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A  spherical  cavity  is  created  in  a  uniform  solid  sphere  of  mass  M  and  radius  R  by removing a part of sphere. The radius of the cavity is r & its centre is at a distance ‘a’ from the centre of the sphere.

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a

Gravitational field at the center of the cavity is zero.

b

Gravitation field inside the cavity is uniform.

c

Gravitational field inside the cavity is non-uniform.

d

Gravitational field at the center of the cavity is GMR3.a

answer is B, C.

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Consider superposition of complete sphere of mass M and radius R  and for cavity take negative mass MR3r3 and radius r. g=GMR3a+rGMR3r3r3r=GMR3a Gravitational field is independent of location of point in cavity or we can say the field is uniform inside the cavity.

 

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