Choose the correct answer from among the given ones: The gravitational intensity at the centre of a hemispherical shell of uniform mass density has the direction indicated by the arrow (see Fig) (i) a, (ii) b, (iii) c, (iv) 0
Choose the correct answer from among the given ones: The gravitational intensity at the centre of a hemispherical shell of uniform mass density has the direction indicated by the arrow (see Fig) (i) a, (ii) b, (iii) c, (iv) 0

 

(iii) \mathrm{C}

Reason:

Gravitational forces on any particle at any position are symmetrically distributed inside a hollow sphere. The upper half of the sphere is, however, deleted in this example. Because gravitational intensity is defined as gravitational force per unit mass, it will act in a downward direction along ‘c’.