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NDA 2022 GAT · General Knowledge · Motion, Forces and Gravitation · medium

Weight of a body is the same on the Earth and on the Moon. 2. Mass of a body is less on the Moon than on the Earth.

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Which of the statements given below is/are correct?
1. Weight of a body is the same on the Earth and on the Moon.
2. Mass of a body is less on the Moon than on the Earth.
  1. A. 1 only
  2. B. 2 only
  3. C. Both 1 and 2
  4. D. Neither 1 nor 2
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Answer: (D) Neither 1 nor 2

Weight is mg and the Moon's g is about one sixth of the Earth's, so weight changes; statement 1 is wrong. Mass is the quantity of matter and does not change with location; statement 2 is wrong. Both statements reverse the real situation.
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