Gravitational Field - NEET Physics Questions

Question 11: easy

Assertion (A): A spherically symmetric shell produces no gravitational field anywhere.

Reason (R): The field due to various mass elements cancel out, everywhere for a spherically symmetric shell.

1. Both (A) & (R) are true and the (R) is the correct explanation of the (A)

2. Both (A) & (R) are true but the (R) is not the correct explanation of the (A)

3. (A) is true but (R) is false

4. Both (A) and (R) are false

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A spherically symmetric shell produces zero gravitational field *inside* itself, but a non-zero field *outside*. Thus, "anywhere" and "everywhere" make both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are false.

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