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JEE Main · Physics · Gravitation

Areal Velocity and Angular Momentum

JEE Main asked Areal Velocity and Angular Momentum 4 times in 4 of the 108 shifts Lumi analysed, in 2021 and 2025. It belongs to Orbital Mechanics, in Gravitation (Physics). The longest wait between two years asking it was 4 years. In 2021 it came in more than one shift of the same year.

Updated 2026-10-24

Times asked
4
in 4 shifts
Years
2 of 8
First asked
2021
last in 2025
Pattern
Occasional
across the analysed shifts

Questions on this idea a shift, by year

2017–2026. Asked in 2021 and 2025. Years differ in how many shifts Lumi analysed, so each year is scaled to one shift of 25 Physics questions.

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Raw count: 2017: 0 in 1 shift · 2020: 0 in 12 shifts · 2021: 3 in 24 shifts · 2022: 0 in 24 shifts · 2023: 0 in 12 shifts · 2024: 0 in 18 shifts · 2025: 1 in 8 shifts · 2026: 0 in 9 shifts.

Shift by shift

Each square is one analysed shift, in date order. Open a filled one for that paper.

  • 20260 of 9
  • 20251 of 8
  • 20240 of 18
  • 20230 of 12
  • 20220 of 24
  • 20213 of 24
  • 20200 of 12
  • 20170 of 1

Asked in that shift More than once Not asked

How JEE Main framed it

Single correct is the usual form. Skill tested: conceptual.

  • Assertion-reason on kepler's second law
  • Speed at apsides of orbit

Difficulty

Easy 4Medium 0Hard 0

Every question was multiple choice.

Every question

All 4 questions

From the official JEE Main shift papers, newest first. Open one for the full question, the options and the official answer.

  1. 7 Apr 2025, Shift 2 · Q31Given below are two statements : one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R). Assertion (A) : The radius…EasyAssertion–reason
  2. 18 Mar 2021, Shift 2 · Q10The angular momentum of a planet of mass M moving around the sun in an elliptical orbit is L⃗\vec{L}. The magnitude of the areal velocity…EasySingle correct
  3. 25 Jul 2021, Shift 1 · Q19The minimum and maximum distances of a planet revolving around the Sun are x1x_1 and x2x_2. If the minimum speed of the planet on its…EasySingle correct
  4. 26 Feb 2021, Shift 1 · Q3A planet revolving in elliptical orbit has : A. a constant velocity of revolution. B. has the least velocity when it is nearest to the…EasyOther

Shifts: 26 Feb 2021, Shift 1, 18 Mar 2021, Shift 2, 25 Jul 2021, Shift 1, 7 Apr 2025, Shift 2.

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