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JEE Main · Physics · Waves

Particle Velocity vs Wave Velocity

JEE Main asked Particle Velocity vs Wave Velocity 4 times in 4 of the 108 shifts Lumi analysed, in 2022, 2025 and 2026. It belongs to Waves on Strings, in Waves (Physics). The longest wait between two years asking it was 3 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
2022
last in 2026
Pattern
Frequent
across the analysed shifts

Questions on this idea a shift, by year

2017–2026. Asked in 2022, 2025 and 2026. Years differ in how many shifts Lumi analysed, so each year is scaled to one shift of 25 Physics questions.

00.10.20’170’200’210.07’220’230’240.13’250.11’26

Raw count: 2017: 0 in 1 shift · 2020: 0 in 12 shifts · 2021: 0 in 24 shifts · 2022: 2 in 24 shifts · 2023: 0 in 12 shifts · 2024: 0 in 18 shifts · 2025: 1 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
  • 20251 of 8
  • 20240 of 18
  • 20230 of 12
  • 20222 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: calculation.

  • Wave speed from wave equation
  • Distance between points of equal speed in wave

Difficulty

Easy 1Medium 3Hard 0

Every question was multiple choice.

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. 2 Apr 2026, Shift 1 · Q35The equation of a plane progressive wave is given by y=5cos⁡π(200 t−x150)y=5\cos\pi\left(200\,t-\frac{x}{150}\right) where xx and yy are in cm and tt is…EasySingle correct
  2. 7 Apr 2025, Shift 2 · Q35The equation of a wave travelling on a string is y=sin⁡[20πx+10πt]y=\sin[20\pi x+10\pi t], where xx and t are distance and time in SI units. The minimum…MediumSingle correct
  3. 29 Jun 2022, Shift 1 · Q46A longitudinal wave is represented by x=10sin⁡2π(nt−xλ)x = 10\sin 2\pi\left(nt - \frac{x}{\lambda}\right) cm. The maximum particle velocity will be four…MediumSingle correct
  4. 26 Jul 2022, Shift 2 · Q43A transverse wave is represented by y=2sin⁡(ωt−kx)y = 2\sin(\omega t - kx) cm. The value of wavelength (in cm) for which the wave velocity becomes…MediumSingle correct

Shifts: 29 Jun 2022, Shift 1, 26 Jul 2022, Shift 2, 7 Apr 2025, Shift 2, 2 Apr 2026, Shift 1.

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Waves on Strings has 14 ideas JEE Main has asked; 5 of them came up in more than one question. The 12 most asked are below.

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