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Standard IX
Physics
Weight and Mass
Question

The gravitational pull exerted by the earth on a body is called its:
  1. mass
  2. gravitational mass
  3. true weight
  4. inertial mass

A
gravitational mass
B
mass
C
true weight
D
inertial mass
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The gravitational pull exerted by the earth on a body is called its true weight.

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