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Gravitation PYQs (previous year questions) for JEE Main: Gravitation (Physics) had 7 questions across the 11 official JEE Main papers we tagged (2016–2026), and appeared in 7 of them. Asked in 3 of 3 years. The concepts asked in the most papers: Variation of g, Gravitational Potential Energy, Kepler’s Third Law.
Year-wise question count
Asked in 3 of 3 years.
| Year | Papers | Questions | Per paper |
|---|---|---|---|
| JEE Main 2026 | 9 | 5 | 0.6 |
| JEE Main 2017 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| JEE Main 2016 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Most-asked concepts
Sorted by the number of papers a concept appeared in.
| Concept | Questions | Papers | Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Variation of g | 3 | 3 | 2026, 2017 |
| Gravitational Potential Energy | 2 | 2 | 2026 |
| Escape Velocity | 1 | 1 | 2016 |
| Kepler's Third Law | 1 | 1 | 2026 |
How to practise Gravitation PYQs
- Start with the concepts at the top of the table. They have come back the most.
- Solve one year’s Gravitation questions from the official PDF against the clock, then check the answer listed below.
- Log every miss as a concept gap, a calculation slip or a misread. Each needs a different fix.
- Once a concept is clean in two papers, move to the next. Then sit a full paper from the year pages.
Questions by year
Each line gives the question number and paper, type, concept, our one-line summary and the official answer, with a link to the official PDF.
JEE Main2026
- Q.30 (2 April, shift 1) · MCQ · Kepler's Third Law: Ratio of orbital periods for planets around stars of different masses (official answer: option 2) PDF
- Q.31 (2 April, shift 2) · MCQ · Gravitational Potential Energy: Speed and kinetic energy of a body falling to Earth from infinity (official answer: option 1) PDF
- Q.30 (4 April, shift 2) · MCQ · Variation of g: Height at which acceleration due to gravity becomes g/9 (official answer: option 3) PDF
- Q.28 (5 April, shift 1) · MCQ · Variation of g: Percentage change in g moving from 16 km below to 16 km above surface (official answer: option 2) PDF
- Q.32 (5 April, shift 2) · MCQ · Gravitational Potential Energy: Increase in PE raising a body to height 2R (official answer: option 4) PDF
JEE Main2017
- Q.7 · MCQ · Variation of g: Graph of g versus distance from Earth's centre PDF
JEE Main2016
- Q.6 · MCQ · Escape Velocity: Minimum increase in orbital speed for a satellite to escape Earth PDF
Gravitation in other exams
The same chapter in other official papers we tagged: JEE Advanced (10 questions), NEET (1 question).
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FAQ
How many Gravitation questions come in JEE Main?
In the official papers we tagged: 5 in 2026 (9 papers), 1 in 2017 (1 paper) and 1 in 2016 (1 paper). That is 7 questions in all, about 2% of Physics.
Which Gravitation topics repeat in JEE Main?
Asked in the most papers: Variation of g, Gravitational Potential Energy, Kepler’s Third Law. The concept table lists every one with its count.
Are these official JEE Main questions?
Yes. Every question is from an official JEE Main paper hosted on our year pages. The one-line summaries are ours; open the PDF linked beside each question for the full text.