A rocket is fired vertically upward with a speed of \(\dfrac{v_e}{\sqrt2}\) from the Earth's surface, where \(v_e\) is escape velocity on the surface of Earth. The distance from the surface of Earth upto which the rocket can go before returning to the Earth is:
(given, the radius of Earth \(=6400~\text{km}\) )
1. \(1600~\text{km}\)
2. \(3200~\text{km}\)
3. \(6400~\text{km}\)
4. \(12800~\text{km}\)
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The escape velocity for Earth is \(v.\) A planet having \(9\) times the mass of Earth and a radius, \(16\) times that of Earth, has the escape velocity of:
1. \(\dfrac{v}{3}\) 2. \(\dfrac{2v}{3}\)
3. \(\dfrac{3v}{4}\) 4. \(\dfrac{9v}{4}\)
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The escape velocity of a body on the earth's surface is \(11.2~\text{km/s}.\) If the same body is projected upward with a velocity \(22.4~\text{km/s},\) the velocity of this body at an infinite distance from the centre of the earth will be:
1. \(11.2\sqrt2~\text{km/s}\)  2. zero
3. \(11.2~\text{km/s}\)  4. \(11.2\sqrt3~\text{km/s}\) 
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The escape velocity from the Earth's surface is \(v\). The escape velocity from the surface of another planet having a radius, four times that of Earth and the same mass density is: 

1. \(3v\) 2. \(4v\)
3. \(v\) 4. \(2v\)
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A particle of mass \(m\) is projected with a velocity, \(v=kv_{e} ~(k<1)\) from the surface of the earth. The maximum height, above the surface, reached by the particle is:
(Where \(v_e=\) escape velocity, \(R=\) the radius of the earth)

1. \(\dfrac{R^{2}k}{1+k}\) 2. \(\dfrac{Rk^{2}}{1-k^{2}}\)
3. \(R\left ( \dfrac{k}{1-k} \right )^{2}\) 4. \(R\left ( \dfrac{k}{1+k} \right )^{2}\)
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The ratio of escape velocity at the Earth \((v_e)\) to the escape velocity at a planet \((v_p)\) whose radius and mean density are twice that of the Earth is:
1. \(1:2\sqrt{2}\)
2. \(1:4\)
3. \(1:\sqrt{2}\)
4. \(1:2\)
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A black hole is an object whose gravitational field is so strong that even light cannot escape from it. To what approximate radius would Earth (mass\(m=5.98\times 10^{24}~\text{kg})\) have to be compressed to be a black hole?
1. \(10^{-9}~\text{m}\)
2. \(10^{-6}~\text{m}\)
3. \(10^{-2}~\text{m}\)
4. \(100​~\text{m}\)

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A particle of mass \(\mathrm{m}\) is thrown upwards from the surface of the earth, with a velocity \(\mathrm{u}\). The mass and the radius of the earth are, respectively, \(\mathrm{M}\) and \(\mathrm{R}\). \(\mathrm{G}\) is the gravitational constant and \(\mathrm{g}\) is the acceleration due to gravity on the surface of the earth. The minimum value of \(\mathrm{u}\) so that the particle does not return back to earth is:
1. \(\sqrt{\frac{2 \mathrm{GM}}{\mathrm{R}^2}} \)
2. \(\sqrt{\frac{2 \mathrm{GM}}{\mathrm{R}}} \)
3.\(\sqrt{\frac{2 \mathrm{gM}}{\mathrm{R}^2}} \)
4. \(\sqrt{ \mathrm{2gR^2}}\)

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The earth is assumed to be a sphere of radius \(R\). A platform is arranged at a height \(R\) from the surface of the earth. The escape velocity of a body from this platform is \(fv_e\), where \(v_e\) is its escape velocity from the surface of the earth. The value of \(f\) is:
1. \(\sqrt{2}\)
2. \(\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}\)
3. \(\frac{1}{3}\)
4. \(\frac{1}{2}\)

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AIPMT - 2006
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For a planet having mass equal to the mass of the Earth but a radius equal to one-fourth of the radius of the Earth, its escape velocity will be:
1. \(11.2~\text{km/s}\) 2. \(22.4~\text{km/s}\)
3. \(5.6~\text{km/s}\) 4. \(44.8~\text{km/s}\)
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