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NEET UG 2017 · Physics · Question 15

NEET 2017 Physics, question 15

Question 15 of the NEET 2017 paper (code A) is a Physics question from Oscillations. Its idea, Velocity in SHM, was asked 3 times, in 2017, 2019 and 2025, across NEET 2017–2026. The CBSE official answer key gives option 3.

Updated 2026-10-08

Q15 · Physics

A particle executes linear simple harmonic motion with an amplitude of 3 cm. When the particle is at 2 cm from the mean position, the magnitude of its velocity is equal to that of its acceleration. Then its time period in seconds is

  1. 15π\frac{\sqrt{5}}{\pi}
  2. 252π\frac{\sqrt{5}}{2\pi}
  3. 34π5\frac{4\pi}{\sqrt{5}}Official answer
  4. 42π3\frac{2\pi}{\sqrt{3}}

Official answer: option 3 · CBSE official answer key

Same idea

Velocity in SHM, in other papers

NEET asked this idea 3 times, in 2017, 2019 and 2025. The other 2 questions below.

  • 2025 Q44Two identical point masses P and Q, suspended from two separate massless springs of spring constants k1k_1 and k2k_2, respectively,…One-line MCQ · Easy
  • 2019 Q19Average velocity of a particle executing SHM in one complete vibration is :One-line MCQ · Easy

Velocity in SHM: every question and how it was framed

The chapter

Oscillations in ten years of NEET

17 questions from 2017–2026, asked in 10 of 10 papers, about 1.6 a paper. Simple Harmonic Motion alone had 16.

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Oscillations: questions per paper

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