JEE MAIN · PHYSICS · GRAVITATION

JEE Main Gravitation Questions & Solutions

15 solved questions on Gravitation, ranging from easy to JEE-Advanced-flavour hard. Click any to see the full solution.

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  1. Medium MCQ +4 / -1

    The orbital speed of a satellite at height $h$ (with $h \ll R$) above the Earth is approximately:

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  2. Easy MCQ +4 / -1

    The orbital period of a geostationary satellite is:

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  3. Easy MCQ +4 / -1

    The orbital speed of a satellite just above the Earth's surface is approximately:

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  4. Medium INTEGER +4 / -1

    If Earth's mass were doubled and its radius halved, the escape velocity would become $k$ times the original. Find $k$.

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  5. Easy MCQ +4 / -1

    Escape velocity from a planet depends on:

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  6. Medium MCQ +4 / -1

    The escape velocity from the surface of the Earth is about 11.2 km/s. If the radius of Earth were doubled (mass unchanged), the new escape velocity would be approximately:

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  7. Medium MCQ +4 / -1

    The change in gravitational PE of a body of mass $m$ raised a small height $h$ above Earth's surface ($h \ll R$) is approximately:

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  8. Easy MCQ +4 / -1

    The gravitational field strength $g$ at the Earth's surface in terms of Earth's mass $M$ and radius $R$ is:

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  9. Easy MCQ +4 / -1

    By convention, the gravitational potential at infinity is taken as:

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  10. Medium MCQ +4 / -1

    Two bodies each of mass 100 kg are placed 1 m apart. The gravitational force between them is approximately (with $G = 6.67 \times 10^{-11}$ N·m²/kg²):

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  11. Easy MCQ +4 / -1

    The SI units of the universal gravitational constant $G$ are:

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  12. Easy MCQ +4 / -1

    The gravitational force between two masses is $F$. If the distance between them is doubled, the force becomes:

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  13. Medium MCQ +4 / -1

    If Earth's period is 1 year at 1 AU, a planet orbiting the Sun at 4 AU has a period of:

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  14. Easy MCQ +4 / -1

    Kepler's third law: the square of the orbital period $T$ is proportional to:

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  15. Easy MCQ +4 / -1

    Kepler's first law states that the planets move in:

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