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JEE Main · Physics · Motion in a Straight Line

Average vs Instantaneous Velocity

JEE Main asked Average vs Instantaneous Velocity 3 times in 3 of the 108 shifts Lumi analysed, in 2022, 2023 and 2025. It belongs to Kinematics in 1D, in Motion in a Straight Line (Physics). The longest wait between two years asking it was 2 years.

Updated 2026-10-24

Times asked
3
in 3 shifts
Years
3 of 8
First asked
2022
last in 2025
Pattern
Comes in cycles
across the analysed shifts

Questions on this idea a shift, by year

2017–2026. Asked in 2022, 2023 and 2025. Years differ in how many shifts Lumi analysed, so each year is scaled to one shift of 25 Physics questions.

00.10.20’170’200’210.03’220.07’230’240.13’250’26

Raw count: 2017: 0 in 1 shift · 2020: 0 in 12 shifts · 2021: 0 in 24 shifts · 2022: 1 in 24 shifts · 2023: 1 in 12 shifts · 2024: 0 in 18 shifts · 2025: 1 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
  • 20251 of 8
  • 20240 of 18
  • 20231 of 12
  • 20221 of 24
  • 20210 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: calculation.

  • Count correct statements on x-t graph
  • Instantaneous speed from s(t)

Difficulty

Easy 2Medium 1Hard 0

1 of the 3 questions had a numerical answer.

Every question

All 3 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 2025, Shift 2 · Q30The displacement xx versus time graph is shown below. (A) The average velocity during 0 to 3 s is 10 m/s (B) The average velocity during…MediumOtherHas a figure
  2. 13 Apr 2023, Shift 2 · Q32The distance travelled by an object in time t is given by s=(2.5)t2s=(2.5)t^2. The instantaneous speed of the object at t=5t=5 s will be:EasySingle correct
  3. 28 Jun 2022, Shift 2 · Q60A car covers AB distance with first one-third at velocity v1v_1 ms−1^{-1}, second one-third at v2v_2 ms−1^{-1} and last one-third at v3v_3…EasyNumerical valueHas a figure

Shifts: 28 Jun 2022, Shift 2, 13 Apr 2023, Shift 2, 4 Apr 2025, Shift 2.

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