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Physics - Gravitation

Practise 17 KVPY previous year questions on Gravitation, compiled from papers spanning 2010 to 2020. Each question is pulled directly from the actual exam paper it appeared in, so you're practising in the exact style and difficulty KVPY tests.

  1. 1At a height of 10 km above the surface of earth, the value of acceleration due to gravity is the same as that of a particular depth below th2020 (SA)
  2. 2A photon falls through a height of 1 km through the earth s gravitational field. To calculate the change in its frequency, take its mass to 2019 (SB/SX)
  3. 3A spiral galaxy can be approximated as an infinitesimally thin disc of a uniform surface mass density (mass per unit area) located at z = 0 2018 (SB/SX)
  4. 4Six objects are placed at the vertices of a regular hexagon. The geometric center of the hexagon is at the origin with objects 1 and 4 on th19 Nov, 2017 (SA)
  5. 5A star of mass and radius is made up of gases. The average gravitational pressure compressing the star due to gravitational pull of the gase19 Nov, 2017 (SB/SX)
  6. 6A star of mass (equal to the solar mass) with a planet (much smaller than the star) revolves around the star in a circular orbit. The veloci05 Nov, 2017 (SB/SX)
  7. 7Two satellites and are revolving around a planet in the opposite sense in coplanar circular concentric orbits. At time , the satellites are 05 Nov, 2017 (SB/SX)
  8. 8Two particles of identical mass are moving in circular orbits under a potential given by , where is a constant. If the radii of their orbits2016 (SA)
  9. 9If the axis of rotation of the earth were extended into space then it would pass close to2015 (SA)
  10. 10A planet is orbiting the sun in an elliptical orbit. Let denote the potential energy and denote the kinetic energy of the planet at an arbit2015 (SA)
  11. 11The international space station is maintained in a nearly circular orbit with a mean altitude of and a maximum of . An astronaut is floating2015 (SA)
  12. 12A ball is launched from the top of Mt. Everest which is at elevation of . The ball moves in circular orbit around earth. Acceleration due to2015 (SA)
  13. 13An object is propelled vertically to a maximum height of from the surface of a planet of radius and mass . The speed of object when it retur2015 (SB/SX)
  14. 14A small asteroid is orbiting around the sun in a circular orbit of radius with speed . A rocket is launched from the asteroid with speed , w2012 (SB/SX)
  15. 15A planet orbits in an elliptical path of eccentricity e around a massive star considered fixed at one of the foci. The point in space where 2012 (SB/SX)
  16. 16A certain planet completes one rotation about its axis in time . The weight of an object placed at the equator on the planet's surface is a 2010 (SB/SX)
  17. 17A comet (assumed to be in an elliptical orbit around the sun) is at a distance of from the sun at the per ihelion. If the time period of the2010 (SB/SX)

Frequently Asked Questions

1.How many questions are available for Gravitation?

This chapter includes 17 questions compiled from KVPY papers spanning 2010 to 2020.

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

These are KVPY 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 KVPY Physics?

Gravitation has appeared in 8 of the 11 years of KVPY papers covered here, with 17 questions across 11 papers - about 2 per paper it appears in.