Jharkhand PSC Prelim Exam 2006 Solved Paper

(4) Gravitational acceleration is the acceleration on an object caused by the force of gravitation. Neglecting friction such as air resistance, all small bodies accelerate in a gravitational field at the same rate relative to the center of mass. This equality is true regardless of the masses or compositions of the bodies.
At different points on Earth, objects fall with an acceleration between $9.764\mathrm{m}∕{\mathit{s}}^2$ and $9.834\mathrm{m}∕{\mathit{s}}^2$ depending on altitude and latitude, with a conventional standard value of exactly $9.80665\mathrm{m}∕{\mathit{s}}^2$ (approximately $32.174\mathrm{ft}∕{\mathit{s}}^2$ ).
This does not take into account other effects, such as buoyancy or drag.