JEE Main Physics · Gravitation

Gravitational Potential in JEE Main

Name: Gravitational Potential: JEE Main previous year questions
Creator: Lumi

Gravitational Potential (Physics, Gravitation) came 5 times in 5 of the 42 JEE Main shifts Lumi analysed, across 4 distinct ideas. 3 of them came in 2024–26; it was last asked in 2026.

Questions: 5; in 5 shifts
Ideas asked: 4; 1 asked more than once
Numerical answer: 1; 20% of its questions
Pattern: Frequent; last asked 2026

Questions each year

In the shifts Lumi analysed for each year.

Difficulty and format

Easy 1Medium 3Hard 1

Format

Single correct4 Q
Numerical value1 Q

Ideas inside the topic

4 ideas

Escape Velocity and Potential Relation2 Q
Gravitational Binding Energy1 Q
Exact Potential Energy Change at Large Heights1 Q
Potential at the Neutral Point1 Q

Where it sits

Part of Gravitation, which had 39 questions in all. Gravitational Potential accounts for 13% of them. In Lumi's JEE taxonomy it belongs to Mechanics.

Every question

All 5 Gravitational Potential questions

Newest first, each with its options and official answer.

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
5 Apr 2026, Shift 2 · Q32A body of mass $m$ is taken from the surface of earth to a height equal to twice the radius of earth ( $R_e$ ). The increase in potential…EasySingle correct
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
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 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