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JEE Main · Physics · Thermodynamics

Heat Engine Efficiency

JEE Main asked Heat Engine Efficiency once in the 108 shifts Lumi analysed, on 2 Sep 2020, Shift 2. It belongs to Heat Engines and Refrigerators, in Thermodynamics (Physics).

Updated 2026-10-24

Times asked
1
in 1 shift
Years
1 of 8
First asked
2020
the only year
Pattern
Gone quiet
asked once so far

Questions on this idea a shift, by year

2017–2026. Asked in 2020. Years differ in how many shifts Lumi analysed, so each year is scaled to one shift of 25 Physics questions.

00.050.10’170.08’200’210’220’230’240’250’26

Raw count: 2017: 0 in 1 shift · 2020: 1 in 12 shifts · 2021: 0 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
  • 20210 of 24
  • 20201 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.

  • Unknown heat from engine efficiency

Difficulty

Easy 1Medium 0Hard 0

The question was multiple choice.

Every question

The question

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

  1. 2 Sep 2020, Shift 2 · Q8A heat engine is involved with exchange of heat of 1915 J, −-40 J, ++125 J and −-QJ, during one cycle achieving an efficiency of 50.0%.…EasySingle correct

Shift: 2 Sep 2020, Shift 2.

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Heat Engines and Refrigerators has 8 ideas JEE Main has asked; 1 of them came up in more than one question.