Learn

Saturday, 31 October

JEE Main · Physics · Work, Energy and Power

Vertical Circular Motion

JEE Main asked Vertical Circular Motion 7 times in 7 of the 108 shifts Lumi analysed, in 2021 and 2022. It belongs to Circular Motion, in Work, Energy and Power (Physics). The longest wait between two years asking it was 1 year. In 2021 and 2022 it came in more than one shift of the same year.

Updated 2026-10-24

Times asked
7
in 7 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.

00.10.20’170’200.14’210.10’220’230’240’250’26

Raw count: 2017: 0 in 1 shift · 2020: 0 in 12 shifts · 2021: 4 in 24 shifts · 2022: 3 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
  • 20223 of 24
  • 20214 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: multi-step.

  • Change in velocity in vertical circular motion
  • Graph of centripetal force to normal reaction ratio in bowl

Difficulty

Easy 1Medium 4Hard 2

4 of the 7 questions had a numerical answer.

Every question

All 7 questions

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

  1. 27 Jun 2022, Shift 2 · Q35A stone tide to a string of length L is whirled in a vertical circle with the other end of the string at the centre. At a certain instant…MediumSingle correct
  2. 26 Jun 2022, Shift 1 · Q34A ball is released from rest from point P of a smooth semi-spherical vessel as shown in figure. The ratio of the centripetal force and…HardDiagram basedHas a figure
  3. 24 Jun 2022, Shift 2 · Q33A stone of mass m, tied to a string is being whirled in a vertical circle with a uniform speed. The tension in the string isEasySingle correct
  4. 25 Feb 2021, Shift 1 · Q24A small bob tied at one end of a thin string of length 1 m is describing a vertical circle so that the maximum and minimum tension in the…MediumNumerical value
  5. 27 Aug 2021, Shift 2 · Q23A bullet of 10 g, moving with velocity vv, collides head-on with the stationary bob of a pendulum and recoils with velocity 100 m/s. The…MediumNumerical valueHas a figure
  6. 4 Aug 2021, Shift 2 · Q25A small solid spherical marble of mass M and radius 5 cm rolls along loop track without slipping. The height above the base, from where it…HardNumerical valueHas a figure
  7. 3 Aug 2021, Shift 1 · Q21The given figure shows a loop-the-loop track having radius 760 cmcm. A car without engine starts from a platform at a distance ‘hh' above…MediumNumerical valueHas a figure

Shifts: 25 Feb 2021, Shift 1, 3 Aug 2021, Shift 1, 4 Aug 2021, Shift 2, 27 Aug 2021, Shift 2, 24 Jun 2022, Shift 2, 26 Jun 2022, Shift 1, 27 Jun 2022, Shift 2.

Same topic

Other ideas in Circular Motion

Circular Motion has 15 ideas JEE Main has asked; 9 of them came up in more than one question. The 12 most asked are below.

Topic analysisChapter analysisStudy this chapterAll repeated ideas