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JEE Main · Physics · Gravitation

Orbital Velocity

JEE Main asked Orbital Velocity 6 times in 6 of the 108 shifts Lumi analysed, in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024. It belongs to Orbital Mechanics, in Gravitation (Physics). The longest wait between two years asking it was 1 year. In 2023 it came in more than one shift of the same year.

Updated 2026-10-24

Times asked
6
in 6 shifts
Years
5 of 8
First asked
2020
last in 2024
Pattern
Asked most years
across the analysed shifts

Questions on this idea a shift, by year

2017–2026. Asked in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024. Years differ in how many shifts Lumi analysed, so each year is scaled to one shift of 25 Physics questions.

00.10.20’170.08’200.03’210.03’220.14’230.05’240’250’26

Raw count: 2017: 0 in 1 shift · 2020: 1 in 12 shifts · 2021: 1 in 24 shifts · 2022: 1 in 24 shifts · 2023: 2 in 12 shifts · 2024: 1 in 18 shifts · 2025: 0 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
  • 20250 of 8
  • 20241 of 18
  • 20232 of 12
  • 20221 of 24
  • 20211 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.

  • Ratio of quantity in two orbits
  • Ratio of orbital speeds at two radii

Difficulty

Easy 5Medium 1Hard 0

1 of the 6 questions had a numerical answer.

Every question

All 6 questions

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

  1. 8 Apr 2024, Shift 2 · Q36Two satellite A and B go round a planet in circular orbits having radii 4R and R respectively. If the speed of A is 3v3v, the speed of B…EasySingle correct
  2. 12 Apr 2023, Shift 1 · Q31Two satellites A and B move round the earth in the same orbit. The mass of A is twice the mass of B. The quantity which is same for the…EasySingle correct
  3. 10 Apr 2023, Shift 1 · Q34Two satellites of masses mm and 3m3m revolve around the earth in circular orbits of radii rr & 3 r3\,r respectively. The ratio of orbital…EasySingle correct
  4. 25 Jun 2022, Shift 2 · Q55Two satellites S1S_1 and S2S_2 are revolving in circular orbits around a planet with radius R1R_1= 3200 km and R2R_2= 800 km respectively.…EasyNumerical value
  5. 18 Mar 2021, Shift 2 · Q3A particle of mass m moves in a circular orbit under the central potential field, U(r)=−CrU(r) = -\frac{C}{r}, where C is a positive constant.…MediumDiagram basedHas a figure
  6. 4 Sep 2020, Shift 2 · Q6A body is moving in a low circular orbit about a planet of mass M and radius R. The radius of the orbit can be taken to be R itself. Then…EasySingle correct

Shifts: 4 Sep 2020, Shift 2, 18 Mar 2021, Shift 2, 25 Jun 2022, Shift 2, 10 Apr 2023, Shift 1, 12 Apr 2023, Shift 1, 8 Apr 2024, Shift 2.

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Orbital Mechanics has 18 ideas JEE Main has asked; 8 of them came up in more than one question. The 12 most asked are below.

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