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JEE Main Physics · Class 11

Gravitation: JEE Main previous year questions

Gravitation had 39 questions in the 42 JEE Main shifts Lumi analysed, about 0.9 a shift, asked in 34 of 42 shifts. It ranks 14 of 29 Physics chapters by questions; 13% of its questions were hard.

Questions
39
in 34 of 42 shifts
A shift, on average
0.9
of 25 Physics questions
Since 2024
-0.5
1.1 a shift in 2017–23, 0.6 in 2024–26
Numerical answer
5
13% of its questions

Year by year

How often it came

Questions in the analysed shifts of each year. Years differ in how many shifts Lumi analysed, so read the bars with the shift count.

Questions each year
0481’174’206’214’227’238’244’255’26

2017: 1 shifts · 2020: 4 shifts · 2021: 4 shifts · 2022: 4 shifts · 2023: 4 shifts · 2024: 8 shifts · 2025: 8 shifts · 2026: 9 shifts

Difficulty by year
  • 20171
  • 20204
  • 20216
  • 20224
  • 20237
  • 20248
  • 20254
  • 20265
  • Easy
  • Medium
  • Hard

Inside the chapter

Topics and the ideas that repeat

3 topics and 13 distinct ideas; 6 ideas were asked more than once. Most questions are single correct and calculation.

Topics, by questions

16 questions had no close topic in our taxonomy and are counted for the chapter only.

Ideas asked most
6 repeat

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Gravitation: the interactive lesson

Every question

All 39 Gravitation questions

Newest first. Each opens with its options and the official answer.

2026 5 questions

  1. 2 Apr 2026, Shift 1 · Q30A planet (P1P_1) is moving around the star of mass 2M2M in the orbit of radius RR. Another planet (P2P_2) is moving around another star…EasySingle correct
  2. 2 Apr 2026, Shift 2 · Q31If a body of mass 1 kg falls on the earth from infinity, it attains velocity (v) and kinetic energy (k) on reaching the surface of earth.…MediumSingle correct
  3. 4 Apr 2026, Shift 2 · Q30The height in terms of radius of the earth (RR), at which the acceleration due to gravity becomes g9\frac g9, where gg is acceleration…EasySingle correct
  4. 5 Apr 2026, Shift 1 · Q28When one moves from a point 16 km below the earth's surface to a point 16 km above the earth's surface. The change in gg is approximately…MediumSingle correct
  5. 5 Apr 2026, Shift 2 · Q32A body of mass mm is taken from the surface of earth to a height equal to twice the radius of earth (ReR_e). The increase in potential…EasySingle correct

2025 4 questions

  1. 2 Apr 2025, Shift 2 · Q47A satellite of mass 1000 kg is launched to revolve around the earth in an orbit at a height of 270 km from the earth's surface. Kinetic…MediumNumerical value
  2. 3 Apr 2025, Shift 1 · Q46Three identical spheres of mass m, are placed at the vertices of an equilateral triangle of length aa. When released, they interact only…HardNumerical value
  3. 4 Apr 2025, Shift 2 · Q29An object is kept at rest at a distance of 3R above the earth's surface where R is earth's radius. The minimum speed with which it must be…MediumSingle correct
  4. 7 Apr 2025, Shift 2 · Q31Given below are two statements : one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R). Assertion (A) : The radius…EasyAssertion–reason

2024 8 questions

  1. 6 Apr 2024, Shift 2 · Q37Assuming the earth to be a sphere of uniform mass density, a body weighed 300 N on the surface of earth. How much it would weigh at R/4R/4…EasySingle correct
  2. 8 Apr 2024, Shift 1 · Q38Two planets A and B having masses m1m_1 and m2m_2 move around the sun in circular orbits of r1r_1 and r2r_2 radii respectively. If angular…HardSingle correct
  3. 9 Apr 2024, Shift 1 · Q36An astronaut takes a ball of mass m from earth to space. He throws the ball into a circular orbit about earth at an altitude of 318.5318.5…MediumSingle correct
  4. 9 Apr 2024, Shift 2 · Q38A satellite of 10310^3 kg mass is revolving in circular orbit of radius 2R2R. If 104R6\frac{10^4R}{6} J energy is supplied to the satellite,…MediumSingle correct
  5. 29 Jan 2024, Shift 1 · Q36At what distance above and below the surface of the earth a body will have same weight. (take radius of earth as RR.)MediumSingle correct
  6. 30 Jan 2024, Shift 2 · Q36Escape velocity of a body from earth is 11.2 km/s11.2\ km/s. If the radius of a planet be one-third the radius of earth and mass be one-sixth…EasySingle correct
  7. 31 Jan 2024, Shift 1 · Q36Four identical particles of mass mm are kept at the four corners of a square. If the gravitational force exerted on one of the masses by…EasySingle correct
  8. 31 Jan 2024, Shift 2 · Q36The mass of the moon is 1144\frac{1}{144} times the mass of a planet and its diameter is 116\frac{1}{16} times the diameter of a planet. If…EasySingle correct

2023 7 questions

  1. 6 Apr 2023, Shift 1 · Q49Given below are two statements : one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R. Assertion A : Earth has atmosphere…EasyAssertion–reason
  2. 6 Apr 2023, Shift 1 · Q50A planet has double the mass of the earth. Its average density is equal to that of the earth. An object weighing W on earth will weigh on…MediumSingle correct
  3. 8 Apr 2023, Shift 2 · Q36The acceleration due to gravity at height hh above the earth if h≪Rh \ll R (Radius of earth) is given byEasySingle correct
  4. 8 Apr 2023, Shift 2 · Q37The orbital angular momentum of a satellite is L, when it is revolving in a circular orbit at height h from earth surface. If the distance…MediumSingle correct
  5. 11 Apr 2023, Shift 1 · Q46The radii of two planets 'A' and 'B' are 'R' and '4R' and their densities are ρ\rho and ρ/3\rho/3 respectively. The ratio of acceleration…EasySingle correct
  6. 13 Apr 2023, Shift 2 · Q35Given below are two statements: Statement I : For a planet, if the ratio of mass of the planet to its radius increases, the escape…EasyTwo statements
  7. 13 Apr 2023, Shift 2 · Q37Two planets A and B of radii R and 1.5 R have densities ρ\rho and ρ/2\rho/2 respectively. The ratio of acceleration due to gravity at the…EasySingle correct

2022 4 questions

  1. 25 Jul 2022, Shift 1 · Q36Three identical particles A, B and C of mass 100100 kg each are placed in a straight line with AB=BC=13AB=BC=13 m. The gravitational force on a…MediumSingle correct
  2. 28 Jul 2022, Shift 1 · Q35If the radius of earth shrinks by 2% while its mass remains same. The acceleration due to gravity on the earth's surface will…EasySingle correct
  3. 24 Jun 2022, Shift 1 · Q40The approximate height from the surface of earth at which the weight of the body becomes 13\frac{1}{3} of its weight on the surface of…EasySingle correct
  4. 29 Jun 2022, Shift 1 · Q44The escape velocity of a body on a planet 'A' is 12 kms−112\ \mathrm{kms^{-1}}. The escape velocity of the body on another planet 'B', whose…EasySingle correct

2021 6 questions

  1. 3 Aug 2021, Shift 2 · Q6A particle is projected from the mid-point of the line joining two fixed particles each of mass mm in free space. If the separation…HardSingle correct
  2. 3 Aug 2021, Shift 2 · Q26Two particles of equal mass 'm' go round a circle of radius RR under the action of their mutual gravitational attraction. The speed of…MediumNumerical value
  3. 3 Aug 2021, Shift 2 · Q30A body of mass 20 kg is placed at a latitude of 45∘45^\circ on earth of radius RR and angular speed ω\omega. The change in weight of the…HardNumerical value
  4. 25 Jul 2021, Shift 1 · Q19The minimum and maximum distances of a planet revolving around the Sun are x1x_1 and x2x_2. If the minimum speed of the planet on its…EasySingle correct
  5. 16 Mar 2021, Shift 2 · Q21If one wants to remove all the mass of the earth to infinity in order to break it up completely. The amount of energy that needs to be…MediumNumerical value
  6. 18 Mar 2021, Shift 1 · Q14The time period of a satellite in a circular orbit of radius R is T. The period of another satellite in a circular orbit of radius 9R is :EasySingle correct

2020 4 questions

  1. 8 Jan 2020, Shift 1 · Q5Consider two solid spheres of radii R1=1R_1 = 1 m, R2=2R_2 = 2 m and masses M1M_1 and M2M_2, respectively. The gravitational field due to…MediumSingle correctHas a figure
  2. 9 Jan 2020, Shift 2 · Q7Planet A has mass MM and radius RR. Planet B has half the mass and half the radius of Planet A. If the escape velocities from the…EasySingle correct
  3. 2 Sep 2020, Shift 1 · Q6The mass density of a spherical galaxy varies as Kr\frac{K}{r} over a large distance 'r' from its centre. In that region, a small star is…MediumSingle correct
  4. 6 Sep 2020, Shift 2 · Q6Two planets have masses M and 16 M and their radii are a and 2a, respectively. The separation between the centres of the planets is 10a. A…HardSingle correct

2017 1 questions

  1. 2 Apr 2017 (offline) · Q7The variation of acceleration due to gravity g with distance d from centre of the earth is best represented by (R = Earth's radius) :EasySingle correctHas a figure

Pattern: Asked most years.