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Statement 1:

For a mass  kept at the centre of a cube of side ‘a’, the flux of gravitational field passing through its sides is  GM

Statement 2:

If the direction of a field due to a point source is radial and its dependence on the distance ‘r’ from the source is given as , its flux through a closed surface depends only on the strength of the source enclosed by the surface and not on the size or shape of the surface

a)

Statement 1 is True, Statement 2 is True; Statement 2 is correct explanation for Statement 1

b)

Statement 1 is True, Statement 2 is True; Statement 2 is not correct explanation for Statement 1

c)

Statement 1 is True, Statement 2 is False

d)

Statement 1 is False, Statement 2 is True



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Statement 1:

For a mass  kept at the centre of a cube of side ‘a’, the flux of gravitational field passing through its sides is  GM

Statement 2:

If the direction of a field due to a point source is radial and its dependence on the distance ‘r’ from the source is given as , its flux through a closed surface depends only on the strength of the source enclosed by the surface and not on the size or shape of the surface

a)

Statement 1 is True, Statement 2 is True; Statement 2 is correct explanation for Statement 1

b)

Statement 1 is True, Statement 2 is True; Statement 2 is not correct explanation for Statement 1

c)

Statement 1 is True, Statement 2 is False

d)

Statement 1 is False, Statement 2 is True

1 Answer
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Answer Key / Explanation : (a) -

(a)

Gravitational Flux

For any closed surface

and gravitational field

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