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Physics - Gravitation

Practise 116 AP EAMCET previous year questions on Gravitation, compiled from papers spanning 2001 to 2025. Each question is pulled directly from the actual exam paper it appeared in, so you're practising in the exact style and difficulty AP EAMCET tests.

Gravitation has been asked in 24 of the 24 years of AP EAMCET papers analysed (2001–2024), with 116 questions in all. 46% of them were easy, 39% moderate and 16% tough. Most of its questions came from 2021, with 19 questions that year. In the last three years (2022–2024) it had 30 questions across 28 papers, about 1.1 per paper.

The chapter's 6 topics are not weighted equally: Gravitational potential and Potential Energy (37 questions, 32%), Motion of satellite (26 questions, 22%), and Acceleration Due to Gravity (22 questions, 19%) have been asked the most. Gravitational potential and Potential Energy has also led over the last five years, with 17 questions. Gravitational potential and Potential Energy has produced the most tough questions (8).

  1. 1The escape velocity of a body from a planet of mass M and radius R is . The escape velocity of the body from another planet having same mass27 May, 2025 (M)Gravitational potential and Potential Energy
  2. 2The acceleration due to gravity at a height of from the surface of the earth is (Acceleration due to gravity on the surface of the earth and26 May, 2025 (M)Acceleration Due to Gravity
  3. 3The potential energy of a satellite of mass ' ' revolving around the earth at a height of from the surface of the earth is ( - radius of ear26 May, 2025 (E)Gravitational potential and Potential Energy
  4. 4The time period of a simple pendulum on the surface of the earth is . If the pendulum is taken to a height equal to half of the radius of th24 May, 2025 (M)Acceleration Due to Gravity
  5. 5If the escape velocity of a body from the surface of the earth is , then the orbital velocity of a satellite in an orbit which is at a heigh24 May, 2025 (M)Gravitational potential and Potential Energy
  6. 6A mass of is to be compressed in the form of a solid sphere such that the escape velocity from its surface is . The radius of the sphere is 23 May, 2025 (M)Gravitational potential and Potential Energy
  7. 7An artificial satellite is revolving around a planet of radius in a circular orbit of radius ' '. If the time period of revolution of the sa23 May, 2025 (E)Kepler laws
  8. 8Two solid spheres each of radius ' ' made of same material are placed in contact with each other. If the gravitational force acting between 22 May, 2025 (M)Newton’s Law of Gravitation
  9. 9Two satellites and are revolving around the earth in orbits of heights and from the surface of earth respectively, where is the radius of th22 May, 2025 (E)Motion of satellite
  10. 10An infinite number of objects each 1 kg mass are placed on the x -axis on both sides of at and so on. The magnitude of the resultant gravita21 May, 2025 (M)Gravitational potential and Potential Energy
  11. 11If the angular velocity of a planet about its axis is halved, the distance of the stationary satellite of this planet from the centre of the21 May, 2025 (E)Motion of satellite
  12. 12The time period of revolution of a satellite close to planet's surface is 80 minutes. The time period of another satellite which is at a hei23 May, 2024 (M)Kepler laws
  13. 13A satellite moving round the earth in a circular orbit has kinetic energy ' '. Then, the minimum amount of energy to be added so that it esc22 May, 2024 (M)Motion of satellite
  14. 14The gravitational potential energy of a body on the surface of the earth is E. If the body is taken from the surface of the earth to a heigh22 May, 2024 (E)Gravitational potential and Potential Energy
  15. 15If the time period of revolution of a satellite is . then its kinetic energy is proportional to21 May, 2024 (M)Motion of satellite
  16. 16A particle is projected from the surface of the earth with a velocity equal to twice the escape velocity. When particle is very far from the21 May, 2024 (E)Motion of satellite
  17. 17The acceleration due to gravity at a height of 6400 km from the surface of the earth is . The acceleration due to gravity at a height of 12820 May, 2024 (M)Acceleration Due to Gravity
  18. 18What is the height from the surface of earth, where acceleration due to gravity will be of that of the earth?20 May, 2024 (E)Acceleration Due to Gravity
  19. 19Maximum height reached by a rocket fired with a speed equal to of the escape speed from the surface of the earth is ( - Radius of the earth)19 May, 2024 (E)Gravitational potential and Potential Energy
  20. 20Two satellites of masses m and 1.5 m are revolving around the earth with different speeds in two circular orbits of heights and respectively18 May, 2024 (M)Motion of satellite
  21. 21The gravitational potential energy of a system of three masscs and pläced at three vertices of equilateral triangle of side ' ' is19 May, 2023 (M)Gravitational potential and Potential Energy
  22. 22A satellite is placed in a circular orbit around the earth at an altitude of . The time period of the satellite in minutes is approximately 18 May, 2023 (M)Motion of satellite
  23. 23The vector form of universal law of gravitation18 May, 2023 (E)Newton’s Law of Gravitation
  24. 24A uniform solid sphere of mass and radius ' ' is surrounded by a concentric uniform thin spherical shell of mass and radius . The gravitatio17 May, 2023 (M)Gravitational potential and Potential Energy
  25. 25The statements that are true about acceleration due to gravity, A. is greater at poles. B. g value decreases with height. C. value is same a17 May, 2023 (E)Acceleration Due to Gravity
  26. 26The time period of a satellite is equal to the time period of rotation of the earth. The altitude of the satellite is nearly16 May, 2023 (M)Motion of satellite
  27. 27Satellites which give high value data for remote sensing, meteorology and environmental studies are16 May, 2023 (E)Motion of satellite
  28. 28The value of acceleration due to gravity at a height of from surface of earth is is radius of earth and acceleration due to gravity on the s15 May, 2023 (M)Acceleration Due to Gravity
  29. 29The orbital velocity of a body near the surface of a planet ' ' is equal to escape velocity of a body from the planet ' '. If the masses of 15 May, 2023 (E)Motion of satellite
  30. 30The escape speed of an object on the surface of the earth is . If the object is thrown out with speed from the surface of the earth, the spe08 Jul, 2022 (M)Gravitational potential and Potential Energy
  31. 31The escape velocity of an object from a planet is . If the escape velocity of the object from another planet having twice the density and th08 Jul, 2022 (E)Gravitational potential and Potential Energy
  32. 32There is a planet which is 8 times massive and 27 times denser than the earth. If and are the accelerations due to gravity on the surfaces o07 Jul, 2022 (M)Acceleration Due to Gravity
  33. 33As shown in the figure, two spherical cavities are made in the uniform solid sphere of radius . The boundaries of the cavities touch at the 07 Jul, 2022 (E)Gravitational field
  34. 34The orbital period of a geostationary satellite is06 Jul, 2022 (M)Motion of satellite
  35. 35A satellite is orbiting the earth. It's orbital radius is reduced to half of its initial value then the change in its total energy is06 Jul, 2022 (E)Motion of satellite
  36. 36An object is thrown directly away from the surface of the earth with an initial speed . The object reaches upto a height of from earth's sur06 Jul, 2022 (E)Gravitational potential and Potential Energy
  37. 37Statement (A) Two artificial satellites revolving in the same circular orbit have same period of revolution. Statement (B) The orbital veloc05 Jul, 2022 (M)Motion of satellite
  38. 38When a ball is dropped from a height it takes to reach the ground. If the same experiment in done on a different planet having the mass 100 05 Jul, 2022 (E)Newton’s Law of Gravitation
  39. 39Two planets, A and B orbit around a star such that time period of is 8 times the time period of . The ratio of orbital velocities of the pla05 Jul, 2022 (E)Motion of satellite
  40. 40A projectile is thrown straight upward from the earth s surface with an initial speed v = v E , where is a constant and v E is the escape sp04 Jul, 2022 (M)Gravitational potential and Potential Energy
  41. 41A uniform solid sphere of radius R produces a gravitational acceleration of a o on its surface. The distance of the point from the centre of04 Jul, 2022 (E)Acceleration Due to Gravity
  42. 42A spherical shell is cut into two pieces along a chord as shown in the figure. is a point on the plane of the chord. The gravitational field25 Aug, 2021 (M)Gravitational field
  43. 43Work done in raising a body of mass from the surface of the earth to a height is ......... (where, is radius of earth, is mass of the earth 25 Aug, 2021 (M)Acceleration Due to Gravity
  44. 44An artificial satellite moving in a circular orbit at a distance from the centre of the Earth has a total energy . Then, its potential energ25 Aug, 2021 (E)Gravitational potential and Potential Energy
  45. 45Find the angular speed of rotation of the Earth, so that the apparent at the equator becomes (1/6)th of its original value.25 Aug, 2021 (E)Motion of satellite
  46. 46The rotation of the Earth (of radius ) about its axis speeds up to a value such that a man at latitude angle feels weightlessness. The durat24 Aug, 2021 (M)Acceleration Due to Gravity
  47. 47If is the radius of orbit of a satellite, then the kinetic energy of the satellite is24 Aug, 2021 (E)Motion of satellite
  48. 48If is the areal velocity of a planet of mass , its angular momentum is24 Aug, 2021 (E)Kepler laws
  49. 49Find the gravitational force between two stones, each of mass and separated by a distance in vacuum.23 Aug, 2021 (M)Newton’s Law of Gravitation
  50. 50Assertion (A) Angular speed, linear speed and kinetic energy change with time but angular momentum remains constant for a planet orbiting th23 Aug, 2021 (M)Kepler laws

Frequently Asked Questions

1.How many questions are available for Gravitation?

This chapter includes 116 questions compiled from AP EAMCET papers spanning 2001 to 2025.

2.Are these questions only from AP EAMCET, or from other exams too?

These are AP EAMCET questions specifically for the Gravitation chapter. Questions from other exams like JEE Main or NTA Abhyas (JEE Main) are organised separately under their respective exam sections.

3.Is Gravitation an important chapter for AP EAMCET Physics?

Gravitation has appeared in 25 of the 25 years of AP EAMCET papers covered here, with 116 questions across 91 papers - about one per paper it appears in.

4.What is the difficulty level of Gravitation questions in AP EAMCET?

Of the 116 questions analysed for this chapter, 46% are easy, 39% moderate and 16% tough. 2021 had the most, with 19 questions.

5.Which topics in Gravitation should I focus on?

These topics have carried the most weightage in Gravitation:

  • Gravitational potential and Potential Energy - 37 questions (32%)
  • Motion of satellite - 26 questions (22%)
  • Acceleration Due to Gravity - 22 questions (19%)
  • Gravitational potential and Potential Energy has produced the most tough questions (8).
6.Is Gravitation's weightage in AP EAMCET going up or down?

Across all 91 papers analysed, Gravitation has averaged about 1.3 questions per paper. In the last three years (2022–2024), that average has fallen, at about 1.1 questions per paper. Use the year-wise numbers on this page for the exact trend before you decide how much time to give it.