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JEE Main · Physics · Laws of Motion

Block on a Vertical Wall

JEE Main asked Block on a Vertical Wall 2 times in 2 of the 108 shifts Lumi analysed, in 2021 and 2022. It belongs to Friction, in Laws of Motion (Physics). The longest wait between two years asking it was 1 year.

Updated 2026-10-24

Times asked
2
in 2 shifts
Years
2 of 8
First asked
2021
last in 2022
Pattern
Occasional
across the analysed shifts

Questions on this idea a shift, by year

2017–2026. Asked in 2021 and 2022. Years differ in how many shifts Lumi analysed, so each year is scaled to one shift of 25 Physics questions.

00.050.10’170’200.03’210.03’220’230’240’250’26

Raw count: 2017: 0 in 1 shift · 2020: 0 in 12 shifts · 2021: 1 in 24 shifts · 2022: 1 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
  • 20221 of 24
  • 20211 of 24
  • 20200 of 12
  • 20170 of 1

Asked in that shift More than once Not asked

How JEE Main framed it

Numerical value is the usual form. Skill tested: application.

  • Maximum force on block against vertical wall
  • Force to hold block against wall

Difficulty

Easy 1Medium 1Hard 0

1 of the 2 questions had a numerical answer.

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. 30 Jun 2022, Shift 1 · Q36A 2 kg block is pushed against a vertical wall by applying a horizontal force of 50 N. The coefficient of static friction between the…MediumSingle correctHas a figure
  2. 24 Feb 2021, Shift 1 · Q21The coefficient of static friction between a wooden block of mass 0.5 kg and a vertical rough wall is 0.2. The magnitude of horizontal…EasyNumerical value

Shifts: 24 Feb 2021, Shift 1, 30 Jun 2022, Shift 1.

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