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Acceleration Due to Gravity

Given below are two statements:

Statement I: Acceleration due to earth's gravity decreases as you go 'up' or 'down' from earth's surface.

Statement II: Acceleration due to earth's gravity is same at a height ' $h$ ' and depths ' $d$ ' from earth's surface, if $h = d$ .

In the light of above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below.

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Answer: (c)

Statement I: $g$ is maximum at the surface; it falls going up ( $\propto 1/r^2$ ) and going down ( $\propto r$ ). Correct.
Statement II: $g_h \approx g\left(1-\frac{2h}{R}\right)$ , $g_d = g\left(1-\frac{d}{R}\right)$ , so for $h = d$ they are not equal. Incorrect.
So the answer is (c).

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