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JEE Main Physics · Class 11

Thermal Properties of Matter: JEE Main previous year questions

Thermal Properties of Matter had 21 questions in the 42 JEE Main shifts Lumi analysed, about 0.6 a shift, asked in 19 of 42 shifts. It ranks 27 of 29 Physics chapters by questions; 0% of its questions were hard.

Questions
21
in 19 of 42 shifts
A shift, on average
0.6
of 25 Physics questions
Since 2024
-0.3
0.7 a shift in 2017–23, 0.4 in 2024–26
Numerical answer
7
33% 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
0362’171’202’213’223’232’245’253’26

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
  • 20172
  • 20201
  • 20212
  • 20223
  • 20233
  • 20242
  • 20255
  • 20263
  • Easy
  • Medium
  • Hard

Inside the chapter

Topics and the ideas that repeat

5 topics and 14 distinct ideas; 3 ideas were asked more than once. Most questions are single correct and calculation.

Topics, by questions

2 questions had no close topic in our taxonomy and are counted for the chapter only.

Ideas asked most
3 repeat

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Thermal Properties of Matter: the interactive lesson

Every question

All 21 Thermal Properties of Matter questions

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

2026 3 questions

  1. 4 Apr 2026, Shift 2 · Q34The temperature of a metal strip having coefficient of linear expansion α\alpha is increased from T1T_1 to T2T_2 resulting in increase of…MediumSingle correct
  2. 5 Apr 2026, Shift 2 · Q34An ideal gas at pressure PP and temperature TT is expanding such that PT3PT^3 = constant. The coefficient of volume expansion of the gas…MediumSingle correct
  3. 5 Apr 2026, Shift 2 · Q47The heat extracted out of xx gram of water initially at 50 ∘^\circC to cool it down to 0 ∘^\circC is sufficient to evaporate (1000−x)(1000-x)…MediumNumerical value

2025 5 questions

  1. 2 Apr 2025, Shift 2 · Q26Match List - I with List - II. List - I (A) Heat capacity of body (B) Specific heat capacity of body (C) Latent heat (D) Thermal…EasyMatch the list
  2. 4 Apr 2025, Shift 2 · Q31Consider a rectangular sheet of solid material of length l=9l=9 cm and width d=4d=4 cm. The coefficient of linear expansion is…MediumSingle correct
  3. 7 Apr 2025, Shift 1 · Q47A wire of length 10 cm and diameter 0.5 mm is used in a bulb. The temperature of the wire is 1727∘1727^\circC and power radiated by the wire…MediumNumerical value
  4. 7 Apr 2025, Shift 2 · Q47Two cylindrical rods A and B made of different materials, are joined in a straight line. The ratios of lengths, radii and thermal…MediumNumerical value
  5. 8 Apr 2025, Shift 2 · Q32Water falls from a height of 200 m into a pool. Calculate the rise in temperature of the water assuming no heat dissipation from the water…EasySingle correct

2024 2 questions

  1. 30 Jan 2024, Shift 2 · Q37A block of ice at −10∘C-10^\circ C is slowly heated and converted to steam at 100∘C100^\circ C. Which of the following curves represent the…EasyDiagram basedHas a figure
  2. 31 Jan 2024, Shift 1 · Q38The given figure represents two isobaric processes for the same mass of an ideal gas, thenEasySingle correctHas a figure

2023 3 questions

  1. 8 Apr 2023, Shift 2 · Q52A steel rod of length 1 m and cross sectional area 10−410^{-4} m2^2 is heated from 0∘0^\circC to 200∘200^\circC without being allowed to…EasyNumerical value
  2. 11 Apr 2023, Shift 1 · Q45On a temperature scale 'X', the boiling point of water is 65∘65^\circX and the freezing point is −15∘-15^\circX. Assume that the X scale is…EasySingle correct
  3. 13 Apr 2023, Shift 2 · Q53Two plates A and B have thermal conductivities 84 Wm−1K−184\ \mathrm{Wm^{-1}K^{-1}} and 126 Wm−1K−1126\ \mathrm{Wm^{-1}K^{-1}} respectively. They have same…EasyNumerical value

2022 3 questions

  1. 25 Jul 2022, Shift 1 · Q54A unit scale is to be prepared whose length does not change with temperature and remains 2020 cm, using a bimetallic strip made of brass…EasyNumerical value
  2. 24 Jun 2022, Shift 1 · Q50Two metallic blocks M1M_1 and M2M_2 of same area of cross-section are connected to each other (as shown in figure). If the thermal…MediumSingle correctHas a figure
  3. 29 Jun 2022, Shift 1 · Q53As per the given figure, two plates A and B of thermal conductivity K and 2 K are joined together to form a compound plate. The thickness…EasyNumerical valueHas a figure

2021 2 questions

  1. 25 Jul 2021, Shift 1 · Q14Two different metal bodies A and B of equal mass are heated at a uniform rate under similar conditions. The variation of temperature of…MediumSingle correctHas a figure
  2. 16 Mar 2021, Shift 2 · Q13A bimetallic strip consists of metals A and B. It is mounted rigidly as shown. The metal A has higher coefficient of expansion compared to…EasyDiagram basedHas a figure

2020 1 questions

  1. 6 Sep 2020, Shift 2 · Q8Three rods of identical cross-section and lengths are made of three different materials of thermal conductivity K1K_1, K2K_2 and K3K_3,…MediumSingle correctHas a figure

2017 2 questions

  1. 2 Apr 2017 (offline) · Q8A copper ball of mass 100 gm is at a temperature T. It is dropped in a copper calorimeter of mass 100 gm, filled with 170 gm of water at…EasySingle correct
  2. 2 Apr 2017 (offline) · Q9An external pressure P is applied on a cube at 0°C so that it is equally compressed from all sides. K is the bulk modulus of the material…MediumSingle correct

Pattern: Asked most years.