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JEE Main · Physics · Gravitation

Energy of Orbiting Bodies

JEE Main asked Energy of Orbiting Bodies 4 times in 4 of the 108 shifts Lumi analysed, in 2022, 2024 and 2025. It belongs to Orbital Mechanics, in Gravitation (Physics). The longest wait between two years asking it was 2 years. In 2024 it came in more than one shift of the same year.

Updated 2026-10-24

Times asked
4
in 4 shifts
Years
3 of 8
First asked
2022
last in 2025
Pattern
Comes in cycles
across the analysed shifts

Questions on this idea a shift, by year

2017–2026. Asked in 2022, 2024 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: 0 in 24 shifts · 2022: 1 in 24 shifts · 2023: 0 in 12 shifts · 2024: 2 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
  • 20242 of 18
  • 20230 of 12
  • 20221 of 24
  • 20210 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: calculation.

  • Kinetic energy of orbiting satellite
  • Energy change surface to circular orbit

Difficulty

Easy 1Medium 3Hard 0

1 of the 4 questions had a numerical answer.

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. 2 Apr 2025, Shift 2 · Q47A satellite of mass 1000 kg is launched to revolve around the earth in an orbit at a height of 270 km from the earth's surface. Kinetic…MediumNumerical value
  2. 9 Apr 2024, Shift 1 · Q36An astronaut takes a ball of mass m from earth to space. He throws the ball into a circular orbit about earth at an altitude of 318.5318.5…MediumSingle correct
  3. 5 Apr 2024, Shift 1 · Q36Match List I with List II : List I List II (A) Kinetic energy of planet | (I) −GMma-\frac{GMm}{a} (B) Gravitation Potential energy of…MediumMatch the list
  4. 27 Jul 2022, Shift 1 · Q36Two satellites A and B, having masses in the ratio 4:3, are revolving in circular orbits of radii 3r and 4r respectively around the earth.…EasySingle correct

Shifts: 27 Jul 2022, Shift 1, 5 Apr 2024, Shift 1, 9 Apr 2024, Shift 1, 2 Apr 2025, Shift 2.

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