The figure shows the elliptical orbit of a planet \(m\) about the sun \({S}.\) The shaded area \(SCD\) is twice the shaded area \(SAB.\) If \(t_1\) is the time for the planet to move from \(C\) to \(D\) and \(t_2\) is the time to move from \(A\) to \(B,\) then:

| 1. | \(t_1=3t_2\) | 2. | \(t_1=4t_2\) |
| 3. | \(t_1=2t_2\) | 4. | \(t_1=t_2\) |
When a planet revolves around the sun in an elliptical orbit, then which of the following remains constant?
| 1. | Velocity | 2. | Angular velocity |
| 3. | Areal velocity | 4. | Both 2 & 3 |
In planetary motion, the areal velocity of the position vector of a planet depends on the angular velocity \((\omega)\) and the distance of the planet from the sun \((r)\). The correct relation for areal velocity is:
1. \(\frac{dA}{dt}\propto \omega r\)
2. \(\frac{dA}{dt}\propto \omega^2 r\)
3. \(\frac{dA}{dt}\propto \omega r^2\)
4. \(\frac{dA}{dt}\propto \sqrt{\omega r}\)
If \(A\) is the areal velocity of a planet of mass \(M,\) then its angular momentum is:
| 1. | \(\frac{M}{A}\) | 2. | \(2MA\) |
| 3. | \(A^2M\) | 4. | \(AM^2\) |
If two planets are at mean distances \(d_1\) and \(d_2\) from the sun and their frequencies are \(n_1\) and \(n_2\) respectively, then:
1. \(n^2_1d^2_1= n_2d^2_2\)
2. \(n^2_2d^3_2= n^2_1d^3_1\)
3. \(n_1d^2_1= n_2d^2_2\)
4. \(n^2_1d_1= n^2_2d_2\)
| 1. | Kepler's law of areas still holds. |
| 2. | Kepler's law of period still holds. |
| 3. | Kepler's law of areas and period still hold. |
| 4. | Neither the law of areas nor the law of period still hold. |
The distance of a planet from the sun is \(5\) times the distance between the earth and the sun. The time period of the planet is:
| 1. | \(5^{3/2}\) years | 2. | \(5^{2/3}\) years |
| 3. | \(5^{1/3}\) years | 4. | \(5^{1/2}\) years |
The kinetic energies of a planet in an elliptical orbit around the Sun, at positions \(A,B~\text{and}~C\) are \(K_A, K_B~\text{and}~K_C\) respectively. \(AC\) is the major axis and \(SB\) is perpendicular to \(AC\) at the position of the Sun \(S\), as shown in the figure. Then:
1. \(K_A <K_B< K_C\)
2. \(K_A >K_B> K_C\)
3. \(K_B <K_A< K_C\)
4. \(K_B >K_A> K_C\)
If \(R\) represents the orbital radius of a planet and \(T\) its orbital period, which of the following graphs correctly depicts the relationship between \(R\) and \(T\) for a planet revolving around the Sun?
| 1. | |
2. | |
| 3. | ![]() |
4. | ![]() |
A planet moves around the Sun \(S\) in an elliptical orbit, as shown in the figure. If its distances from the Sun at points \(A\) and \(B\) are \(r_1\) and \(r_2\) respectively, what is the ratio of its linear momentum at \(A\) to that at \(B\)?

| 1. | \(\dfrac{r_1}{r_2}\) | 2. | \(\dfrac{r_{1}^{2}}{r_{2}^{2}}\) |
| 3. | \(\dfrac{r_2}{r_1}\) | 4. | \(\dfrac{r_{2}^{2}}{r_{1}^{2}}\) |