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BITSAT Gravitation PYQs with Solutions

26 previous year questions from Gravitation (BITSAT Physics) with answers and solutions. Numbered list, year tags, and one-tap solutions — built for serious JEE / NEET practice.

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About Gravitation PYQs

Gravitation has 26 previous year questions in the Quantrex Academy BITSAT Physics bank. The 26 questions in this list come from BITSAT (26), spanning 2009 to 2024. Each question opens on its own page with the options, the correct answer and the worked solution where available.

BITSAT Gravitation PYQs with Solutions

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Gravitation questions with solutions

A body which is initially at rest at a height R above the surface of the Earth of radius R, falls freely towards the Earth, then its velocity on reaching the surface of the Earth

The distance between Sun and Earth is R . The duration of year if the distance between Sun and Earth becomes 3 R will be:

For a particle inside a uniform spherical shell, the gravitational force on the particle is

The kinetic energy of a satellite in its orbit around the earth is E. What should be the kinetic energy of the satellite so as to enable it to escape from the gravitational pull

Two identical particles each of mass ' m ' go round a circle of radius a under the action of their mutual gravitational attraction. The angular speed of each particle will be:

If V is the gravitational potential due to sphere of uniform density on it's surface, then it's value at the center of sphere will be:

Two planets A and B of radii R and 1.5 R have densities ρ and ρ / 2 respectively. The ratio of acceleration due to gravity at the surface of B to A is :

Suppose the law of gravitational attraction suddenly changes and becomes an inverse cube law i.e. F ∝ 1 r^ 3 , but still remaining a central force. Then

A point particle is held on the axis of a ring of mass m and radius r at a distance r from its centre C. When released, it reaches C under the gravitational attraction of the

The escape velocity from a planet is v_ e . A tunnel is dug along a diameter of the planet and a small body is dropped into it at the surface. When the body reaches the centre of

If the the earth is at one-fourth of its present distance from the sun, the duration of year will be

The potential energy of a satellite of mass m and revolving at a height R_ e above the surface of earth where R_ e = radius of earth, is

The escape velocity from the surface of earth is v _ e . A body is projected with velocity 3 v _ e . With what constant velocity will it move in the inter planetary space?

An asteroid of mass m is approaching earth, initially at a distance 10 R _ e with speed v _ i . It hite oarth with a speed v _ f , ( R _ e and M _ e are radius and mass of earth )

A spherically symmetric gravitational systom of particles has mass density ρ = \ array ll &#961; _ 0 forr ≤ R 0forr > R array ) where, &#961; _ 0 is a constant. A test mass can

A geostationary satellite orbits around the earth in a circular orbit of radius 36000 km. Then, the time period of a sky satellite orbiting a few 100 km above the earth&#39;s

What should be the velocity of rotation of earth due to rotation about its own axis so that the weight of a person becomes (3)/(5) of the present weight at the equator. Equatorial

Kepler's third law states that square of period of revolution (T) of a planet around the sun, is proportional to third power of average distance r between sun and planet i.e. T^ 2

An artificial satellite is moving in a circular orbit around the earth with a speed equal to half the magnitude of the escape velocity from the earth. The height (h) of the

There is a shell of mass M and density of the shell is uniform. The work done to take a point mass from point A to B is [AB=r]

If the radius of the earth were to shrink by one per cent, its mass remaining the same, the value of g on the earth's surface would

A man of mass m starts falling towards a planet of mass M and radius R . As he reaches near to the surface, he realizes that he will pass through a small hole in the planet. As he

Geo-stationary satellite is one which

Suppose the gravitational force varies inversely as the nth power of distance. Then the time period of a planet in circular orbit of radius ' R ' around the sun will be

Two planets A and B have the same material density. If the radius of A is twice that of B , then the ratio of the escape velocity v_ A / v_ B is

The rotation of the earth having radius R about its axis speeds upto a value such that a man at latitude angle 60^ ^ ∘ feels weightless. The duration of the day in such case will

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A spherically symmetric gravitational systom of particles has mass density ρ = \ array ll ρ _ 0 forr ≤ R 0forr > R array ) where, ρ _ 0 is a constant. A test mass can

A geostationary satellite orbits around the earth in a circular orbit of radius 36000 km. Then, the time period of a sky satellite orbiting a few 100 km above the earth's