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JEE Advanced Gravitation questions with solutions

Newton law of gravitation, orbits, satellites, escape velocity and Kepler laws. 13 questions from our 2016–2025 JEE Advanced pattern papers, from the Class 11 Physics syllabus. Each has the answer and a full solution.

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JEE Advanced 2025

A satellite moves in a circular orbit of radius r0 around a planet with period 120 min. A small tangential thrust suddenly reduces its speed to 0.8…JEE Advanced 2025 Paper 2 · hard

JEE Advanced 2024

A spacecraft moves in a circular orbit of radius r0 around a planet, with period T0. A short thruster burn along its direction of motion increases…JEE Advanced 2024 Paper 1 · hard
A satellite moves in a circular orbit of radius r0 around a planet with period T0. At one point of its path an instantaneous tangential thrust raises…JEE Advanced 2024 Paper 2 · medium

JEE Advanced 2023

A satellite moves in a circular orbit of radius r about a planet of mass M. A short thrust along its direction of motion increases its speed by a…JEE Advanced 2023 Paper 1 · easy

JEE Advanced 2022

A small satellite is launched from the surface of a planet of radius R and mass M in a direction tangential to the surface with speed v0=√(1.2 GM/R).…JEE Advanced 2022 Paper 1 · hard

JEE Advanced 2021

A satellite moves in a circular orbit of radius 8R about a planet of radius R that may be treated as a uniform sphere. A thruster fired tangentially…JEE Advanced 2021 Paper 2 · hard

JEE Advanced 2020

A satellite of mass m moves in a circular orbit of radius 2R around the Earth of mass M and radius R. Air drag is absent and the Earth does not…JEE Advanced 2020 Paper 1 · hard
A satellite moves in a circular orbit of radius r about a planet of mass M (speed v0, period T0). By a short rocket burn its speed is suddenly raised…JEE Advanced 2020 Paper 2 · hard

JEE Advanced 2019

A satellite moves in a circular orbit of radius 4R about a planet of radius R, with period 8.0 hours. A tangential thruster fires briefly and reduces…JEE Advanced 2019 Paper 1 · hard
A satellite moves in a circular orbit of radius 2R about the Earth, where R=6400 km is the Earth's radius. A short tangential retro-impulse reduces…JEE Advanced 2019 Paper 2 · hard

JEE Advanced 2018

A satellite moves in a circular orbit of radius R about a planet of mass M, with orbital speed v0=√(GM/R). At one instant its speed is changed…JEE Advanced 2018 Paper 2 · hard

JEE Advanced 2017

A planet is a uniform solid sphere of radius R=6400 km and surface gravity g0=10 m s^-2 (calculated as if it had no cavity). It contains a spherical…JEE Advanced 2017 Paper 1 · hard

JEE Advanced 2016

A satellite of mass m moves in a circular orbit of radius 3R about the Earth of radius R and surface gravity g. A thruster fires briefly and…JEE Advanced 2016 Paper 1 · hard

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