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On top of the Mount Everest
On top of Qutub Minar
At a place on the equator
A camp site in Antarctica
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Solution
As we know
g= 1/R2
so value of g is more at poles than equator so value of g is maximum near a camp site in Antarctica as this lie on the pole.
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