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Physics - Gravitation

Practise 220 JEE Main previous year questions on Gravitation, compiled from papers spanning 2002 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 Main tests.

Gravitation has been asked in 22 of the 25 years of JEE Main papers analysed (2002–2026), with 220 questions in all. 35% of them were easy, 46% moderate and 18% tough. Most of its questions came from 2023, with 39 questions that year. In the last three years (2024–2026) it had 40 questions across 49 papers, about 0.8 per paper.

The chapter's 7 topics are not weighted equally: Gravitational potential and Potential Energy (62 questions, 28%), Acceleration Due to Gravity (52 questions, 24%), and Motion of satellite (34 questions, 15%) have been asked the most. Over the last five years the most frequent topics have been Acceleration Due to Gravity (31), Gravitational potential and Potential Energy (29), and Motion of satellite (17). Newton's Law of Gravitation has produced the most tough questions (9).

  1. 1When one moves from a point km below the earth's surface to a point km above the earth's surface. The change in is approximately %. The valu05 Apr, 2026 (M)Acceleration Due to Gravity
  2. 2A body of mass is taken from the surface of earth to a height equal to twice the radius of earth ( ). The increase in potential energy will 05 Apr, 2026 (E)Gravitational potential and Potential Energy
  3. 3The height in terms of radius of the earth , at which the acceleration due to gravity becomes , where is acceleration due to gravity on eart04 Apr, 2026 (E)Acceleration Due to Gravity
  4. 4A planet is moving around the star of mass in the orbit of radius . Another planet is moving around another star of mass in a orbit of radiu02 Apr, 2026 (M)Kepler laws
  5. 5If a body of mass kg falls on the earth from infinity, it attains velocity and kinetic energy on reaching the surface of earth. The values o02 Apr, 2026 (E)Gravitational potential and Potential Energy
  6. 6Three masses and 400 kg are placed at the vertices of an equilateral triangle with sides 20 m. They are rearranged on the vertices of a bigg24 Jan, 2026 (M)Gravitational potential and Potential Energy
  7. 7The escape velocity from a spherical planet is . The escape velocity from another planet whose density and radius are of those of planet , i22 Jan, 2026 (M)Gravitational potential and Potential Energy
  8. 8Net gravitational force at the center of a square is found to be when four particles having mass and are placed at the four corners of the s22 Jan, 2026 (M)Work done
  9. 9Given below are two statements: Statement I : A satellite is moving around earth in the orbit very close to the earth surface. The time peri22 Jan, 2026 (E)Motion of satellite
  10. 10Initially a satellite of 100 kg is in a circular orbit of radius . This satellite can be moved to a circular orbit of radius by supplying of21 Jan, 2026 (M)Motion of satellite
  11. 11Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R). Assertion (A) : The radius vector 07 Apr, 2025 (E)Kepler laws
  12. 12Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion and the other is labelled as Reason Assertion A : The kinetic energy needed to 04 Apr, 2025 (M)Gravitational potential and Potential Energy
  13. 13An object is kept at rest at a distance of 3 R above the earth's surface where R is earth's radius. The minimum speed with which it must be 04 Apr, 2025 (E)Gravitational potential and Potential Energy
  14. 14Three identical spheres of mass m , are placed at the vertices of an equilateral triangle of length a. When released, they interact only thr03 Apr, 2025 (M)Newton's Law of Gravitation
  15. 15A satellite of mass 1000 kg is launched to revolve around the earth in an orbit at a height of 270 km from the earth's surface. Kinetic ener02 Apr, 2025 (E)Gravitational potential and Potential Energy
  16. 16Two planets, and are orbiting a common star in circular orbits of radii and , respectively, with . The planet is times more massive than pla29 Jan, 2025 (E)Kepler laws
  17. 17Earth has mass 8 times and radius 2 times that of a planet. If the escape velocity from the earth is , the escape velocity in from the plane28 Jan, 2025 (E)Gravitational potential and Potential Energy
  18. 18A satellite is launched into a circular orbit of radius ' R ' around the earth. A second satellite is launched into an orbit of radius 1.03 24 Jan, 2025 (M)Motion of satellite
  19. 19Acceleration due to gravity on the surface of earth is ' '. If the diameter of earth is reduced to one third of its original value and mass 24 Jan, 2025 (E)Gravitational field
  20. 20If a satellite orbiting the Earth is 9 times closer to the Earth than the Moon, what is the time period of rotation of the satellite? Given 23 Jan, 2025 (E)Kepler laws
  21. 21A satellite of mass is revolving around earth in a circular orbit at a height of from earth surface. The angular momentum of the satellite i23 Jan, 2025 (E)Motion of satellite
  22. 22A small point of mass is placed at a distance from the centre ' of a big uniform solid sphere of mass M and radius R . The gravitational for22 Jan, 2025 (M)Newton's Law of Gravitation
  23. 23An astronaut takes a ball of mass from earth to space. He throws the ball into a circular orbit about earth at an altitude of . From earth's09 Apr, 2024 (M)Gravitational potential and Potential Energy
  24. 24A satellite of mass is revolving in circular orbit of radius . If energy is supplied to the satellite, it would revolve in a new circular or09 Apr, 2024 (E)Motion of satellite
  25. 25Two planets and having masses and move around the sun in circular orbits of and radii respectively. If angular momentum of is and that of is08 Apr, 2024 (M)Kepler laws
  26. 26Two satellite and go round a planet in circular orbits having radii and respectively. If the speed of is , the speed of will be :08 Apr, 2024 (E)Motion of satellite
  27. 27To project a body of mass from earth's surface to infinity, the required kinetic energy is (assume, the radius of earth is acceleration due 06 Apr, 2024 (M)Gravitational potential and Potential Energy
  28. 28Assuming the earth to be a sphere of uniform mass density, a body weighed on the surface of earth. How much it would weigh at R/4 depth unde06 Apr, 2024 (E)Acceleration Due to Gravity
  29. 29A simple pendulum doing small oscillations at a place height above earth surface has time period of . would be it's time period if it is bro05 Apr, 2024 (M)Acceleration Due to Gravity
  30. 30In hydrogen like system the ratio of coul0mbian force and gravitational force between an electron and a proton is in the order of :05 Apr, 2024 (M)Newton's Law of Gravitation
  31. 31Match List I with List II :05 Apr, 2024 (M)Gravitational potential and Potential Energy
  32. 32A satellite revolving around a planet in stationary orbit has time period 6 hours. The mass of planet is one-fourth the mass of earth. The r05 Apr, 2024 (E)Kepler laws
  33. 33A metal wire of uniform mass density having length and mass is bent to form a semicircular arc and a particle of mass is placed at the centr04 Apr, 2024 (M)Gravitational field
  34. 34A body placed at distance from surface of earth experiences gravitational pull of :04 Apr, 2024 (E)Newton's Law of Gravitation
  35. 35Correct formula for height of a satellite from earths surface is:04 Apr, 2024 (E)Motion of satellite
  36. 36If R is the radius of the earth and the acceleration due to gravity on the surface of earth is g = π 2 m s - 2 , then the length of the seco01 Feb, 2024 (M)Acceleration Due to Gravity
  37. 37A light planet is revolving around a massive star in a circular orbit of radius R with a period of revolution T . If the force of attraction01 Feb, 2024 (E)Kepler laws
  38. 38Four identical particles of mass m are kept at the four corners of a square. If the gravitational force exerted on one of the masses by the 31 Jan, 2024 (M)Gravitational field
  39. 39The mass of the moon is 1 144 times the mass of a planet and its diameter 1 16 times the diameter of a planet. If the escape velocity on the31 Jan, 2024 (E)Gravitational potential and Potential Energy
  40. 40The gravitational potential at a point above the surface of earth is - 5 . 12 × 10 7 J kg - 1 and the acceleration due to gravity at that po30 Jan, 2024 (M)Gravitational potential and Potential Energy
  41. 41Escape velocity of a body from earth is 11 . 2 km s - 1 . If the radius of a planet be one-third the radius of earth and mass be one-sixth t30 Jan, 2024 (E)Gravitational potential and Potential Energy
  42. 42At what distance above and below the surface of the earth a body will have same weight? (Take radius of earth as R )29 Jan, 2024 (M)Acceleration Due to Gravity
  43. 43A planet takes 200 days to complete one revolution around the Sun. If the distance of the planet from Sun is reduced to one fourth of the or29 Jan, 2024 (E)Kepler laws
  44. 44The acceleration due to gravity on the surface of earth is g . If the diameter of earth reduces to half of its original value and mass remai27 Jan, 2024 (M)Acceleration Due to Gravity
  45. 45Given below are two statements : one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R) . Assertion (A) : The angular spee27 Jan, 2024 (E)Motion of satellite
  46. 46Two identical particles each of mass m go round a circle of radius a under the action of their mutual gravitational attraction. The angular 15 Apr, 2023 (M)Newton's Law of Gravitation
  47. 47A planet having mass 9 M e and radius 4 R e , where M e and R e are mass and radius of earth respectively, has escape velocity in km s - 1 g13 Apr, 2023 (M)Gravitational potential and Potential Energy
  48. 48Two planets A and B of radii R and 1 . 5 R have densities and 2 respectively. The ratio of acceleration due to gravity at the surface of B t13 Apr, 2023 (E)Acceleration Due to Gravity
  49. 49Given below are two statements: Statement I : For a planet, if the ratio of mass of the planet to its radius increase, the escape velocity f13 Apr, 2023 (E)Gravitational potential and Potential Energy
  50. 50Two satellites A and B move round the earth in the same orbit. The mass of A is twice the mass of B . The quantity which is same for the two12 Apr, 2023 (M)Gravitational potential and Potential Energy

Frequently Asked Questions

1.How many questions are available for Gravitation?

This chapter includes 220 questions compiled from JEE Main papers spanning 2002 to 2026.

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

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

3.Is Gravitation an important chapter for JEE Main Physics?

Gravitation has appeared in 22 of the 25 years of JEE Main papers covered here, with 220 questions across 172 papers - about one per paper it appears in.

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

Of the 220 questions analysed for this chapter, 35% are easy, 46% moderate and 18% tough. 2023 had the most, with 39 questions.

5.Which topics in Gravitation should I focus on?

These topics have carried the most weightage in Gravitation:

  • Gravitational potential and Potential Energy - 62 questions (28%)
  • Acceleration Due to Gravity - 52 questions (24%)
  • Motion of satellite - 34 questions (15%)
  • Newton's Law of Gravitation has produced the most tough questions (9).
6.Is Gravitation's weightage in JEE Main going up or down?

Across all 172 papers analysed, Gravitation has averaged about 1.3 questions per paper. In the last three years (2024–2026), that average has fallen, at about 0.8 questions per paper. Use the year-wise numbers on this page for the exact trend before you decide how much time to give it.