Gravitation has 158 questions in JEE Main papers from 2020 to 2026, about 23 per year across all shifts. The free PDF has 157 of them, each with its answer. The most asked topic is Variation of g (44 questions), followed by Satellites and Orbital Motion (39) and Escape Velocity (21).
Asked in JEE Main
1582020–2026, all shifts
In this free PDF
157with answers
Asked in 2026
10Latest paper: 2026 Apr S2
Most asked topic
Variation of g44 Qs · 28% of the chapter
Difficulty mix
52% easy · 46% medium · 2% hardof the questions in the PDF
13 of this chapter's questions came back in a later paper (2021–2026). See the most repeated.
How often it's asked in JEE Main
Gravitation had about 0.8 questions per shift in recent JEE Main papers (2024–26). Most asked topic in 2024–26: Satellites and Orbital Motion. About 10 questions in the 2026 papers.
It came up in most 2024–26 shifts in our bank (about 40 shifts). Question types in 2020–2026: about 142 MCQs and about 16 numerical.
How many questions from Gravitation in JEE Main, year by year
Year
Questions
Per shift
MCQ
Numerical
2026
10
0.5
10
0
2025
13
0.7
8
5
2024
22
1.1
21
1
2023
38
1.6
38
0
2022
24
1.0
22
2
2021
35
1.3
28
7
2020
16
1.0
15
1
2020–2026
158
1.1
142
16
Most asked Gravitation topics, 2020–2026
Topic
Questions
Variation of g
44
Satellites and Orbital Motion
39
Escape Velocity
21
Gravitational Field and Potential
21
Newton's Law of Gravitation
18
Every topic, year by year, is in the topic-wise table further down.
Counted from PrepWiser's question bank of JEE Main papers, 2020–2026. Per shift = questions that year ÷ shifts in our bank. Updated .
in the free PDF asked, not in the PDFThe PDF only has questions we can print in full with a checked answer, so it holds 157 of the 158 asked.
Topic-wise weightage by year
How many Gravitation questions each topic had in every JEE Main year (all shifts), counting every question asked, including ones not in the PDF. Darker cells mean more questions.
Topic
Asked
Share
2026
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
Variation of g
44
28%
2
2
4
15
11
6
4
Satellites and Orbital Motion
39
25%
4
4
8
6
3
10
4
Escape Velocity
21
13%
·
2
3
7
3
5
1
Gravitational Field and Potential
21
13%
2
1
2
5
1
5
5
Newton's Law of Gravitation
18
11%
1
2
3
2
4
5
1
Kepler's Laws
15
10%
1
2
2
3
2
4
1
All topics
158
100%
10
13
22
38
24
35
16
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Newest questions (2026)
All 10 JEE Main 2026 Gravitation questions in the free PDF, latest shift first.
JEE Main 2026 · 5 Apr · Shift 1 · Variation of g
When one moves from a point 16 km below the earth's surface to a point 16 km above the earth's surface. The change in g is approximately α%. The value of α is ____ .
JEE Main 2026 · 5 Apr · Shift 2 · Gravitational Field and Potential
A body of mass m is taken from the surface of earth to a height equal to twice the radius of earth (Re). The increase in potential energy will be ____ .
( g is acceleration due to gravity at the surface of earth)
The height in terms of radius of the earth (R), at which the acceleration due to gravity becomes 9g, where g is acceleration due to gravity on earth's surface, is
JEE Main 2026 · 2 Apr · Shift 2 · Satellites and Orbital Motion
If a body of mass 1 kg falls on the earth from infinity, it attains velocity (v) and kinetic energy (k) on reaching the surface of earth. The values of v and k respectively are __________.
(Take radius of earth to be 6400 km and g = 9.8 m/s2)
A planet (P1) is moving around the star of mass 2M in the orbit of radius R. Another planet (P2) is moving around another star of mass 4M in a orbit of radius 2R. Ratio of time periods of revolution of P2 and P1 is ________.
JEE Main 2026 · 24 Jan · Shift 1 · Gravitational Field and Potential
Three masses 200kg,300kg and 400 kg are placed at the vertices of an equilateral triangle with sides 20 m . They are rearranged on the vertices of a bigger triangle of side 25 m and with the same centre. The work done in this process ____ J. (Gravitational constant G=6.7×10−11Nm2/kg2 )
JEE Main 2026 · 22 Jan · Shift 2 · Satellites and Orbital Motion
Given below are two statements :
Statement I : A satellite is moving around earth in the orbit very close to the earth surface. The time period of revolution of satellite depends upon the density of earth.
Statement II : The time period of revolution of the satellite is T=2πgRe (for satellite very close to the earth surface), where Re radius of earth and g acceleration due to gravity. In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below :
JEE Main 2026 · 22 Jan · Shift 1 · Satellites and Orbital Motion
The escape velocity from a spherical planet A is 10km/s. The escape velocity from another planet B whose density and radius are 10% of those of planet A, is ____m/s.
JEE Main 2026 · 22 Jan · Shift 1 · Newton's Law of Gravitation
Net gravitational force at the center of a square is found to be F1 when four particles having mass M,2M,3M and 4M are placed at the four corners of the square as shown in figure and it is F2 when the positions of 3M and 4M are interchanged. The ratio F2F1 is 5α. The value of α is ____ .
JEE Main 2026 · 21 Jan · Shift 1 · Satellites and Orbital Motion
Initially a satellite of 100 kg is in a circular orbit of radius 1.5RE. This satellite can be moved to a circular orbit of radius 3RE by supplying α×106J of energy The value of α is ____ .
Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A): The radius vector from the Sun to a planet sweeps out equal areas in equal intervals of time and thus areal velocity of planet is constant.
Reason (R): For a central force field the angular momentum is a constant.
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:
(A)
(A) is not correct but (R) is correct
(B)
Both (A) and (R) are correct but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
(C)
Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
An object is kept at rest at a distance of 3R above the earth's surface where R is earth's radius. The minimum speed with which it must be projected so that it does not return to earth is :
(Assume M= mass of earth, G= Universal gravitational constant)
JEE Main 2025 · 3 Apr · Shift 1 · Newton's Law of Gravitation
Three identical spheres of mass m , are placed at the vertices of an equilateral triangle of length a. When released, they interact only through gravitational force and collide after a time T=4 seconds. If the sides of the triangle are increased to length 2a and also the masses of the spheres are made 2 m , then they will collide after__________seconds.
Acceleration due to gravity on the surface of earth is ' g '. If the diameter of earth is reduced to one third of its original value and mass remains unchanged, then the acceleration due to gravity on the surface of the earth is ________ g.
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