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NEET UG 2026 · Physics · Question 13

NEET 2026 Physics, question 13

Question 13 of the NEET 2026 paper (re-exam) is a Physics question from Gravitation. Its idea, Escape Velocity, was asked 3 times, in 2021 and 2026, across NEET 2017–2026. The NTA final answer key gives option 3.

Updated 2026-10-08

Q13 · Physics

Two planets P1P_1 and P2P_2 with equal mass have radii R1R_1 and R2R_2, respectively, where R2=R12R_2=\frac{R_1}{2}. The escape speeds of P1P_1 and P2P_2 are v1v_1 and v2v_2, respectively. Then v2v1\frac{v_2}{v_1} is :

  1. 112\frac{1}{\sqrt2}
  2. 21
  3. 32\sqrt2Official answer
  4. 42

Official answer: option 3 · NTA final answer key

Same idea

Escape Velocity, in other papers

NEET asked this idea 3 times, in 2021 and 2026. The other 2 questions below.

  • 2021 Q7The escape velocity from the Earth's surface is vv. The escape velocity from the surface of another planet having a radius, four times…One-line MCQ · Medium
  • 2021 Q42A particle of mass 'm' is projected with a velocity v=kVev = kV_e (k < 1) from the surface of the earth. (VeV_e = escape velocity) The…One-line MCQ · Hard

Escape Velocity: every question and how it was framed

The chapter

Gravitation in ten years of NEET

19 questions from 2017–2026, asked in 10 of 10 papers, about 1.8 a paper. Gravitation alone had 19.

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Gravitation: questions per paper

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