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JEE Main · Physics · Thermal Properties of Matter

Specific Heat Capacity

JEE Main asked Specific Heat Capacity 3 times in 3 of the 108 shifts Lumi analysed, in 2021 and 2022. It belongs to Calorimetry, in Thermal Properties of Matter (Physics). The longest wait between two years asking it was 1 year. In 2021 it came in more than one shift of the same year.

Updated 2026-10-24

Times asked
3
in 3 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.

00.050.10’170’200.07’210.03’220’230’240’250’26

Raw count: 2017: 0 in 1 shift · 2020: 0 in 12 shifts · 2021: 2 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
  • 20212 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.

  • Fuel burn rate from heat required
  • Temperature rise from fall of water

Difficulty

Easy 2Medium 1Hard 0

1 of the 3 questions had a numerical answer.

Every question

All 3 questions

From the official JEE Main shift papers, newest first. Open one for the full question, the options and the official answer.

  1. 26 Jun 2022, Shift 2 · Q54A geyser heats water flowing at a rate of 2.0 kg per minute from 30∘30^\circC to 70∘70^\circC. If geyser operates on a gas burner, the rate…EasyNumerical value
  2. 27 Aug 2021, Shift 2 · Q7The height of victoria falls is 63 m. What is the difference in temperature of water at the top and at the bottom of fall ? [Given 1…EasySingle correct
  3. 26 Aug 2021, Shift 2 · Q12The temperature of equal masses of three different liquids xx, yy and zz are 10∘10^\circC, 20∘20^\circC and 30∘30^\circC respectively. The…MediumSingle correct

Shifts: 26 Aug 2021, Shift 2, 27 Aug 2021, Shift 2, 26 Jun 2022, Shift 2.

Same topic

Other ideas in Calorimetry

Calorimetry has 12 ideas JEE Main has asked; 4 of them came up in more than one question.

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