JEE Main Physics · Motion in a Plane

Relative Velocity in JEE Main

Name: Relative Velocity: JEE Main previous year questions
Creator: Lumi

Relative Velocity (Physics, Motion in a Plane) came 7 times in 7 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: 7; in 7 shifts
Ideas asked: 5; 2 asked more than once
Numerical answer: 2; 29% 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 5Medium 2Hard 0

Format

Single correct5 Q
Numerical value2 Q

Ideas inside the topic

5 ideas

Relative Motion in 1D2 Q
River-Boat Drift Analysis2 Q
Rain Angle Shift with Observer Acceleration1 Q
River-Boat Minimum Time1 Q
Extended Bodies Overtaking and Crossing1 Q

Where it sits

Part of Motion in a Plane, which had 40 questions in all. Relative Velocity accounts for 18% of them. In Lumi's JEE taxonomy it belongs to Mechanics.

Some questions sit in other chapters too: Motion in a Straight Line.

Every question

All 7 Relative Velocity questions

Newest first, each with its options and official answer.

4 Apr 2026, Shift 2 · Q27Two cars $A$ and $B$ are moving in the same direction along a straight line with speeds 100 km/h and 80 km/h, respectively such that car…MediumSingle correct
2 Apr 2025, Shift 1 · Q29A river is flowing from west to east direction with speed of $9\ \mathrm{km\,h^{-1}}$ . If a boat capable of moving at a maximum speed of…EasySingle correct
13 Apr 2023, Shift 2 · Q33A passenger sitting in a train A moving at $90$ km/h observes another train B moving in the opposite direction for 8 s. If the velocity of…EasySingle correct
16 Mar 2021, Shift 2 · Q22A swimmer can swim with velocity of 12 km/h in still water. Water flowing in a river has velocity 6 km/h. The direction with respect to…EasyNumerical value
18 Mar 2021, Shift 1 · Q27A person is swimming with a speed of 10 m/s at an angle of 120° with the flow and reaches to a point directly opposite on the other side…EasyNumerical value
2 Sep 2020, Shift 1 · Q2Train A and train B are running on parallel tracks in the opposite directions with speeds of 36 km/hour and 72 km/hour, respectively. A…EasySingle correct
6 Sep 2020, Shift 2 · Q2When a car is at rest, its driver sees rain drops falling on it vertically. When driving the car with speed $v$ , he sees that rain drops…MediumSingle correct