What is Weight āĻāĻāύ ? Find the weight āĻāĻāύ 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
āĻāĻāύ āĻāĻŋ ?
āϏāĻāĻā§āĻāĻž : āĻāĻāύ āĻšā§āĻā§ āĻā§āύ⧠āĻŦāϏā§āϤā§ā§° āĻāĻĒā§°āϤ āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻāϰā§āώā§āϝāĻŧ āĻļāĻā§āϤāĻŋā§° āĻĢāϞāϤ āĻšā§ā§ąāĻž āĻāĻžāύ āĻŦāĻž āĻŦāϞāĨ¤ āĻ ā§°ā§āĻĨāĻžā§, āĻĒā§āĻĨāĻŋā§ąā§āϝāĻŧā§ āĻā§āύ⧠āĻŦāϏā§āϤā§āĻā§āĻ āύāĻŋāĻā§° āĻā§āύā§āĻĻā§ā§°ā§° āĻĢāĻžāϞ⧠āϝāĻŋ āĻļāĻā§āϤāĻŋā§°ā§ āĻāĻžāύ⧠āϤāĻžāĻā§āĻ āĻāĻāύ āĻŦā§āϞāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
āĻŽā§āĻā§āϝ āĻāĻĨāĻž : i. āĻāĻāύ āĻšā§āĻā§ āĻāĻāĻž āĻŦāϞ (Force), ii. āĻāϝāĻŧāĻžā§° āĻāĻāĻ āĻšā§āĻā§ āύāĻŋāĻāĻāύ (N), ii. āϏā§āϤā§ā§°: W = m × g
āĻāϝāĻŧāĻžāϤ : W = āĻāĻāύ (āύāĻŋāĻāĻāύ, N), m = āĻŦāϏā§āϤā§ā§° āĻā§° (kg), g = āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻāϰā§āώā§āϝāĻŧ āϤā§āĻŦā§°āĻŖ (m/s²)
āĻā§ā§°ā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖ āĻāĻĨāĻž : i. āĻāĻāύ āĻā§° āĻā§°ā§ āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻāϰā§āώ⧰ āĻāĻĒā§°āϤ āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻā§° āĻā§°ā§ , ii. āĻāĻāύ⧰ āĻāĻāĻ āĻšā§āĻā§ āύāĻŋāĻāĻāύ (N), iii. āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻāϰā§āώ āϏāϞāύāĻŋ āĻš’āϞ⧠āĻāĻāύ⧠āϏāϞāύāĻŋ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻāϰā§āώ⧰ āĻŽāĻžāύ : āĻĒā§āĻĨāĻŋā§ąā§ (Earth) : g = 9.8 m/s² , āϏā§āϤā§ā§°: W = m × 9.8, āĻāύā§āĻĻā§ā§° (Moon) : g = 1.6 m/s², āϏā§āϤā§ā§°: W = m × 1.6
āĻŽā§āĻā§āϝ āϧāĻžā§°āĻŖāĻž : i. āĻā§° āϏāĻāϞ⧠āĻ āĻžāĻāϤ⧠āĻāĻā§ āĻĨāĻžāĻā§āĨ¤ , ii. āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻāϰā§āώ āϏāϞāύāĻŋ āĻš’āϞ⧠āĻāĻāύ āϏāϞāύāĻŋ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
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Force, Work, Energy & Gravity – MCQs
Q1. What is the SI unit of force ? : āĻŦāϞ⧰ SI āĻāĻāĻ āĻāĻŋ ?
A) Joule | B) Newton | C) Watt | D) Pascal
Ans: B) Newton
Explanation: Force is measured in Newton (N). āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āĻŦāϞ⧰ āĻāĻāĻ āĻšā§āĻā§ āύāĻŋāĻāĻāύ (N)āĨ¤
Q2. Work is done when: āĻā§āϤāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻāĻžāĻŽ (Work) āĻā§°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§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āĻāĻžāĻŽ āĻš’āĻŦāϞ⧠āĻŦāϞ āĻā§°ā§ āϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύāĻžāύā§āϤ⧰ āĻĻā§āϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻž āϞāĻžāĻāĻŋāĻŦāĨ¤
Q3. What is the SI unit of work ? āĻāĻžāĻŽā§° SI āĻāĻāĻ āĻāĻŋ ?
A) Joule | B) Newton | C) Watt | D) Pascal
Ans: A) Joule
Explanation: Work is measured in Joule. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āĻāĻžāĻŽā§° āĻāĻāĻ āĻšā§āĻā§ āĻā§āϞāĨ¤
Q4. Power is defined as: āĻā§āώāĻŽāϤāĻž (Power) āĻāĻžāĻ āĻā§ā§ąāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ ?
A) Work × Time | B) Work / Time | C) Force × Time | D) Energy × Time
Ans: B) Work / Time
Explanation: Power = Work ÷ Time. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āĻā§āώāĻŽāϤāĻž = āĻāĻžāĻŽ ÷ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
Q5. The SI unit of power is: āĻā§āώāĻŽāϤāĻžā§° SI āĻāĻāĻ āĻāĻŋ ?
A) Joule | B) Watt | C) Newton | D) Volt
Ans: B) Watt
Explanation: Power is measured in Watt. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āĻā§āώāĻŽāϤāĻžā§° āĻāĻāĻ āĻšā§āĻā§ ā§ąāĻžāĻāĨ¤
Q6. Energy is defined as: āĻļāĻā§āϤāĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻā§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§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āĻļāĻā§āϤāĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧠āĻāĻžāĻŽ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻŦ āĻĒā§°āĻž āĻā§āώāĻŽāϤāĻžāĨ¤
Q7. Potential energy depends on: āϏā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤāĻŋāĻļāĻā§āϤāĻŋ (Potential Energy) āĻāĻŋāĻšā§° āĻāĻĒā§°āϤ āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻā§° āĻā§°ā§ ?
A) Mass | B) Height | C) Gravity | D) All of these
Ans: D) All of these
Explanation: PE = mgh. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āϏā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤāĻŋāĻļāĻā§āϤāĻŋ = mghāĨ¤
Q8. Formula of kinetic energy is: āĻāϤāĻŋāĻļāĻā§āϤāĻŋā§° āϏā§āϤā§ā§° āĻāĻŋ ?
A) ½mv² | B) mgh | C) ma | D) mv
Ans: A) ½mv²
Q9. Gravitational force was discovered by: āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻāϰā§āώā§āϝāĻŧ āĻŦāϞ āĻāĻžāĻā§āĻ āĻāĻŦāĻŋāώā§āĻāĻžā§° āĻā§°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāϞ ?
A) Einstein | B) Newton | C) Galileo | D) Faraday
Ans: B) Newton
Q10. Gravity on the Moon is: āĻāύā§āĻĻā§ā§°āϤ āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻāϰā§āώ⧰ āĻŽāĻžāύ āĻāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ ?
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: āĻāĻžāĻŽ āĻļā§āύā§āϝ āĻšāϝāĻŧ āĻā§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 āϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύāĻžāύā§āϤ⧰ āĻļā§āύā§āϝ āĻšāϝāĻŧ, āĻāĻžāĻŽ āĻš’āĻŦ:
A) Maximum | B) Minimum | C) Zero | D) Infinite
Ans: C) Zero
Q13. A moving car possesses: āĻāĻāĻž āĻāϤāĻŋ āĻā§°āĻž āĻāĻžāĻĄāĻŧā§āϤ āĻāĻŋ āĻļāĻā§āϤāĻŋ āĻĨāĻžāĻā§ ?
A) Potential energy | B) Kinetic energy | C) Chemical energy | D) Heat energy
Ans: B) Kinetic energy
Q14. Energy stored in a stretched spring is: āĻāĻāĻž āĻāĻžāύ āĻā§ā§ąāĻž āϏā§āĻĒā§ā§°āĻŋāĻāϤ āĻāĻŋ āĻļāĻā§āϤāĻŋ āĻĨāĻžāĻā§ ?
A) Chemical energy | B) Elastic potential energy | C) Heat energy | D) Magnetic energy
Ans: B) Elastic potential energy
Q15. Weight is equal to: āĻāĻāύ āϏāĻŽāĻžāύ:
A) m × g | B) m × a | C) g/m | D) m + g
Ans: A) m × g
Q16. Which quantity remains constant everywhere ? āĻā§āύāĻā§ ā§°āĻžāĻļāĻŋ āϏāĻāϞ⧠āĻ āĻžāĻāϤ⧠āĻāĻā§ āĻĨāĻžāĻā§ ?
A) Weight | B) Gravity | C) Mass | D) Force
Ans: C) Mass
Q17. Energy cannot be created or destroyed. This law is called: āĻļāĻā§āϤāĻŋ āϏā§āώā§āĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻž āϧā§āĻŦāĻāϏ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻŦ āύā§ā§ąāĻžā§°āĻŋāĨ¤ āĻāĻāĻā§ āĻā§āύāĻā§ 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: āϏā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤ āĻ ā§ąāϏā§āĻĨāĻžāϤ āĻĨāĻāĻž āĻŦāϏā§āϤ⧠āĻāĻāĻžāϤ āĻāĻŋ āĻļāĻā§āϤāĻŋ āĻĨāĻžāĻā§ ?
A) Kinetic energy | B) Potential energy | C) No energy | D) Infinite energy
Ans: B) Potential energy
Q19. Work done against gravity increases: āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻāϰā§āώ⧰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒā§°ā§āϤ⧠āĻāĻžāĻŽ āĻā§°āĻŋāϞ⧠āĻāĻŋ āĻŦā§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: āĻĒā§āĻĨāĻŋā§ąā§ā§° āĻĢāĻžāϞ⧠āĻŦāϏā§āϤ⧠āĻāĻžāύāĻŋāĻŦ āĻĒā§°āĻž āĻŦāϞ:
A) Magnetic force | B) Gravitational force | C) Friction | D) Electric force
Ans: B) Gravitational force