AIIMS 2011
- Exam
- AIIMS
- Year
- 2011
- Subject
- Physics
- Chapter
- Work, Power and Energy
AIIMS 2011 · Physics · Work, Power and Energy
Assertion: Total energy is conserved in moving a satellite to...
Assertion: Total energy is conserved in moving a satellite to higher orbit.
Reason : Sum of change in PE and KE is same in magnitude and opposite in nature.
Options
- AIf both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.
- BIf both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
- CIf assertion is true but reason is false.
- DIf both assertion and reason are false.
Correct answer
C. If assertion is true but reason is false.
Step-by-step solution
Total energy is given by
E=-where is the radius of orbit.