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Gravitation - Mechanics - Physics Previous Year Questions

Practice Gravitation - Mechanics - Physics previous year questions organised from real papers, with year-wise coverage and clear topic navigation.

8Papers
8Years
11Questions
1Topics

Gravitation question pattern

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Questions by year

Year-wise coverage for Gravitation. Each bar uses a separate theme-derived color.

Difficulty distribution

How the classified questions are distributed by difficulty.

Not classified 11 100%

Question type distribution

MCQ, numerical, multiple-select and other formats found in these papers.

Multiple Choices 11 100%

Subject weightage

Top subjects by unique question coverage.

Physics
11 Qs

Most asked topics

Top topics across the included previous year papers.

Mechanics
11 Qs

Subtopic coverage

Top subtopics inside this exact selection.

Gravitation
11 Qs

Paper coverage

Question coverage for the most populated papers. Every active PYP paper remains listed below.

VITEEE 2025
2 Qs
WB JEE 2024
1 Qs
WB JEE 2023
2 Qs
WB JEE 2022
1 Qs
WB JEE 2021
1 Qs
WB JEE 2019
1 Qs
WB JEE 2018
1 Qs
WB JEE 2008
2 Qs

Included previous year papers

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PaperYear / sessionQuestions in this viewOpen
VITEEE 202520252View paper
WB JEE 202420241View paper
WB JEE 202320232View paper
WB JEE 202220221View paper
WB JEE 202120211View paper
WB JEE 201920191View paper
WB JEE 201820181View paper
WB JEE 200820082View paper

All Gravitation previous year questions

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1
2018 · Physics · Mechanics · Gravitation
WB JEE 2018
The ratio of accelerations due to gravity g1 : g2 on the surfaces of two planets is 5 : 2 and the ratio of their respective average densities \({{\rho _1}}\) : \({{\rho _2}}\) is 2 : 1. What is the ratio of respective escape velocities v1 : v2 from the surface of the planets?
A
5 : 2
B
\({\sqrt 5 }\) : \({\sqrt 2 }\)
C
5 : 2\({\sqrt 2 }\)
D
25 : 4
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2
2019 · Physics · Mechanics · Gravitation
WB JEE 2019
Assume that the earth moves around the sun in a circular orbit of radius R and there exists a planet which also move around the sun in a circular orbit with an angular speed twice as large as that of the earth. The earth of the orbit of the planet is
A
\({2^{ - 2/3}}\) R
B
\({2^{ 2/3}}\) R
C
\({2^{ - 1/3}}\) R
D
\({R \over {\sqrt 2 }}\)
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3
2021 · Physics · Mechanics · Gravitation
WB JEE 2021
An ideal gas of molar mass M is contained in a very tall vertical cylindrical column in the uniform gravitational field. Assuming the gas temperature to be T, the height at which the centre of gravity of the gas is located is (R\(\to\)universal gas constant)
A
\({{RT} \over g}\)
B
\({{RT} \over Mg}\)
C
MgR
D
RTg
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4
2022 · Physics · Mechanics · Gravitation
WB JEE 2022

A body of mass m is thrown vertically upward with speed \(\sqrt3\) ve, where ve is the escape velocity of a body from earth surface. The final velocity of the body is

A
0
B
2 ve
C
\(\sqrt3\) ve
D
\(\sqrt2\) ve
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5
2023 · Physics · Mechanics · Gravitation
WB JEE 2023

An earth's satellite near the surface of the earth takes about 90 min per revolution. A satellite orbiting the moon also takes about \(90 \mathrm{~min}\) per revolution. Then which of the following is true?

[where \(\rho_{\mathrm{m}}\) is density of the moon and \(\rho_{\mathrm{e}}\) is density of the earth.]

A
\(\rho_{\mathrm{m}}<\rho_{\mathrm{e}}\)
B
\(\rho_{m}>\rho_{e}\)
C
\(\rho_{m}=\rho_{e}\)
D
No conclusion can be made about the densities.
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6
2023 · Physics · Mechanics · Gravitation
WB JEE 2023

Acceleration due to gravity at a height H from the surface of a planet is the same as that at a depth of H below the surface. If R be the radius of the planet, then H vs. R graph for different planets will be,

A
WB JEE 2023 Physics - Gravitation Question 2 English Option 1
B
WB JEE 2023 Physics - Gravitation Question 2 English Option 2
C
WB JEE 2023 Physics - Gravitation Question 2 English Option 3
D
WB JEE 2023 Physics - Gravitation Question 2 English Option 4
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7
2024 · Physics · Mechanics · Gravitation
WB JEE 2024

A satellite of mass \(\mathrm{m}\) rotates round the earth in a circular orbit of radius R. If the angular momentum of the satellite is J, then its kinetic energy \((\mathrm{K})\) and the total energy (E) of the satellite are

A
\(\mathrm{K}=\frac{\mathrm{J}^2}{\mathrm{mR}^2}, \mathrm{E}=-\frac{\mathrm{J}^2}{2 \mathrm{mR}^2}\)
B
\(\mathrm{K}=\frac{\mathrm{J}^2}{2 \mathrm{mR}^2}, \mathrm{E}=-\frac{\mathrm{J}^2}{2 \mathrm{mR}^2}\)
C
\(\mathrm{K}=\frac{\mathrm{J}^2}{2 \mathrm{mR}^2}, \mathrm{E}=-\frac{\mathrm{J}^2}{\mathrm{mR}^2}\)
D
\(K=\frac{J^2}{2 \mathrm{mR}^2}, E=\frac{J^2}{\mathrm{mR}^2}\)
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8
2025 · Physics · Mechanics · Gravitation
VITEEE 2025

If the Earth is assumed to be a sphere of uniform mass density and its weight on the surface is 200 N , then the weight of the body at a depth halfway to the Earth's center will be

A

50 N

B

25 N

C

75 N

D

100 N

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9
2025 · Physics · Mechanics · Gravitation
VITEEE 2025

An object is projected from surface of Earth with a kinetic energy twice that of escape energy ' $K$ ', from surface of Earth. It's kinetic energy when it reaches far away from Earth is

A

K

B

$2 K$

C

$K / 2$

D

0

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10
2008 · Physics · Mechanics · Gravitation
WB JEE 2008

The weight of a body on surface of earth is 12.6 N. When it is raised to a height half the radius of earth, its weight will be

A
2.8 N
B
5.6 N
C
12.6 N
D
25.2 N
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11
2008 · Physics · Mechanics · Gravitation
WB JEE 2008

If the earth shrinks such that its mass does not change but radius decreases to one quarter of its original value then one complete day will take

A
96 hrs
B
48 hrs
C
6 hrs
D
1.5 hrs
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