Given below are two statements: Statement I: Acceleration due to gravity is different at different places on the surface of earth. Statement II: Acceleration due to gravity increases as we go down below the earth's surface. In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:
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Given below are two statements: Statement I: Acceleration due to gravity is different at different places on the surface of earth. Statement II: Acceleration due to gravity increases as we go down below the earth's surface. In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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G1 Physics · Accepted Answer

Statement I is true because effective g varies with latitude and other local factors. Inside Earth, for the standard uniform-density model, g(d) = g(1 − d/R), so g decreases with depth. Hence Statement II is false.