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JEE Main · Physics · Laws of Motion

Pseudo Force Application

JEE Main asked Pseudo Force Application 2 times in 2 of the 108 shifts Lumi analysed, in 2021 and 2026. It belongs to Newton's Laws of Motion, in Laws of Motion (Physics). The longest wait between two years asking it was 5 years.

Updated 2026-10-24

Times asked
2
in 2 shifts
Years
2 of 8
First asked
2021
last in 2026
Pattern
Occasional
across the analysed shifts

Questions on this idea a shift, by year

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

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Raw count: 2017: 0 in 1 shift · 2020: 0 in 12 shifts · 2021: 1 in 24 shifts · 2022: 0 in 24 shifts · 2023: 0 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
  • 20230 of 12
  • 20220 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.

  • Friction coefficient in accelerating pulley system
  • Angle of bob in accelerating car on incline

Difficulty

Easy 0Medium 1Hard 1

1 of the 2 questions had a numerical answer.

Every question

All 2 questions

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

  1. 6 Apr 2026, Shift 1 · Q29Two blocks (PP and QQ) with respectively masses 2 kg and 1.5 kg are joined by a massless thread. These blocks are mounted on a…HardSingle correctHas a figure
  2. 31 Aug 2021, Shift 1 · Q23A car is moving on a plane inclined at 30∘30^\circ to the horizontal with an acceleration of 10 ms−2^{-2} parallel to the plane upward. A…MediumNumerical value

Shifts: 31 Aug 2021, Shift 1, 6 Apr 2026, Shift 1.

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Newton's Laws of Motion has 24 ideas JEE Main has asked; 10 of them came up in more than one question. The 12 most asked are below.

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