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JEE Main 9 January 2020, Shift 2, Physics Q7

Question 7 of 75 in this shift, Physics question 7 of 25, Section A.

Planet A has mass

M

and radius

R

. Planet B has half the mass and half the radius of Planet A. If the escape velocities from the Planets A and B are

v_A

and

v_B

, respectively, then

\frac{v_A}{v_B} = \frac{n}{4}

. The value of

n

is :

(1)1
(2)2
(3)3
(4)4Official answer

Official answer

Option 4

NTA final key (Jan 2020).

Chapter: Gravitation
Topic: Orbital Mechanics
Idea tested: Escape Velocity

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