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JEE Main Physics · Class 11

Laws of Motion: JEE Main previous year questions

Laws of Motion had 39 questions in the 42 JEE Main shifts Lumi analysed, about 0.8 a shift, asked in 31 of 42 shifts. It ranks 15 of 29 Physics chapters by questions; 8% of its questions were hard.

Questions
39
in 31 of 42 shifts
A shift, on average
0.8
of 25 Physics questions
Since 2024
+0.0
0.8 a shift in 2017–23, 0.8 in 2024–26
Numerical answer
2
5% of its questions

Year by year

How often it came

Questions in the analysed shifts of each year. Years differ in how many shifts Lumi analysed, so read the bars with the shift count.

Questions each year
05101’173’202’216’224’2310’244’259’26

2017: 1 shifts · 2020: 4 shifts · 2021: 4 shifts · 2022: 4 shifts · 2023: 4 shifts · 2024: 8 shifts · 2025: 8 shifts · 2026: 9 shifts

Difficulty by year
  • 20171
  • 20203
  • 20212
  • 20226
  • 20234
  • 202410
  • 20254
  • 20269
  • Easy
  • Medium
  • Hard

Inside the chapter

Topics and the ideas that repeat

5 topics and 29 distinct ideas; 7 ideas were asked more than once. Most questions are single correct and calculation.

Topics, by questions
Ideas asked most
7 repeat

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Laws of Motion: the interactive lesson

Every question

All 39 Laws of Motion questions

Newest first. Each opens with its options and the official answer.

2026 9 questions

  1. 2 Apr 2026, Shift 2 · Q27A 0.5 kg mass is in contact against the inner wall of a cylindrical drum of radius 4 m rotating about its vertical axis. The minimum…EasySingle correct
  2. 2 Apr 2026, Shift 2 · Q28Two blocks of masses 2 kg and 1 kg respectively, are tied to the ends of a string which passes over a light frictionless pulley as shown…MediumSingle correctHas a figure
  3. 4 Apr 2026, Shift 1 · Q28The time taken by a block of mass mm to slide down from the highest point to the lowest point on a rough inclined plane is 50 %50\ \% more…MediumSingle correct
  4. 4 Apr 2026, Shift 2 · Q28At t=0t=0, a body of mass 100 g starts moving under the influence of a force (5i^+10j^)\left(5\hat i+10\hat j\right) N. After 2 s its position is…EasySingle correct
  5. 5 Apr 2026, Shift 1 · Q29Three masses m1=4m_1 = 4 kg, m2=4m_2 = 4 kg and m3=6m_3 = 6 kg are suspended from a fixed smooth frictionless pulley as shown in the figure…MediumSingle correctHas a figure
  6. 5 Apr 2026, Shift 1 · Q30A wedge YY with mass of 10 kg and all frictionless surfaces and the inclined surface making 37∘37^\circ with horizontal. A block XX with…HardSingle correctHas a figure
  7. 6 Apr 2026, Shift 1 · Q29Two blocks (PP and QQ) with respectively masses 2 kg and 1.5 kg are joined by a massless thread. These blocks are mounted on a…HardSingle correctHas a figure
  8. 6 Apr 2026, Shift 2 · Q46A block takes tt time to slide down a plane inclined at 45∘45^\circ to the horizontal. If the surface is made smooth (frictionless), the…MediumNumerical value
  9. 8 Apr 2026, Shift 2 · Q28A car moving with a speed of 54 km/h takes a turn of radius 20 m. A simple pendulum is suspended from the ceiling of the car. Determine…EasySingle correct

2025 4 questions

  1. 2 Apr 2025, Shift 2 · Q29A body of mass 1 kg is suspended with the help of two strings making angles as shown in figure. Magnitudes of tensions T1T_1 and T2T_2,…EasySingle correctHas a figure
  2. 7 Apr 2025, Shift 1 · Q30A cubic block of mass m is sliding down on an inclined plane at 60∘60^\circ with an acceleration of g2\frac{g}{2}, the value of coefficient…EasySingle correct
  3. 7 Apr 2025, Shift 2 · Q28An object with mass 500 g moves along xx-axis with speed v=4xv=4\sqrt{x} m/s. The force acting on the object is :MediumSingle correct
  4. 8 Apr 2025, Shift 2 · Q27A body of mass 2 kg moving with velocity of v⃗in=3i^+4j^ ms−1\vec{v}_{in} = 3\hat{i} + 4\hat{j}\ \mathrm{ms^{-1}} enters into a constant force field of…EasySingle correct

2024 10 questions

  1. 6 Apr 2024, Shift 2 · Q31A car of 800 kg is taking turn on a banked road of radius 300 m and angle of banking 30∘30^\circ. If coefficient of static friction is 0.2…MediumSingle correct
  2. 6 Apr 2024, Shift 2 · Q34A body of weight 200 N is suspended from a tree branch through a chain of mass 10 kg. The branch pulls the chain by a force equal to (if…EasySingle correct
  3. 8 Apr 2024, Shift 1 · Q34A player caught a cricket ball of mass 150 g moving at a speed of 20 m/s. If the catching process is completed in 0.1 s, the magnitude of…EasySingle correct
  4. 9 Apr 2024, Shift 1 · Q34A light unstretchable string passing over a smooth light pulley connects two blocks of masses m1m_1 and m2m_2. If the acceleration of the…EasySingle correct
  5. 9 Apr 2024, Shift 2 · Q34A 11 kg mass is suspended from the ceiling by a rope of length 44 m. A horizontal force FF is applied at the mid point of the rope so…EasySingle correctHas a figure
  6. 30 Jan 2024, Shift 2 · Q33Three blocks AA, BB and CC are pulled on a horizontal smooth surface by a force of 80N80N as shown in figure The tensions T1T_1 and…EasySingle correctHas a figure
  7. 30 Jan 2024, Shift 2 · Q34A block of mass mm is placed on a surface having vertical crossection given by y=x2/4y = x^2 / 4. If coefficient of friction is 0.5, the…MediumSingle correct
  8. 31 Jan 2024, Shift 1 · Q33A coin is placed on a disc. The coefficient of friction between the coin and the disc is μ\mu. If the distance of the coin from the…EasySingle correct
  9. 31 Jan 2024, Shift 1 · Q34In the given arrangement of a doubly inclined plane two blocks of masses MM and mm are placed. The blocks are connected by a light…MediumSingle correctHas a figure
  10. 31 Jan 2024, Shift 2 · Q33A light string passing over a smooth light fixed pulley connects two blocks of masses m1m_1 and m2m_2. If the acceleration of the system…EasySingle correctHas a figure

2023 4 questions

  1. 6 Apr 2023, Shift 1 · Q48A small block of mass 100 g is tied to a spring of spring constant 7.5 N/m and length 20 cm. The other end of spring is fixed at a…MediumSingle correct
  2. 11 Apr 2023, Shift 1 · Q48A coin placed on a rotating table just slips when it is placed at a distance of 1 cm from the center. If the angular velocity of the table…EasySingle correct
  3. 11 Apr 2023, Shift 1 · Q49An average force of 125 N is applied on a machine gun firing bullets each of mass 10 g at the speed of 250 m/s to keep it in position. The…EasySingle correct
  4. 13 Apr 2023, Shift 2 · Q34A vehicle of mass 200200 kg is moving along a levelled curved road of radius 7070 m with angular velocity of 0.20.2 rad/s. The centripetal…EasySingle correct

2022 6 questions

  1. 25 Jul 2022, Shift 1 · Q52Four forces are acting at a point P in equilibrium as shown in figure. The ratio of force F1F_1 to F2F_2 is 1:x1:x where x=x= ______.EasyNumerical valueHas a figure
  2. 28 Jul 2022, Shift 1 · Q33In two different experiments, an object of mass 5 kg moving with a speed of 25 ms−125\ \mathrm{ms^{-1}} hits two different walls and comes to…EasySingle correct
  3. 28 Jul 2022, Shift 1 · Q34A balloon has mass of 10 g in air. The air escapes from the balloon at a uniform rate with velocity 4.5 cm/s. If the balloon shrinks in 5…MediumSingle correct
  4. 24 Jun 2022, Shift 1 · Q36A block of mass 10 kg starts sliding on a surface with an initial velocity of 9.8 ms−19.8\ \mathrm{ms^{-1}}. The coefficient of friction between…EasySingle correct
  5. 24 Jun 2022, Shift 1 · Q37A boy ties a stone of mass 100 g to the end of a 2 m long string and whirls it around in a horizontal plane. The string can withstand the…MediumSingle correct
  6. 29 Jun 2022, Shift 1 · Q41A block of metal weighing 2 kg is resting on a frictionless plane (as shown in figure). It is struck by a jet releasing water at a rate of…MediumSingle correctHas a figure

2021 2 questions

  1. 25 Jul 2021, Shift 1 · Q16Two billiard balls of equal mass 30 g strike a rigid wall with same speed of 108 kmph (as shown) but at different angles. If the balls get…MediumSingle correctHas a figure
  2. 16 Mar 2021, Shift 2 · Q15Statement I : A cyclist is moving on an unbanked road with a speed of 7 kmh−1\mathrm{kmh^{-1}} and takes a sharp circular turn along a path…MediumTwo statements

2020 3 questions

  1. 8 Jan 2020, Shift 1 · Q2A particle of mass m is fixed to one end of a light spring having force constant k and unstretched length ll. The other end is fixed. The…MediumSingle correct
  2. 9 Jan 2020, Shift 2 · Q6A spring mass system (mass mm, spring constant kk and natural length ll) rests in equilibrium on a horizontal disc. The free end of the…MediumSingle correct
  3. 2 Sep 2020, Shift 1 · Q4A bead of mass mm stays at point P(a,b)P(a, b) on a wire bent in the shape of a parabola y=4Cx2y=4Cx^{2} and rotating with angular speed ω\omega…MediumDiagram basedHas a figure

2017 1 questions

  1. 2 Apr 2017 (offline) · Q3A body of mass m=10−2m=10^{-2} kg is moving in a medium and experiences a frictional force F=−kv2F=-kv^2. Its initial speed is…HardSingle correct

Pattern: Asked most years.