JEE Main Physics · Oscillations

Energy in SHM in JEE Main

Name: Energy in SHM: JEE Main previous year questions
Creator: Lumi

Energy in SHM (Physics, Oscillations) came 6 times in 6 of the 42 JEE Main shifts Lumi analysed, across 5 distinct ideas. 2 of them came in 2024–26; it was last asked in 2026.

Questions: 6; in 6 shifts
Ideas asked: 5; 1 asked more than once
Numerical answer: 2; 33% 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 3Medium 3Hard 0

Format

Single correct3 Q
Numerical value2 Q
Diagram based1 Q

Ideas inside the topic

5 ideas

Kinetic to Potential Energy Ratio2 Q
Energy-Displacement Graphs1 Q
Energy Change from Instantaneous Impulse1 Q
Energy-Time Graphs in SHM1 Q
Total Mechanical Energy1 Q

Where it sits

Part of Oscillations, which had 29 questions in all. Energy in SHM accounts for 21% of them. In Lumi's JEE taxonomy it belongs to Waves and SHM.

Every question

All 6 Energy in SHM questions

Newest first, each with its options and official answer.

6 Apr 2026, Shift 2 · Q36A spring stretches by 2 mm when it is loaded with a mass of 200 g. From equilibrium position the mass is further pulled down by 2 mm and…MediumSingle correct
29 Jan 2024, Shift 1 · Q54When the displacement of a simple harmonic oscillator is one third of its amplitude, the ratio of total energy to the kinetic energy is…EasyNumerical value
11 Apr 2023, Shift 1 · Q42The variation of kinetic energy (KE) of a particle executing simple harmonic motion with the displacement ( $x$ ) starting from mean…EasyDiagram basedHas a figure
13 Apr 2023, Shift 2 · Q40A particle executes SHM of amplitude A. The distance from the mean position when its's kinetic energy becomes equal to its potential…EasySingle correct
29 Jun 2022, Shift 1 · Q54A body is performing simple harmonic with an amplitude of 10 cm. The velocity of the body was tripled by air Jet when it is at 5 cm from…MediumNumerical value
2 Apr 2017 (offline) · Q12A particle is executing simple harmonic motion with a time period T. At time $t=0$ , it is at its position of equilibrium. The kinetic…MediumSingle correctHas a figure