NEET UG 2017 · Physics · Question 26
NEET 2017 Physics, question 26
Question 26 of the NEET 2017 paper (code A) is a Physics question from System of Particles and Rotational Motion. Its idea, Center of Gravity vs Center of Mass, was asked only this once in NEET 2017–2026. The CBSE official answer key gives option 1.
Updated 2026-10-08
Q26 · Physics
Which of the following statements are correct ?
(a) Centre of mass of a body always coincides with the centre of gravity of the body.
(b) Centre of mass of a body is the point at which the total gravitational torque on the body is zero.
(c) A couple on a body produce both translational and rotational motion in a body.
(d) Mechanical advantage greater than one means that small effort can be used to lift a large load.
- 1(b) and (d)Official answer
- 2(a) and (b)
- 3(b) and (c)
- 4(c) and (d)
Official answer: option 1 · CBSE official answer key
Same idea
The only question on Center of Gravity vs Center of Mass
No other NEET paper from 2017–2026 tested this exact idea.
Center of Gravity vs Center of Mass: every question and how it was framed
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System of Particles and Rotational Motion in ten years of NEET
25 questions from 2017–2026, asked in 10 of 10 papers, about 2.4 a paper. Center of Mass alone had 4.