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Escape Velocity for NEET: 18 solved questions

Real NEET paper questions on escape velocity, part of gravitation. Each opens with the options, the correct answer and a step-by-step solution. Papers run from 1989 to 2026. No sign-in needed to read them.

What this topic asks

• Comparing planets — 7 questions
• Escape velocity formula — 6 questions
• Escape energy — 3 questions
• Projection below escape speed — 2 questions

All 18 questions with solutions

• Two planets P₁ and P₂ with equal mass have radii R₁ and R₂ respectively, where R₂=(R₁)/2. The escape speeds o… RE-NEET 2026
• The escape velocity for earth is v. A planet having 9 times mass that of earth and radius, 16 times that of e… NEET 2024 Re
• The escape velocity of a body on the earth surface is 11.2 km s⁻¹. If the same body is projected upward with… NEET 2023 mpr
• The escape velocity from the Earth's surface is v. The escape velocity from the surface of another planet hav… NEET 2021
• A particle of mass m is projected with a velocity v=kVₑ (k<1) from the surface of the earth. (Vₑ = escape vel… NEET 2021
• The ratio of escape velocity at earth (vₑ) to the escape velocity at a planet (vₚ) whose radius and mean dens… NEET 2016 Phase-I
• A black hole is an object whose gravitational field is so strong that even light cannot escape from it. To wh… NEET 2014
• The radius of a planet is twice the radius of earth. Both have almost equal average mass-densities. V_P and V… NEET 2013
• A particle of mass m is kept at rest at a height 3R from the surface of earth, where R is radius of earth and… NEET 2013
• If vₑ is escape velocity and vₒ is orbital velocity of a satellite for orbit close to the earth's surface, th… NEET 2012
• A particle of mass m is thrown upwards from the surface of the earth, with a velocity u. The mass and the rad… NEET 2011
• The earth is assumed to be a sphere of radius R. A platform is arranged at a height R from the surface of the… NEET 2006
• With what velocity should a particle be projected so that its height becomes equal to radius of earth? NEET 2001
• For a planet having mass equal to mass of the earth but radius is one fourth of radius of the earth. The esca… NEET 2000
• The escape velocity of a sphere of mass m is given by (G = Universal gravitational constant; Mₑ = Mass of the… NEET 1999
• The escape velocity of a body on the surface of the earth is 11.2 km s⁻¹. If the earth's mass increases to tw… NEET 1997
• The escape velocity from earth is 11.2 km s⁻¹. If a body is to be projected in a direction making an angle 45… NEET 1993
• For a satellite escape velocity is 11 km s⁻¹. If the satellite is launched at an angle of 60° with the vertic… NEET 1989