Gravitation

41 topics, ranked by how often each is asked.

Practise GravitationBrowse all questions
  • 66 questions
  • 37 papers
  • 3.74% of Physics

Topics

The squares are the last ten exam years: filled means it was asked that year.

Topics

41 topics · 66 questions
  1. 1Kepler's Laws of Planetary Motion1.5%1 questionPractise Kepler's Laws of Planetary Motion
  2. 2Acceleration Due to Gravity Above Earth's Surface1.5%1 questionPractise Acceleration Due to Gravity Above Earth's Surface
  3. 3Acceleration due to Gravity7.6%5 questionsPractise Acceleration due to Gravity
  4. 4Energy to Launch a Satellite into Orbit1.5%1 questionPractise Energy to Launch a Satellite into Orbit
  5. 5Gravitational Potential and Field1.5%1 questionPractise Gravitational Potential and Field
  6. 6Orbital Motion of Satellites1.5%1 questionPractise Orbital Motion of Satellites
  7. 7Gravitational Field Intensity3%2 questionsPractise Gravitational Field Intensity
  8. 8Dimensions of Gravitational Quantities1.5%1 questionPractise Dimensions of Gravitational Quantities
  9. 9Energy Conservation under Gravity1.5%1 questionPractise Energy Conservation under Gravity
  10. 10Escape Speed6.1%4 questionsPractise Escape Speed
  11. 11Escape Speed and Energy Conservation1.5%1 questionPractise Escape Speed and Energy Conservation
  12. 12Acceleration due to Gravity – Variation with Height1.5%1 questionPractise Acceleration due to Gravity – Variation with Height
  13. 13Acceleration due to Gravity – Variation with Depth1.5%1 questionPractise Acceleration due to Gravity – Variation with Depth
  14. 14Gravitational Potential Energy7.6%5 questionsPractise Gravitational Potential Energy
  15. 15Gravitational potential energy and work done against gravity1.5%1 questionPractise Gravitational potential energy and work done against gravity
  16. 16Escape velocity6.1%4 questionsPractise Escape velocity
  17. 17Variation of acceleration due to gravity with height1.5%1 questionPractise Variation of acceleration due to gravity with height
  18. 18Variation of g with depth1.5%1 questionPractise Variation of g with depth
  19. 19Escape velocity and velocity at infinity1.5%1 questionPractise Escape velocity and velocity at infinity
  20. 20Mean density of the earth in terms of g and R1.5%1 questionPractise Mean density of the earth in terms of g and R
  21. 21Conservative nature of gravitational force1.5%1 questionPractise Conservative nature of gravitational force
  22. 22Gravitational potential and field intensity1.5%1 questionPractise Gravitational potential and field intensity
  23. 23Kepler's third law - satellites1.5%1 questionPractise Kepler's third law - satellites
  24. 24Kepler's third law1.5%1 questionPractise Kepler's third law
  25. 25Kepler's laws – speed of a planet in an elliptical orbit1.5%1 questionPractise Kepler's laws – speed of a planet in an elliptical orbit
  26. 26Acceleration due to gravity and universal gravitational constant1.5%1 questionPractise Acceleration due to gravity and universal gravitational constant
  27. 27Variation of g with height and depth1.5%1 questionPractise Variation of g with height and depth
  28. 28Universal law of gravitation3%2 questionsPractise Universal law of gravitation
  29. 29Gravitational potential and acceleration due to gravity at height1.5%1 questionPractise Gravitational potential and acceleration due to gravity at height
  30. 30Variation of g with distance from the centre1.5%1 questionPractise Variation of g with distance from the centre
  31. 31Energy of an orbiting satellite4.5%3 questionsPractise Energy of an orbiting satellite
  32. 32Kepler's laws6.1%4 questionsPractise Kepler's laws
  33. 33Motion under mutual gravitation1.5%1 questionPractise Motion under mutual gravitation
  34. 34Motion of satellites1.5%1 questionPractise Motion of satellites
  35. 35Orbital velocity1.5%1 questionPractise Orbital velocity
  36. 36Gravitational potential4.5%3 questionsPractise Gravitational potential
  37. 37Variation of g with height3%2 questionsPractise Variation of g with height
  38. 38Gravitational field of a spherical shell1.5%1 questionPractise Gravitational field of a spherical shell
  39. 39Escape and orbital velocity1.5%1 questionPractise Escape and orbital velocity
  40. 40Variation of acceleration due to gravity1.5%1 questionPractise Variation of acceleration due to gravity
  41. 41Earth satellites3%2 questionsPractise Earth satellites

Questions per paper

Asked in 16 of the last 16 papers (2017–2026).

  1. 2026: 1 question
  2. 2026 Re-NEET: 2 questions
  3. 2025: 2 questions
  4. 2024: 2 questions
  5. 2024 Re-NEET: 2 questions
  6. 2023: 2 questions
  7. 2023 Manipur: 2 questions
  8. 2022: 2 questions
  9. 2022 Phase 2: 2 questions
  10. 2021: 3 questions
  11. 2020: 1 question
  12. 2020 Phase-2: 1 question
  13. 2019: 2 questions
  14. 2019 Odisha: 2 questions
  15. 2018: 2 questions
  16. 2017: 2 questions

Concepts tested

  • Escape velocity 2
  • g in terms of density and radius 2
  • Potential inside a shell 2
  • Central force motion
  • Centre of mass remains at rest
  • Change in PE for large heights
  • Change in potential energy
  • Conservation of angular momentum
  • Conservative nature of gravitational force
  • dimensional formulae in gravitation
  • Effect of mass and radius on surface gravity
  • Energy conservation for large heights
  • Escape speed
  • Escape speed inversely proportional to root R
  • escape velocity and planet radius
  • Escape velocity and velocity at infinity
  • Escape velocity from a height
  • escape-velocity-density-radius