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NEET UG 2018 · Physics · Question 30

NEET 2018 Physics, question 30

Question 30 of the NEET 2018 paper (code AA) is a Physics question from Work, Energy and Power. Its idea, Minimum Velocity for Vertical Circle, was asked only this once in NEET 2017–2026. The CBSE official answer key gives option 4.

Updated 2026-10-08

Q30 · Physics

A body initially at rest and sliding along a frictionless track from a height h (as shown in the figure) just completes a vertical circle of diameter AB = D. The height h is equal to

The figure, described in words

Frictionless incline from height h down to point A at the bottom of a vertical circular loop of diameter AB = D (B at top).

  1. 175\frac{7}{5}D
  2. 2D
  3. 332\frac{3}{2}D
  4. 454\frac{5}{4}DOfficial answer

Official answer: option 4 · CBSE official answer key

Same idea

The only question on Minimum Velocity for Vertical Circle

No other NEET paper from 2017–2026 tested this exact idea.

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The chapter

Work, Energy and Power in ten years of NEET

16 questions from 2017–2026, asked in 9 of 10 papers, about 1.5 a paper. Work-Energy Theorem alone had 12.

Work, Energy and Power: questions per paper

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