NEET UG 2020 · Physics · Question 177
NEET 2020 Physics, question 177
Question 177 of the NEET 2020 paper (code E1) is a Physics question from Motion in a Straight Line. Its idea, Downward Projection Sign Convention, was asked only this once in NEET 2017–2026. The NTA final answer key gives option 4.
Updated 2026-10-08
Q177 · Physics
A ball is thrown vertically downward with a velocity of 20 m/s from the top of a tower. It hits the ground after some time with a velocity of 80 m/s. The height of the tower is : (g = 10 m/s)
- 1360 m
- 2340 m
- 3320 m
- 4300 mOfficial answer
Official answer: option 4 · NTA final answer key
Same idea
The only question on Downward Projection Sign Convention
No other NEET paper from 2017–2026 tested this exact idea.
Downward Projection Sign Convention: every question and how it was framed
The chapter
Motion in a Straight Line in ten years of NEET
13 questions from 2017–2026, asked in 9 of 10 papers, about 1.2 a paper. Kinematics in 1D alone had 13.