Q14. Energy stored in a stretched spring is: āĻāϟāĻž āϟāĻžāύ āĻ–ā§‹ā§ąāĻž āĻ¸ā§āĻĒā§ā§°āĻŋāĻ‚āϤ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇ ?


A) Chemical energy | B) Elastic potential energy | C) Heat energy | D) Magnetic energy


Ans: B) Elastic potential energy


Q15. Weight is equal to: āĻ“āϜāύ āϏāĻŽāĻžāύ:


A) m × g | B) m × a | C) g/m | D) m + g


Ans: A) m × g


Q16. Which quantity remains constant everywhere ? āϕ⧋āύāĻŸā§‹ ā§°āĻžāĻļāĻŋ āϏāĻ•āϞ⧋ āĻ āĻžāχāϤ⧇ āĻāϕ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇ ?


A) Weight | B) Gravity | C) Mass | D) Force


Ans: C) Mass


Q17. Energy cannot be created or destroyed. This law is called: āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āϏ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻž āĻ§ā§āĻŦāĻ‚āϏ āϕ⧰āĻŋāĻŦ āĻ¨ā§‹ā§ąāĻžā§°āĻŋāĨ¤ āĻāχāĻŸā§‹ āϕ⧋āύāĻŸā§‹ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻŽ ?


A) Newton's law | B) Law of conservation of energy | C) Law of gravity | D) Law of motion


Ans: B) Law of conservation of energy


Q18. A body at rest has: āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤ āĻ…ā§ąāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāϤ āĻĨāĻ•āĻž āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁ āĻāϟāĻžāϤ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇ ?


A) Kinetic energy | B) Potential energy | C) No energy | D) Infinite energy


Ans: B) Potential energy


Q19. Work done against gravity increases: āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻ•āĻ°ā§āώ⧰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒā§°ā§€āϤ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāĻŽ āϕ⧰āĻŋāϞ⧇ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻŦ⧃āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāϝāĻŧ ?


A) Kinetic energy | B) Potential energy | C) Speed | D) Mass


Ans: B) Potential energy


Q20. The force pulling objects toward Earth is: āĻĒ⧃āĻĨāĻŋā§ąā§€ā§° āĻĢāĻžāϞ⧇ āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁ āϟāĻžāύāĻŋāĻŦ āĻĒā§°āĻž āĻŦāϞ:


A) Magnetic force | B) Gravitational force | C) Friction | D) Electric force


Ans: B) Gravitational force