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JEE Main · Physics · Work, Energy and Power

Maximum Compression of a Spring

JEE Main asked Maximum Compression of a Spring 4 times in 4 of the 108 shifts Lumi analysed, in 2021, 2022 and 2024. It belongs to Work and Kinetic Energy, in Work, Energy and Power (Physics). The longest wait between two years asking it was 2 years. In 2022 it came in more than one shift of the same year.

Updated 2026-10-24

Times asked
4
in 4 shifts
Years
3 of 8
First asked
2021
last in 2024
Pattern
Comes in cycles
across the analysed shifts

Questions on this idea a shift, by year

2017–2026. Asked in 2021, 2022 and 2024. Years differ in how many shifts Lumi analysed, so each year is scaled to one shift of 25 Physics questions.

00.050.10’170’200.03’210.07’220’230.05’240’250’26

Raw count: 2017: 0 in 1 shift · 2020: 0 in 12 shifts · 2021: 1 in 24 shifts · 2022: 2 in 24 shifts · 2023: 0 in 12 shifts · 2024: 1 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
  • 20241 of 18
  • 20230 of 12
  • 20222 of 24
  • 20211 of 24
  • 20200 of 12
  • 20170 of 1

Asked in that shift More than once Not asked

How JEE Main framed it

Numerical value is the usual form. Skill tested: multi-step.

  • Spring constant from drop and compression
  • Spring constant from energy conservation

Difficulty

Easy 1Medium 3Hard 0

3 of the 4 questions had a numerical answer.

Every question

All 4 questions

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

  1. 8 Apr 2024, Shift 2 · Q34A block is simply released from the top of an inclined plane as shown in the figure above. The maximum compression in the spring when the…MediumDiagram basedHas a figure
  2. 24 Jun 2022, Shift 1 · Q58A ball of mass 100 g is dropped from a height h=10h=10 cm on a platform fixed at the top of a vertical spring (as shown in figure). The ball…MediumNumerical valueHas a figure
  3. 28 Jul 2022, Shift 1 · Q59A block of mass 'm' (as shown in figure) moving with kinetic energy E compresses a spring through a distance 25 cm when, its speed is…MediumNumerical valueHas a figure
  4. 18 Mar 2021, Shift 2 · Q24A ball of mass 4 kg, moving with a velocity of 10 ms−1^{-1}, collides with a spring of length 8 m and force constant 100 Nm−1^{-1}. The…EasyNumerical value

Shifts: 18 Mar 2021, Shift 2, 24 Jun 2022, Shift 1, 28 Jul 2022, Shift 1, 8 Apr 2024, Shift 2.

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