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.

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

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