Statement I: Gravitational potential of earth at every place on it is negative.
Statement II: Every body on earth is bound by the attraction of earth.
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below.
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Both Statement I and Statement II are correct.
The gravitational potential at a point in the gravitational field of a body is defined as the work done in bringing a unit mass from infinity to earth, it is attracted by the earth gravitational field, so work is done on the body, so the gravitational potential is negative.
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