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JEE Main Physics · Class 11

Motion in a Straight Line: JEE Main previous year questions

Motion in a Straight Line had 30 questions in the 42 JEE Main shifts Lumi analysed, about 0.7 a shift, asked in 26 of 42 shifts. It ranks 22 of 29 Physics chapters by questions; 0% of its questions were hard.

Questions
30
in 26 of 42 shifts
A shift, on average
0.7
of 25 Physics questions
Since 2024
-0.1
0.7 a shift in 2017–23, 0.6 in 2024–26
Numerical answer
8
27% 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
0361’171’205’213’224’236’245’255’26

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
  • 20201
  • 20215
  • 20223
  • 20234
  • 20246
  • 20255
  • 20265
  • Easy
  • Medium
  • Hard

Inside the chapter

Topics and the ideas that repeat

3 topics and 19 distinct ideas; 9 ideas were asked more than once. Most questions are single correct and calculation.

Topics, by questions
Ideas asked most
9 repeat

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Motion in a Straight Line: the interactive lesson

Every question

All 30 Motion in a Straight Line questions

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2026 5 questions

  1. 4 Apr 2026, Shift 2 · Q27Two cars AA and BB are moving in the same direction along a straight line with speeds 100 km/h and 80 km/h, respectively such that car…MediumSingle correct
  2. 5 Apr 2026, Shift 1 · Q47From 18 m height above the ground a ball is dropped from rest. The height above the ground at which the magnitude of velocity equal to the…MediumNumerical value
  3. 5 Apr 2026, Shift 2 · Q29The velocity (vv) versus time (tt) plot of a particle is shown in the figure, for a time interval of 40 s. The total distance travelled…EasyDiagram basedHas a figure
  4. 8 Apr 2026, Shift 2 · Q29A gas balloon is going up with a constant velocity of 10 m/s. When this balloon reached a height of 75 m, a stone is dropped from it and…EasySingle correct
  5. 8 Apr 2026, Shift 2 · Q50Two masses of 3.4 kg and 2.5 kg are accelerated from an initial speed of 5 m/s and 12 m/s, respectively. The distances traversed by the…MediumNumerical value

2025 5 questions

  1. 2 Apr 2025, Shift 1 · Q49A person travelling on a straight line moves with a uniform velocity v1v_1 for a distance xx and with a uniform velocity v2v_2 for the…EasyNumerical value
  2. 2 Apr 2025, Shift 2 · Q30A sportsman runs around a circular track of radius rr such that he traverses the path ABAB. The distance travelled and displacement,…EasySingle correctHas a figure
  3. 3 Apr 2025, Shift 1 · Q30Which of the following curves possibly represent one-dimensional motion of a particle? A. [figure: Phase vs time, an inclined straight…MediumDiagram basedHas a figure
  4. 3 Apr 2025, Shift 2 · Q28A particle moves along the xx-axis and has its displacement xx varying with time t according to the equation:…EasySingle correct
  5. 4 Apr 2025, Shift 2 · Q30The displacement xx versus time graph is shown below. (A) The average velocity during 0 to 3 s is 10 m/s (B) The average velocity during…MediumOtherHas a figure

2024 6 questions

  1. 6 Apr 2024, Shift 2 · Q33A body projected vertically upwards with a certain speed from the top of a tower reaches the ground in t1t_1. If it is projected…MediumSingle correct
  2. 6 Apr 2024, Shift 2 · Q57A particle moves in a straight line so that its displacement xx at any time tt is given by x2=1+t2x^2=1+t^2. Its acceleration at any time tt…MediumNumerical value
  3. 9 Apr 2024, Shift 1 · Q32A particle moving in a straight line covers half the distance with speed 66 m/s. The other half is covered in two equal time intervals…MediumSingle correct
  4. 9 Apr 2024, Shift 2 · Q32Two cars are travelling towards each other at speed of 20 m s−120\ \mathrm{m\,s^{-1}} each. When the cars are 300 m300\ \mathrm{m} apart, both the…EasySingle correct
  5. 29 Jan 2024, Shift 1 · Q32A body starts moving from rest with constant acceleration covers displacement S1S_1 in first (p−1)(p-1) seconds and S2S_2 in first pp…MediumSingle correct
  6. 31 Jan 2024, Shift 1 · Q32The relation between time 't' and distance 'x' is t=αx2+βxt=\alpha x^2+\beta x, where α\alpha and β\beta are constants. The relation between…MediumSingle correct

2023 4 questions

  1. 8 Apr 2023, Shift 2 · Q38Given below are two statements: Statement I : Area under velocity- time graph gives the distance travelled by the body in a given time.…EasyTwo statements
  2. 11 Apr 2023, Shift 1 · Q47From the vv - tt graph shown, the ratio of distance to displacement in 25 s of motion is:MediumDiagram basedHas a figure
  3. 13 Apr 2023, Shift 2 · Q32The distance travelled by an object in time t is given by s=(2.5)t2s=(2.5)t^2. The instantaneous speed of the object at t=5t=5 s will be:EasySingle correct
  4. 13 Apr 2023, Shift 2 · Q33A passenger sitting in a train A moving at 9090 km/h observes another train B moving in the opposite direction for 8 s. If the velocity of…EasySingle correct

2022 3 questions

  1. 25 Jul 2022, Shift 1 · Q51A car is moving with speed of 150150 km/h and after applying the break it will move 2727 m before it stops. If the same car is moving with…EasyNumerical value
  2. 24 Jun 2022, Shift 1 · Q57From the top of a tower, a ball is thrown vertically upward which reaches the ground in 6 s. A second ball thrown vertically downward from…MediumNumerical value
  3. 29 Jun 2022, Shift 1 · Q31Two balls A and B are placed at the top of 180 m tall tower. Ball A is released from the top at t=0t = 0 s. Ball B is thrown vertically…MediumSingle correct

2021 5 questions

  1. 3 Aug 2021, Shift 2 · Q9The velocity of a particle starting from origin which is set into motion at t=0t = 0 varies as V=V0(2−t)V = V_0(2-t), where V0V_0 is a positive…MediumSingle correct
  2. 3 Aug 2021, Shift 2 · Q24A train left the station at uniform acceleration of 2 m/s2^2. A man behind the train at a distance of 5 m is running with a constant…EasyNumerical value
  3. 25 Jul 2021, Shift 1 · Q3Water droplets are coming from an open tap at a particular rate. The spacing between a droplet observed at 4th4^{\mathrm{th}} second after…MediumSingle correct
  4. 16 Mar 2021, Shift 2 · Q23A body of mass 2 kg moves under a force of (2i^+3j^+5k^)(2\hat{i}+3\hat{j}+5\hat{k}) N. It starts from rest and was at the origin initially. After 4…EasyNumerical value
  5. 18 Mar 2021, Shift 1 · Q5The position, velocity and acceleration of a particle moving with a constant acceleration can be represented by :EasyDiagram basedHas a figure

2020 1 questions

  1. 2 Sep 2020, Shift 1 · Q2Train A and train B are running on parallel tracks in the opposite directions with speeds of 36 km/hour and 72 km/hour, respectively. A…EasySingle correct

2017 1 questions

  1. 2 Apr 2017 (offline) · Q2A body is thrown vertically upwards. Which one of the following graphs correctly represent the velocity vs time ?EasySingle correctHas a figure

Pattern: Asked most years.