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JEE Main · Physics · Motion in a Plane

Centripetal Acceleration

JEE Main asked Centripetal Acceleration 6 times in 6 of the 108 shifts Lumi analysed, in 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024. It belongs to Circular Motion, in Motion in a Plane (Physics). The longest wait between two years asking it was 1 year. In 2024 it came in more than one shift of the same year.

Updated 2026-10-24

Times asked
6
in 6 shifts
Years
4 of 8
First asked
2021
last in 2024
Pattern
Comes in cycles
across the analysed shifts

Questions on this idea a shift, by year

2017–2026. Asked in 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024. Years differ in how many shifts Lumi analysed, so each year is scaled to one shift of 25 Physics questions.

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Raw count: 2017: 0 in 1 shift · 2020: 0 in 12 shifts · 2021: 1 in 24 shifts · 2022: 1 in 24 shifts · 2023: 1 in 12 shifts · 2024: 3 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
  • 20243 of 18
  • 20231 of 12
  • 20221 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

Single correct is the usual form. Skill tested: calculation.

  • Ratio of speeds at constant centripetal force
  • Centripetal force from angular velocity

Difficulty

Easy 4Medium 2Hard 0

Every question was multiple choice.

Every question

All 6 questions

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

  1. 29 Jan 2024, Shift 1 · Q33If the radius of curvature of the path of two particles of same mass are in the ratio 3:4, then in order to have constant centripetal…EasySingle correct
  2. 1 Feb 2024, Shift 1 · Q34A ball of mass 0.5 kg is attached to a string of length 50 cm. The ball is rotated on a horizontal circular path about its vertical axis.…EasySingle correct
  3. 5 Apr 2024, Shift 2 · Q32A man carrying a monkey on his shoulder does cycling smoothly on a circular track of radius 9 m and completes 120 resolutions in 3…EasySingle correct
  4. 13 Apr 2023, Shift 2 · Q34A vehicle of mass 200200 kg is moving along a levelled curved road of radius 7070 m with angular velocity of 0.20.2 rad/s. The centripetal…EasySingle correct
  5. 29 Jul 2022, Shift 1 · Q34A smooth circular groove has a smooth vertical wall as shown in figure. A block of mass m moves against the wall with a speed ν\nu. Which…MediumDiagram basedHas a figure
  6. 26 Feb 2021, Shift 1 · Q10A particle is moving with uniform speed along the circumference of a circle of radius R under the action of a central fictitious force F…MediumSingle correct

Shifts: 26 Feb 2021, Shift 1, 29 Jul 2022, Shift 1, 13 Apr 2023, Shift 2, 29 Jan 2024, Shift 1, 1 Feb 2024, Shift 1, 5 Apr 2024, Shift 2.

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