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JEE Main · Physics · Gravitation

Potential of Spherical Shell

JEE Main asked Potential of Spherical Shell 2 times in 2 of the 108 shifts Lumi analysed, all in 2021. It belongs to Gravitational Potential, in Gravitation (Physics). In 2021 it came in more than one shift of the same year.

Updated 2026-10-24

Times asked
2
in 2 shifts
Years
1 of 8
First asked
2021
the only year
Pattern
Gone quiet
across the analysed shifts

Questions on this idea a shift, by year

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

00.050.10’170’200.07’210’220’230’240’250’26

Raw count: 2017: 0 in 1 shift · 2020: 0 in 12 shifts · 2021: 2 in 24 shifts · 2022: 0 in 24 shifts · 2023: 0 in 12 shifts · 2024: 0 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
  • 20240 of 18
  • 20230 of 12
  • 20220 of 24
  • 20212 of 24
  • 20200 of 12
  • 20170 of 1

Asked in that shift More than once Not asked

How JEE Main framed it

Other is the usual form. Skill tested: calculation.

  • Potential inside shell with central mass
  • True statements on field and potential inside shell

Difficulty

Easy 1Medium 1Hard 0

Every question was multiple choice.

Every question

All 2 questions

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

  1. 27 Aug 2021, Shift 2 · Q6A mass of 50 kg is placed at the centre of a uniform spherical shell of mass 100 kg and radius 50 m. If the gravitational potential at a…MediumSingle correct
  2. 26 Aug 2021, Shift 1 · Q15Inside a uniform spherical shell : (a) the gravitational field is zero. (b) the gravitational potential is zero. (c) the gravitational…EasyOther

Shifts: 26 Aug 2021, Shift 1, 27 Aug 2021, Shift 2.

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Gravitational Potential has 10 ideas JEE Main has asked; 6 of them came up in more than one question.

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