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JEE Main · Physics · Laws of Motion

Conical Pendulum Dynamics

JEE Main asked Conical Pendulum Dynamics 2 times in 2 of the 108 shifts Lumi analysed, all in 2021. It belongs to Circular Motion, in Laws of Motion (Physics). In 2021 it came in more than one shift of the same year.

Updated 2026-10-24

Times asked
2
in 2 shifts
Years
1 of 8
First asked
2021
the only year
Pattern
Gone quiet
across the analysed shifts

Questions on this idea a shift, by year

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

00.050.10’170’200.07’210’220’230’240’250’26

Raw count: 2017: 0 in 1 shift · 2020: 0 in 12 shifts · 2021: 2 in 24 shifts · 2022: 0 in 24 shifts · 2023: 0 in 12 shifts · 2024: 0 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
  • 20240 of 18
  • 20230 of 12
  • 20220 of 24
  • 20212 of 24
  • 20200 of 12
  • 20170 of 1

Asked in that shift More than once Not asked

How JEE Main framed it

Diagram based is the usual form. Skill tested: application.

  • Speed of conical pendulum from radius and string length
  • Angular frequency of conical pendulum

Difficulty

Easy 1Medium 1Hard 0

Every question was multiple choice.

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. 26 Aug 2021, Shift 2 · Q9A particle of mass m is suspended from a ceiling through a string of length L. The particle moves in a horizontal circle of radius r such…EasySingle correct
  2. 3 Aug 2021, Shift 1 · Q6As shown in the figure, a string of length ‘ll' holds a small bob of mass ‘mm' while suspended from a point `O'. The bob revolves about…MediumDiagram basedHas a figure

Shifts: 3 Aug 2021, Shift 1, 26 Aug 2021, Shift 2.

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Other ideas in Circular Motion

Circular Motion has 15 ideas JEE Main has asked; 9 of them came up in more than one question. The 12 most asked are below.

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