The weight of an object is due to
(a) gravitational force.
(b) frictional force.
(c) both gravitational and frictional force.
(d) neither gravitational nor frictional force.

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Solution

(a) gravitational force

The weight of an object is nothing but the gravitational force with which it is attracted towards the centre of the Earth.

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