JEE Main Physics · Mechanical Properties of Fluids

Fluid Statics in JEE Main

Name: Fluid Statics: JEE Main previous year questions
Creator: Lumi

Fluid Statics (Physics, Mechanical Properties of Fluids) came 6 times in 5 of the 42 JEE Main shifts Lumi analysed, across 4 distinct ideas. 3 of them came in 2024–26; it was last asked in 2026.

Questions: 6; in 5 shifts
Ideas asked: 4; 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 2Medium 3Hard 1

Format

Single correct4 Q
Numerical value2 Q

Ideas inside the topic

4 ideas

Law of Floatation3 Q
Hydrostatic Thrust on Plane Surfaces1 Q
Pascal's Law1 Q
Temperature Effects on Buoyancy1 Q

Where it sits

Part of Mechanical Properties of Fluids, which had 39 questions in all. Fluid Statics accounts for 15% of them. In Lumi's JEE taxonomy it belongs to Properties of Matter.

Every question

All 6 Fluid Statics questions

Newest first, each with its options and official answer.

2 Apr 2026, Shift 1 · Q50A tub is filled with water and a wooden cube $10\ \mathrm{cm}\times10\ \mathrm{cm}\times10\ \mathrm{cm}$ is placed in the water. The…EasyNumerical value
2 Apr 2025, Shift 1 · Q47A vessel with square cross-section and height of 6 m is vertically partitioned. A small window of $100\ \mathrm{cm}^2$ with hinged door is…MediumNumerical value
9 Apr 2024, Shift 1 · Q37A sphere of relative density $\sigma$ and diameter D has concentric cavity of diameter d. The ratio of $\frac{D}{d}$ , if it just floats on…MediumSingle correct
8 Apr 2023, Shift 2 · Q35A hydraulic automobile lift is designed to lift vehicles of mass 5000 kg. The area of cross section of the cylinder carrying the load is…EasySingle correct
8 Jan 2020, Shift 1 · Q6Consider a solid sphere of radius R and mass density $\rho(r) = \rho_0\left(1-\frac{r^2}{R^2}\right)$ , $0 < r \le R$ . The minimum density…HardSingle correct
8 Jan 2020, Shift 1 · Q7A leak proof cylinder of length 1 m, made of a metal which has very low coefficient of expansion is floating vertically in water at…MediumSingle correct