Escape velocity on the surface of earth is 
. Escape velocity from a planet whose mass is the same as that of earth and radius 1/4 that of earth is
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At a certain velocity of projection the body will go out of the gravitational field of the earth
and will never return of the earth, this velocity is known as escape velocity
Given, 
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