JEE Main Physics · System of Particles and Rotational Motion

Angular Momentum in JEE Main

Name: Angular Momentum: JEE Main previous year questions
Creator: Lumi

Angular Momentum (Physics, System of Particles and Rotational Motion) came 9 times in 9 of the 42 JEE Main shifts Lumi analysed, across 8 distinct ideas. 5 of them came in 2024–26; it was last asked in 2026.

Questions: 9; in 9 shifts
Ideas asked: 8; 1 asked more than once
Numerical answer: 5; 56% of its questions
Pattern: Asked most years; last asked 2026

Questions each year

In the shifts Lumi analysed for each year.

Difficulty and format

Easy 2Medium 7Hard 0

Format

Numerical value5 Q
Single correct3 Q
Other1 Q

Ideas inside the topic

8 ideas

Angular Momentum of Particle2 Q
Angular Impulse-Momentum Theorem1 Q
Collisions with Pinned Rigid Bodies1 Q
Conservation of Angular Momentum1 Q
Kinetic Energy Loss in Rotational Coupling1 Q
Angular Momentum of Projectile at Maximum Height1 Q
Angular Momentum of Purely Rolling Body1 Q
Angular Momentum of a Shrinking Sphere1 Q

Where it sits

Part of System of Particles and Rotational Motion, which had 66 questions in all. Angular Momentum accounts for 14% of them. In Lumi's JEE taxonomy it belongs to Mechanics.

Some questions sit in other chapters too: Motion in a Plane.

Every question

All 9 Angular Momentum questions

Newest first, each with its options and official answer.

2 Apr 2026, Shift 1 · Q29The position of an object having mass $0.1$ kg as a function of time $t$ is given as $\vec r=\left(10t^2\hat i+5t^3\hat j\right)$ m. At…MediumOther
4 Apr 2025, Shift 2 · Q50A solid sphere with uniform density and radius R is rotating initially with constant angular velocity $(\omega_1)$ about its diameter.…MediumNumerical value
8 Apr 2025, Shift 2 · Q47A thin solid disk of 1 kg is rotating along its diameter axis at the speed of 1800 rpm. By applying an external torque of $25\pi$ Nm for…MediumNumerical value
30 Jan 2024, Shift 2 · Q52Two discs of moment of inertia $I_1 = 4\ kg\,m^2$ and $I_2 = 2\ kg\,m^2$ , about their central axes & normal to their planes, rotating with…EasyNumerical value
31 Jan 2024, Shift 2 · Q51A body of mass ' $m$ ' is projected with a speed ' $u$ ' making an angle of $45^\circ$ with the ground. The angular momentum of the body about…MediumNumerical value
29 Jun 2022, Shift 1 · Q34A spherical shell of 1 kg mass and radius R is rolling with angular speed $\omega$ on horizontal plane (as shown in figure). The magnitude…MediumSingle correctHas a figure
25 Jul 2021, Shift 1 · Q25A particle of mass ' $m$ ' is moving in time ' $t$ ' on a trajectory given by $\vec{r}=10\alpha t^2\hat{i}+5\beta(t-5)\hat{j}$ Where $\alpha$ …MediumNumerical value
18 Mar 2021, Shift 1 · Q20A thin circular ring of mass M and radius r is rotating about its axis with an angular speed $\omega$ . Two particles having mass m each…EasySingle correct
8 Jan 2020, Shift 1 · Q4Consider a uniform rod of mass M = 4m and length $l$ pivoted about its centre. A mass m moving with velocity $v$ making angle…MediumSingle correct