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JEE Main Gravitation questions with solutions

Newton law of gravitation, orbits, satellites, escape velocity and Kepler laws. 10 questions from our 2016–2025 JEE Main pattern papers, from the Class 11 Physics syllabus. Each has the answer and a full solution.

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JEE Main 2025

A satellite moves in a circular orbit of radius r around the Earth. A short burn reduces its speed to half of the orbital speed without changing its…JEE Main 2025 · hard

JEE Main 2024

A satellite of mass m circles the Earth (radius R, surface gravity g) in a circular orbit of radius 3R about the Earth's centre. It is shifted to a…JEE Main 2024 · hard

JEE Main 2023

A uniform solid sphere of radius R contains a spherical cavity of radius R/2 whose centre lies at a distance R/2 from the centre of the sphere. Let…JEE Main 2023 · hard

JEE Main 2022

A satellite is moving in a circular orbit of radius 3R about the Earth (R is the Earth's radius). It is suddenly brought to rest and then falls…JEE Main 2022 · medium

JEE Main 2021

A satellite of mass m moves in a circular orbit of radius 2R about the Earth (radius R, surface gravity g). The minimum extra energy that must be…JEE Main 2021 · medium

JEE Main 2020

A uniform solid sphere of mass M (after the removal described) and radius R has a spherical cavity of radius R/2 whose centre lies at a distance R/2…JEE Main 2020 · hard

JEE Main 2019

A satellite of mass m moves in a circular orbit at a height R above the Earth's surface, where R is the radius of the Earth. It is moved to a…JEE Main 2019 · medium

JEE Main 2018

A planet of mass M and radius R has no atmosphere. A body is projected radially upward from its surface with a speed equal to the speed of a…JEE Main 2018 · medium

JEE Main 2017

An artificial satellite of mass 500 kg moves in a circular orbit at a height equal to the radius of the Earth above its surface. Taking R = 6.4×10^6…JEE Main 2017 · medium

JEE Main 2016

A satellite of mass m revolves in a circular orbit of radius 2R around the earth, where R is the radius of the earth and g the acceleration due to…JEE Main 2016 · medium

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