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JEE Main · Physics · Motion in a Straight Line

Distance and Displacement Distinction

JEE Main asked Distance and Displacement Distinction 3 times in 3 of the 108 shifts Lumi analysed, in 2023, 2024 and 2025. It belongs to Kinematics in 1D, in Motion in a Straight Line (Physics). The longest wait between two years asking it was 1 year.

Updated 2026-10-24

Times asked
3
in 3 shifts
Years
3 of 8
First asked
2023
last in 2025
Pattern
Comes in cycles
across the analysed shifts

Questions on this idea a shift, by year

2017–2026. Asked in 2023, 2024 and 2025. Years differ in how many shifts Lumi analysed, so each year is scaled to one shift of 25 Physics questions.

00.10.20’170’200’210’220.07’230.05’240.13’250’26

Raw count: 2017: 0 in 1 shift · 2020: 0 in 12 shifts · 2021: 0 in 24 shifts · 2022: 0 in 24 shifts · 2023: 1 in 12 shifts · 2024: 1 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
  • 20241 of 18
  • 20231 of 12
  • 20220 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

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

  • Distance and displacement on circular track
  • Distance to displacement ratio from v-t graph

Difficulty

Easy 2Medium 1Hard 0

Every question was multiple choice.

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. 2 Apr 2025, Shift 2 · Q30A sportsman runs around a circular track of radius rr such that he traverses the path ABAB. The distance travelled and displacement,…EasySingle correctHas a figure
  2. 4 Apr 2024, Shift 2 · Q33A cyclist starts from the point PP of a circular ground of radius 2 km and travels along its circumference to the point S. The…EasySingle correctHas a figure
  3. 11 Apr 2023, Shift 1 · Q47From the vv - tt graph shown, the ratio of distance to displacement in 25 s of motion is:MediumDiagram basedHas a figure

Shifts: 11 Apr 2023, Shift 1, 4 Apr 2024, Shift 2, 2 Apr 2025, Shift 2.

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