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Physics - Gravitation

Practise 22 JEE Advanced previous year questions on Gravitation, compiled from papers spanning 2006 to 2026. Each question is pulled directly from the actual exam paper it appeared in, so you're practising in the exact style and difficulty JEE Advanced tests.

Gravitation has been asked in 17 of the 27 years of JEE Advanced papers analysed (2000–2026), with 22 questions in all. 18% of them were easy, 55% moderate and 27% tough. Most of its questions came from 2010, with 3 questions that year. In the last three years (2024–2026) it had 4 questions across 6 papers, about 0.7 per paper.

The chapter's 5 topics are not weighted equally: Gravitational potential and Potential Energy (9 questions, 41%), Motion of satellite (7 questions, 32%), and Gravitational field (3 questions, 14%) have been asked the most. Over the last five years the most frequent topics have been Motion of satellite (3), Gravitational potential and Potential Energy (2), and Acceleration Due to Gravity (1). Gravitational potential and Potential Energy has produced the most tough questions (2).

  1. 1A particle of mass , and angular momentum is moving in a circular orbit of radius under the influence of an attractive force . Keeping its a2026 (Paper 2)Motion of satellite
  2. 2Consider a star of mass revolving in a circular orbit around another star of mass with . The heavier star slowly acquires mass from the ligh2025 (Paper 2)Gravitational potential and Potential Energy
  3. 3A geostationary satellite above the equator is orbiting around the earth at a fixed distance from the center of the earth. A second satellit2025 (Paper 2)Motion of satellite
  4. 4A particle of mass is under the influence of the gravitational field of a body of mass . The particle is moving in a circular orbit of radiu2024 (Paper 2)Motion of satellite
  5. 5Two satellites P and Q are moving in different circular orbits around the Earth(radius R ). The heights of P and Q from the Earth surface ar2023 (Paper 1)Acceleration Due to Gravity
  6. 6Two spherical stars A and B have densities A and B , respectively. A and B have the same radius, and their masses M A and M B are related by2022 (Paper 1)Gravitational potential and Potential Energy
  7. 7The distance between two stars of masses 3 M S and 6 M S is 9 R . Here R is the mean distance between the centres of the Earth and the Sun, 2021 (Paper 2)Motion of satellite
  8. 8Consider a spherical gaseous cloud of mass density ρ r in free space where r is the radial distance from its center. The gaseous cloud is ma2019 (Paper 1)Gravitational field
  9. 9A planet of mass M, has two natural satellites with masses m 1 a n d m 2 . The radii of their circular orbits are R 1 a n d R 2 respectively2018 (Paper 2)Motion of satellite
  10. 10A rocket is launched normal to the surface of the Earth, away from the Sun, along the line joining the Sun and the Earth. The Sun is 3 10 5 2017 (Paper 2)Gravitational potential and Potential Energy
  11. 11A bullet is fired vertically upwards with velocity from the surface of a spherical planet. When it reaches its maximum height, its accelerat2015 (Paper 1)Gravitational potential and Potential Energy
  12. 12A large spherical mass M is fixed at one position and two identical point masses m are kept on a line passing through the centre of M (see f2015 (Paper 2)Newton's Law of Gravitation
  13. 13A planet of radius R = 1 10 (radius of Earth) has the same mass density as Earth. Scientists dig a well of depth R 5 on it and lower a wire 2014 (Paper 2)Gravitational field
  14. 14Two bodies, each of mass M , are kept fixed with a separation of 2 L . A particle of mass m is projected from the midpoint of the line joini2013 (Paper 2)Gravitational potential and Potential Energy
  15. 15Two spherical planets and have the same uniform density , masses and and surface areas and 4A respectively. A spherical planet also has unif2012 (Paper 2)Gravitational potential and Potential Energy
  16. 16A satellite is moving with a constant speed in a circular orbit about the earth. An object of mass is ejected from the satellite such that i2011 (Paper 2)Gravitational potential and Potential Energy
  17. 17A thin uniform annular disc (see figure) of mass has outer radius and inner radius . The work required to take a unit mass from point on its2010 (Paper 1)Gravitational potential and Potential Energy
  18. 18A binary star consists of two stars (mass ) and (mass ), where is the mass of the sun. They are separated by distance and are rotating about2010 (Paper 1)Motion of satellite
  19. 19Gravitational acceleration on the surface of a planet is , where is the gravitational acceleration on the surface of the earth. The average 2010 (Paper 1)Gravitational potential and Potential Energy
  20. 20A spherically symmetric gravitational system of particles has a mass density where is a constant. A test mass can undergo circular motion un2008 (Paper 1)Gravitational field
  21. 21Statement 1 An astronaut in an orbiting space station above the earth experiences weightlessness. and Statement 2 An object moving around th2008 (Paper 1)Acceleration Due to Gravity
  22. 22A double star system consists of two stars and which have time period and . Radius and and mass and . Choose the correct option.2006Motion of satellite

Frequently Asked Questions

1.How many questions are available for Gravitation?

This chapter includes 22 questions compiled from JEE Advanced papers spanning 2006 to 2026.

2.Are these questions only from JEE Advanced, or from other exams too?

These are JEE Advanced 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 JEE Advanced Physics?

Gravitation has appeared in 17 of the 21 years of JEE Advanced papers covered here, with 22 questions across 18 papers - about one per paper it appears in.

4.What is the difficulty level of Gravitation questions in JEE Advanced?

Of the 22 questions analysed for this chapter, 18% are easy, 55% moderate and 27% tough. 2010 had the most, with 3 questions.

5.Which topics in Gravitation should I focus on?

These topics have carried the most weightage in Gravitation:

  • Gravitational potential and Potential Energy - 9 questions (41%)
  • Motion of satellite - 7 questions (32%)
  • Gravitational field - 3 questions (14%)
  • Gravitational potential and Potential Energy has produced the most tough questions (2).
6.Is Gravitation's weightage in JEE Advanced going up or down?

Across all 18 papers analysed, Gravitation has averaged about 1.2 questions per paper. In the last three years (2024–2026), that average has fallen, at about 0.7 questions per paper. Use the year-wise numbers on this page for the exact trend before you decide how much time to give it.