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JEE Main · Physics · Laws of Motion

Forces on a Smooth Incline

JEE Main asked Forces on a Smooth Incline 3 times in 2 of the 108 shifts Lumi analysed, all in 2022. It belongs to Newton's Laws of Motion, in Laws of Motion (Physics). In 2022 it came in more than one shift of the same year.

Updated 2026-10-24

Times asked
3
in 2 shifts
Years
1 of 8
First asked
2022
the only year
Pattern
Occasional
across the analysed shifts

Questions on this idea a shift, by year

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

00.050.10’170’200’210.10’220’230’240’250’26

Raw count: 2017: 0 in 1 shift · 2020: 0 in 12 shifts · 2021: 0 in 24 shifts · 2022: 3 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
  • 202222 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

Diagram based is the usual form. Skill tested: multi-step.

  • Force by smooth incline on body in equilibrium
  • Time to slide on smooth incline of different angle

Difficulty

Easy 1Medium 2Hard 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. 29 Jul 2022, Shift 2 · Q44Two bodies of masses m1m_1 = 5 kg and m2m_2 = 3 kg are connected by a light string going over a smooth light pulley on a smooth inclined…EasyDiagram basedHas a figure
  2. 27 Jul 2022, Shift 2 · Q34A block 'A' takes 2 s to slide down a frictionless incline of 30∘30^\circ and length 'l', kept inside a lift going up with uniform velocity…MediumSingle correct
  3. 27 Jul 2022, Shift 2 · Q60Two inclined planes are placed as shown in figure. A block is projected from the Point A of inclined plane AB along its surface with a…MediumNumerical valueHas a figure

Shifts: 27 Jul 2022, Shift 2, 29 Jul 2022, Shift 2.

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