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JEE Main · Physics · Motion in a Straight Line

Kinematic Graph Areas

JEE Main asked Kinematic Graph Areas 3 times in 3 of the 108 shifts Lumi analysed, in 2020, 2023 and 2026. It belongs to Kinematics in 1D, in Motion in a Straight Line (Physics). The longest wait between two years asking it was 3 years.

Updated 2026-10-24

Times asked
3
in 3 shifts
Years
3 of 8
First asked
2020
last in 2026
Pattern
Frequent
across the analysed shifts

Questions on this idea a shift, by year

2017–2026. Asked in 2020, 2023 and 2026. Years differ in how many shifts Lumi analysed, so each year is scaled to one shift of 25 Physics questions.

00.10.20’170.08’200’210’220.07’230’240’250.11’26

Raw count: 2017: 0 in 1 shift · 2020: 1 in 12 shifts · 2021: 0 in 24 shifts · 2022: 0 in 24 shifts · 2023: 1 in 12 shifts · 2024: 0 in 18 shifts · 2025: 0 in 8 shifts · 2026: 1 in 9 shifts.

Shift by shift

Each square is one analysed shift, in date order. Open a filled one for that paper.

  • 20261 of 9
  • 20250 of 8
  • 20240 of 18
  • 20231 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

Diagram based is the usual form. Skill tested: data or graph.

  • Distance and average velocity from v-t graph
  • Statement i/ii on kinematic graph areas

Difficulty

Easy 3Medium 0Hard 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. 5 Apr 2026, Shift 2 · Q29The velocity (vv) versus time (tt) plot of a particle is shown in the figure, for a time interval of 40 s. The total distance travelled…EasyDiagram basedHas a figure
  2. 8 Apr 2023, Shift 2 · Q38Given below are two statements: Statement I : Area under velocity- time graph gives the distance travelled by the body in a given time.…EasyTwo statements
  3. 4 Sep 2020, Shift 2 · Q21The speed verses time graph for a particle is shown in the figure. The distance travelled (in m) by the particle during the time interval…EasyNumerical valueHas a figure

Shifts: 4 Sep 2020, Shift 2, 8 Apr 2023, Shift 2, 5 Apr 2026, Shift 2.

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