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JEE Main · Physics · Laws of Motion

Kinetic Friction Calculation

JEE Main asked Kinetic Friction Calculation 2 times in 2 of the 108 shifts Lumi analysed, all in 2024. It belongs to Friction, in Laws of Motion (Physics). In 2024 it came in more than one shift of the same year.

Updated 2026-10-24

Times asked
2
in 2 shifts
Years
1 of 8
First asked
2024
the only year
Pattern
New since 2024
across the analysed shifts

Questions on this idea a shift, by year

2017–2026. Asked in 2024. Years differ in how many shifts Lumi analysed, so each year is scaled to one shift of 25 Physics questions.

00.050.10’170’200’210’220’230.09’240’250’26

Raw count: 2017: 0 in 1 shift · 2020: 0 in 12 shifts · 2021: 0 in 24 shifts · 2022: 0 in 24 shifts · 2023: 0 in 12 shifts · 2024: 2 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
  • 20242 of 18
  • 20230 of 12
  • 20220 of 24
  • 20210 of 24
  • 20200 of 12
  • 20170 of 1

Asked in that shift More than once Not asked

How JEE Main framed it

Single correct is the usual form. Skill tested: calculation.

  • Acceleration of block and trolley with friction
  • Kinetic friction force on a sliding box

Difficulty

Easy 2Medium 0Hard 0

Every question was multiple choice.

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. 1 Feb 2024, Shift 1 · Q33Consider a block and trolley system as shown in figure. If the coefficient of kinetic friction between the trolley and the surface is…EasySingle correctHas a figure
  2. 5 Apr 2024, Shift 2 · Q33A heavy box of mass 50 kg is moving on a horizontal surface. If co-efficient of kinetic friction between the box and horizontal surface is…EasySingle correct

Shifts: 1 Feb 2024, Shift 1, 5 Apr 2024, Shift 2.

Same topic

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Friction has 19 ideas JEE Main has asked; 7 of them came up in more than one question. The 12 most asked are below.

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