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NEET UG 2017 · Physics · Question 25

NEET 2017 Physics, question 25

Question 25 of the NEET 2017 paper (code A) is a Physics question from Gravitation. Its idea, Variation of g and Force with Height, was asked 3 times, in 2017, 2020 and 2025, across NEET 2017–2026. The CBSE official answer key gives option 4.

Updated 2026-10-08

Q25 · Physics

The acceleration due to gravity at a height 1 km above the earth is the same as at a depth d below the surface of earth. Then :

  1. 1d=12d=\frac{1}{2} km
  2. 2d = 1 km
  3. 3d=32d=\frac{3}{2} km
  4. 4d = 2 kmOfficial answer

Official answer: option 4 · CBSE official answer key

Same idea

Variation of g and Force with Height, in other papers

NEET asked this idea 3 times, in 2017, 2020 and 2025. The other 2 questions below.

  • 2025 Q32A body weighs 48 N on the surface of the earth. The gravitational force experienced by the body due to the earth at a height equal to…Numerical · Easy
  • 2020 Q143A body weighs 72 N on the surface of the earth. What is the gravitational force on it, at a height equal to half the radius of the earth ?Numerical · Easy

Variation of g and Force with Height: every question and how it was framed

The chapter

Gravitation in ten years of NEET

19 questions from 2017–2026, asked in 10 of 10 papers, about 1.8 a paper. Gravitation alone had 19.

Gravitation: questions per paper

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