JEE Main · Physics · Gravitation
Exact Potential Energy Change at Large Heights
JEE Main asked Exact Potential Energy Change at Large Heights 3 times in 3 of the 108 shifts Lumi analysed, in 2022, 2023 and 2026. It belongs to Gravitational Potential, in Gravitation (Physics). The longest wait between two years asking it was 3 years.
Updated 2026-10-24
- Times asked
- 3
- in 3 shifts
- Years
- 3 of 8
- First asked
- 2022
- last in 2026
- Pattern
- Frequent
- across the analysed shifts
Questions on this idea a shift, by year
2017–2026. Asked in 2022, 2023 and 2026. Years differ in how many shifts Lumi analysed, so each year is scaled to one shift of 25 Physics questions.
Raw count: 2017: 0 in 1 shift · 2020: 0 in 12 shifts · 2021: 0 in 24 shifts · 2022: 1 in 24 shifts · 2023: 1 in 12 shifts · 2024: 0 in 18 shifts · 2025: 0 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.
How JEE Main framed it
Single correct is the usual form. Skill tested: calculation.
- Potential energy change at height
- Speed of body falling from height equal to earth radius
Difficulty
Every question was multiple choice.
Every question
All 3 questions
From the official JEE Main shift papers, newest first. Open one for the full question, the options and the official answer.
- 5 Apr 2026, Shift 2 · Q32A body of mass is taken from the surface of earth to a height equal to twice the radius of earth (). The increase in potential…EasySingle correct
- 15 Apr 2023, Shift 1 · Q35A body is released from a height equal to the radius (R) of the earth. The velocity of the body when it strikes the surface of the earth…MediumSingle correct
- 29 Jul 2022, Shift 2 · Q42An object of mass 1 kg is taken to a height from the surface of earth which is equal to three times the radius of earth. [If,…EasySingle correct
Shifts: 29 Jul 2022, Shift 2, 15 Apr 2023, Shift 1, 5 Apr 2026, Shift 2.
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