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JEE Main · Physics · Gravitation

Escape Velocity and Potential Relation

JEE Main asked Escape Velocity and Potential Relation 8 times in 8 of the 108 shifts Lumi analysed, in 2020, 2021, 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026. It belongs to Gravitational Potential, in Gravitation (Physics). The longest wait between two years asking it was 2 years. In 2021 it came in more than one shift of the same year.

Updated 2026-10-24

Times asked
8
in 8 shifts
Years
6 of 8
First asked
2020
last in 2026
Pattern
Asked most years
across the analysed shifts

Questions on this idea a shift, by year

2017–2026. Asked in 2020, 2021, 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026. 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: 1 in 12 shifts · 2021: 3 in 24 shifts · 2022: 0 in 24 shifts · 2023: 1 in 12 shifts · 2024: 1 in 18 shifts · 2025: 1 in 8 shifts · 2026: 1 in 9 shifts.

Shift by shift

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

  • 20261 of 9
  • 20251 of 8
  • 20241 of 18
  • 20231 of 12
  • 20220 of 24
  • 20213 of 24
  • 20201 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.

  • Speed and energy falling from infinity
  • Minimum speed to escape from height above earth

Difficulty

Easy 4Medium 4Hard 0

2 of the 8 questions had a numerical answer.

Every question

All 8 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 2026, Shift 2 · Q31If 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.…MediumSingle correct
  2. 4 Apr 2025, Shift 2 · Q29An 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…MediumSingle correct
  3. 6 Apr 2024, Shift 1 · Q33To project a body of mass m from earth's surface to infinity, the required kinetic energy is (assume, the radius of earth is RER_E, g =…EasySingle correct
  4. 13 Apr 2023, Shift 1 · Q36A planet having mass 9 Me and radius 4Re4R_e, where Me and Re are mass and radius of earth respectively, has escape velocity in km/s given…EasySingle correct
  5. 17 Mar 2021, Shift 1 · Q26The radius in kilometer to which the present radius of earth (R = 6400 km) to be compressed so that the escape velocity is increased 10…EasyNumerical value
  6. 25 Feb 2021, Shift 1 · Q1Given below are two statements : one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R. Assertion A : The escape velocities…EasyAssertion–reason
  7. 31 Aug 2021, Shift 1 · Q17The masses and radii of the earth and moon are (M1M_1, R1R_1) and (M2M_2, R2R_2) respectively. Their centres are at a distance 'r' apart.…MediumSingle correct
  8. 8 Jan 2020, Shift 2 · Q22An asteroid is moving directly towards the centre of the earth. When at a distance of 10 R (R is the radius of the earth) from the earths…MediumNumerical value

Shifts: 8 Jan 2020, Shift 2, 25 Feb 2021, Shift 1, 17 Mar 2021, Shift 1, 31 Aug 2021, Shift 1, 13 Apr 2023, Shift 1, 6 Apr 2024, Shift 1, 4 Apr 2025, Shift 2, 2 Apr 2026, Shift 2.

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