NEET UG · Physics · Gravitation

Gravitation: NEET previous year questions

19 questions in ten years of NEET, in 10 of 10 papers. Pattern: Every year. Here is how it is asked and which ideas come back.

Asked in 10 years: 19; about 1.8 per paper
Years asked: 10/10; last asked 2026
Chance of a question next paper: 84%; historical rate, how we compute it
Weighted estimate: 1.9; model; history: 1.8 a paper on average, typically 2

Key findings

01
Asked in 10 of 10 papers, 19 questions in all: #16 of 204 topics by ten-year total.
02
53% of its questions since 2018 tested an idea never asked before; 2 repeated an idea from the year before.
03
The most repeated idea is Escape Velocity, asked 3 times (2021, 2026), usually as “escape velocity for different planet radius”.
04
NEET has asked 0 of the 10 ideas in this topic; 0 have never been asked, directly or indirectly.
05
Mostly asked as numerical (58%); 53% easy, 11% hard.

Questions per year

Up to 2023: 1.8; per paper
Since 2024: 1.9; 0.2
Usual gap: 1.0 yrs; between papers asking it
Swing: ±0.3; questions, year to year

Recent framings

numerical: ratio of escape speeds of planets
proportionality of orbital period to radius
numerical: gravitational force at height above earth

Revise first

Kepler's Laws (2018 2025 2026); Escape Velocity (2021 2026); Variation of g and Force with Height (2017 2020 2025)

How it is asked

Difficulty, format and skill

Across all 19 questions on Gravitation since 2017.

Difficulty

QUESTIONS

1072

Easy10 · 53%
Medium7 · 37%
Hard2 · 11%

Format

Numerical · 11 Q58%
One-line MCQ · 6 Q32%
Match the lists · 1 Q5%
Figure-based · 1 Q5%

Skill tested

Calculation · 6 Q32%
Multi-step · 5 Q26%
Concept · 4 Q21%
Application · 3 Q16%
Recall · 1 Q5%

Repeats

New idea, or one asked before?

Each column is a paper. Blue questions tested an idea NEET had not asked before; navy ones went back to an idea from an earlier paper. 2017 is the first paper, so everything in it counts as new.

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25’26

Idea asked for the first time
Idea asked in an earlier paper

Coverage of the topic

NEET has asked 0 of the 10 ideas in this topic. 0 have never been asked yet.

Asked directly0 · 0%
Touched inside another question10 · 100%
Never asked0 · 0%

Ideas come from Lumi’s syllabus map of NCERT. A never-asked idea is not a safe skip: most new questions come from exactly these.

Drill down

Idea, year, question

Every idea NEET tested in this topic, with its ten papers. Open one to read the questions.

ideaAskedShareYears’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25’26

Repeated3 · 16%16%2/102
- 2026 · Q13
  Two planets $P_1$ and $P_2$ with equal mass have radii $R_1$ and $R_2$ , respectively, where $R_2=\frac{R_1}{2}$ . The escape speeds of…
  easyNumerical
- 2021 · Q7
  The escape velocity from the Earth's surface is $v$ . The escape velocity from the surface of another planet having a radius, four times…
  mediumOne-line MCQNew idea
- 2021 · Q42
  A particle of mass 'm' is projected with a velocity $v = kV_e$ (k < 1) from the surface of the earth. ( $V_e$ = escape velocity) The…
  hardOne-line MCQNew idea
Repeated3 · 16%16%3/10
Repeated3 · 16%16%3/10
Repeated2 · 11%11%2/10
Repeated2 · 11%11%2/10
Repeated2 · 11%11%2/10
1 · 5%5%1/10
1 · 5%5%1/10
1 · 5%5%1/10
1 · 5%5%1/10

Squares are the ten papers, 2017 to 2026; darker means more questions. Share is of the level above.

Ideas

Every idea inside this topic

10 different ideas were tested; 6 came more than once.

Escape Velocity3×
escape velocity for different planet radius
One-line MCQ · 11% next
Kepler's Laws3×
order of kinetic energy at orbit positions
Figure-based · 11% next
Variation of g and Force with Height3×
numerical
Numerical · 6% next
Acceleration due to Gravity on a Planet2×
identify incorrect statement on changed g
Numerical · 6% next
Orbital Speed and Energy of Satellites2×
identify quantity from satellite period and density
Numerical · 6% next
Newton's Law of Gravitation2×
match list on dimensions of gravitation quantities
Match the lists · 6% next
Gravitational Potential1×
numerical
Numerical · 4% next
Gravitational Field Intensity1×
numerical
Numerical · 4% next
Gravitational Potential Energy1×
numerical
Numerical · 4% next
Variation of g with Depth1×
numerical
Numerical · 4% next

Idea	Times	Format	Chance next	Foundation for
Escape Velocityescape velocity for different planet radius	3	One-line MCQApplication	11%	–
Kepler's Lawsorder of kinetic energy at orbit positions	3	Figure-basedConcept	11%	–
Variation of g and Force with Heightnumerical	3	NumericalCalculation	6%	–
Acceleration due to Gravity on a Planetidentify incorrect statement on changed g	2	NumericalCalculation	6%	–
Orbital Speed and Energy of Satellitesidentify quantity from satellite period and density	2	NumericalMulti-step	6%	–
Newton's Law of Gravitationmatch list on dimensions of gravitation quantities	2	Match the listsConcept	6%	–
Gravitational Potentialnumerical	1	NumericalMulti-step	4%	–
Gravitational Field Intensitynumerical	1	NumericalCalculation	4%	–
Gravitational Potential Energynumerical	1	NumericalMulti-step	4%	–
Variation of g with Depthnumerical	1	NumericalApplication	4%	–

Chance next is the historical rate at which an idea with this record came back in the following paper. It is low for every idea, which is why learning the topic beats memorising past questions. All repeated ideas

Every question

Gravitation questions, year by year

The opening words of each question as it appeared in the official paper, with the idea it tested.

NEET 20262 questions

Q13
Two planets $P_1$ and $P_2$ with equal mass have radii $R_1$ and $R_2$ , respectively, where $R_2=\frac{R_1}{2}$ . The escape speeds of…
Idea: Escape Velocity
EasyNumerical
Q14
In a solar system, the time-period of revolution of a planet tracing a circular orbit of radius R is proportional to :
Idea: Kepler's Laws
Asked last yearEasyOne-line MCQ

NEET 20252 questions

Q31
The radius of Martian orbit around the Sun is about 4 times the radius of the orbit of Mercury. The Martian year is 687 Earth days. Then…
Idea: Kepler's Laws
EasyNumerical
Q32
A body weighs 48 N on the surface of the earth. The gravitational force experienced by the body due to the earth at a height equal to…
Idea: Variation of g and Force with Height
EasyNumerical

NEET 20242 questions

Q30
The mass of a planet is $\frac{1}{10}$ th that of the earth and its diameter is half that of the earth. The acceleration due to gravity on…
Idea: Acceleration due to Gravity on a Planet
EasyNumerical
Q45
The minimum energy required to launch a satellite of mass $m$ from the surface of earth of mass $M$ and radius $R$ in a circular orbit at…
Idea: Orbital Speed and Energy of Satellites
Asked last yearHardNumerical

NEET 20232 questions

Q33
Two bodies of mass $m$ and $9m$ are placed at a distance $R$ . The gravitational potential on the line joining the bodies where the…
Idea: Gravitational Potential
New ideaMediumNumerical
Q43
A satellite is orbiting just above the surface of the earth with period $T$ . If $d$ is the density of the earth and $G$ is the universal…
Idea: Orbital Speed and Energy of Satellites
New ideaMediumOne-line MCQ

NEET 20222 questions

Q21
A body of mass 60 g experiences a gravitational force of 3.0 N, when placed at a particular point. The magnitude of the gravitational…
Idea: Gravitational Field Intensity
New ideaEasyNumerical
Q49
Match List - I with List - II : List - I | List - II (a) Gravitational constant (G) | (i) $[L^2T^{-2}]$ (b) Gravitational potential energy…
Idea: Newton's Law of Gravitation
MediumMatch the lists

NEET 20212 questions

Q7
The escape velocity from the Earth's surface is $v$ . The escape velocity from the surface of another planet having a radius, four times…
Idea: Escape Velocity
New ideaMediumOne-line MCQ
Q42
A particle of mass 'm' is projected with a velocity $v = kV_e$ (k < 1) from the surface of the earth. ( $V_e$ = escape velocity) The…
Idea: Escape Velocity
New ideaHardOne-line MCQ

NEET 20201 question

Q143
A body weighs 72 N on the surface of the earth. What is the gravitational force on it, at a height equal to half the radius of the earth ?
Idea: Variation of g and Force with Height
EasyNumerical

NEET 20192 questions

Q16
A body weighs 200 N on the surface of the earth. How much will it weigh half way down to the centre of the earth ?
Idea: Variation of g with Depth
New ideaEasyNumerical
Q29
The work done to raise a mass m from the surface of the earth to a height h, which is equal to the radius of the earth, is :
Idea: Gravitational Potential Energy
New ideaMediumNumerical

NEET 20182 questions

Q39
The kinetic energies of a planet in an elliptical orbit about the Sun, at positions A, B and C are $K_A$ , $K_B$ and $K_C$ , respectively.…
Idea: Kepler's Laws
New ideaMediumFigure-based · figure
Q40
If the mass of the Sun were ten times smaller and the universal gravitational constant were ten times larger in magnitude, which of the…
Idea: Acceleration due to Gravity on a Planet
New ideaMediumOne-line MCQ

NEET 20172 questions

Q25
The acceleration due to gravity at a height 1 km above the earth is the same as at a depth d below the surface of earth. Then :
Idea: Variation of g and Force with Height
EasyNumerical
Q30
Two astronauts are floating in gravitational free space after having lost contact with their spaceship. The two will :
Idea: Newton's Law of Gravitation
EasyOne-line MCQ

Questions from the official NEET UG papers published by NTA (CBSE before 2019). Topic and idea tags, counts and notes are Lumi’s.