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JEE Main · Physics · Laws of Motion

Angle of Friction

JEE Main asked Angle of Friction 2 times in 2 of the 108 shifts Lumi analysed, in 2021 and 2024. It belongs to Friction, in Laws of Motion (Physics). The longest wait between two years asking it was 3 years.

Updated 2026-10-24

Times asked
2
in 2 shifts
Years
2 of 8
First asked
2021
last in 2024
Pattern
Occasional
across the analysed shifts

Questions on this idea a shift, by year

2017–2026. Asked in 2021 and 2024. Years differ in how many shifts Lumi analysed, so each year is scaled to one shift of 25 Physics questions.

00.050.10’170’200.03’210’220’230.05’240’250’26

Raw count: 2017: 0 in 1 shift · 2020: 0 in 12 shifts · 2021: 1 in 24 shifts · 2022: 0 in 24 shifts · 2023: 0 in 12 shifts · 2024: 1 in 18 shifts · 2025: 0 in 8 shifts · 2026: 0 in 9 shifts.

Shift by shift

Each square is one analysed shift, in date order. Open a filled one for that paper.

  • 20260 of 9
  • 20250 of 8
  • 20241 of 18
  • 20230 of 12
  • 20220 of 24
  • 20211 of 24
  • 20200 of 12
  • 20170 of 1

Asked in that shift More than once Not asked

How JEE Main framed it

Numerical value is the usual form. Skill tested: application.

  • Coefficient of friction from angle of sliding
  • Minimum force to move block using angle of friction

Difficulty

Easy 1Medium 1Hard 0

1 of the 2 questions had a numerical answer.

Every question

All 2 questions

From the official JEE Main shift papers, newest first. Open one for the full question, the options and the official answer.

  1. 4 Apr 2024, Shift 2 · Q34A 2 kg brick begins to slide over a surface which is inclined at an angle of 45∘45^\circ with respect to horizontal axis. The co-efficient…EasySingle correct
  2. 17 Mar 2021, Shift 2 · Q28A body of mass 1 kg rests on a horizontal floor with which it has a coefficient of static friction 13\frac{1}{\sqrt{3}}. It is desired to…MediumNumerical value

Shifts: 17 Mar 2021, Shift 2, 4 Apr 2024, Shift 2.

Same topic

Other ideas in Friction

Friction has 19 ideas JEE Main has asked; 7 of them came up in more than one question. The 12 most asked are below.

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