JEE Main · Physics · Work, Energy and Power
Work Done by Gravity (Path Independence)
JEE Main asked Work Done by Gravity (Path Independence) 3 times in 3 of the 108 shifts Lumi analysed, in 2021, 2022 and 2024. It belongs to Work and Kinetic Energy, in Work, Energy and Power (Physics). The longest wait between two years asking it was 2 years.
Updated 2026-10-24
- Times asked
- 3
- in 3 shifts
- Years
- 3 of 8
- First asked
- 2021
- last in 2024
- Pattern
- Comes in cycles
- across the analysed shifts
Questions on this idea a shift, by year
2017–2026. Asked in 2021, 2022 and 2024. Years differ in how many shifts Lumi analysed, so each year is scaled to one shift of 25 Physics questions.
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: 1 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.
How JEE Main framed it
Diagram based is the usual form. Skill tested: application.
- Work against gravity independent of path
- Kinetic energy from figure of falling block
Difficulty
Every question was multiple choice.
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.
- 5 Apr 2024, Shift 1 · Q34A body of mass 50 kg is lifted to a height of 20 m from the ground in the two different ways as shown in the figures. The ratio of work…EasyDiagram basedHas a figure
- 29 Jun 2022, Shift 2 · Q46In the given figure, the block of mass is dropped from the point ‘’. The expression for kinetic energy of block when it reaches…EasyDiagram basedHas a figure
- 22 Jul 2021, Shift 2 · Q14A porter lifts a heavy suitcase of mass 80 kg and at the destination lowers it down by a distance of 80 cm with a constant velocity.…EasySingle correct
Shifts: 22 Jul 2021, Shift 2, 29 Jun 2022, Shift 2, 5 Apr 2024, Shift 1.
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Work and Kinetic Energy has 21 ideas JEE Main has asked; 14 of them came up in more than one question. The 12 most asked are below.
- Momentum and Kinetic Energy Relation12× · 2024
- Work-Energy Theorem10× · 2026
- Conservation of Mechanical Energy7× · 2025
- Work by Variable Force7× · 2025
- Work Done by Friction4× · 2026
- Kinetic Energy Calculation4× · 2024
- Maximum Compression of a Spring4× · 2024
- Energy Conservation in Vertical Circles2× · 2026
- Work Done by Non-Conservative Forces2× · 2026
- Work via Dot Product2× · 2026
- Conservative Forces2× · 2025
- Potential Energy Curves and Equilibrium2× · 2022