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Q-Value and Reaction Spontaneity

JEE Main asked Q-Value and Reaction Spontaneity 2 times in 2 of the 108 shifts Lumi analysed, in 2020 and 2022. It belongs to Nuclear Binding Energy, in Nuclei (Physics). The longest wait between two years asking it was 2 years.

Updated 2026-10-24

Times asked
2
in 2 shifts
Years
2 of 8
First asked
2020
last in 2022
Pattern
Occasional
across the analysed shifts

Questions on this idea a shift, by year

2017–2026. Asked in 2020 and 2022. Years differ in how many shifts Lumi analysed, so each year is scaled to one shift of 25 Physics questions.

00.050.10’170.08’200’210.03’220’230’240’250’26

Raw count: 2017: 0 in 1 shift · 2020: 1 in 12 shifts · 2021: 0 in 24 shifts · 2022: 1 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
  • 20221 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: conceptual.

  • Identify energetically allowed nuclear process
  • Relation between q-value and projectile energy

Difficulty

Easy 0Medium 2Hard 0

Every question was multiple choice.

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. 28 Jun 2022, Shift 1 · Q45The Q-value of a nuclear reaction and kinetic energy of the projectile particle, Kp\mathrm{K_p} are related as :MediumSingle correct
  2. 6 Sep 2020, Shift 2 · Q18Given the masses of various atomic particles mp=1.0072m_p=1.0072 u, mn=1.0087m_n=1.0087 u, me=0.000548m_e=0.000548 u, mνˉ=0m_{\bar\nu}=0, md=2.0141m_d=2.0141 u, where…MediumSingle correct

Shifts: 6 Sep 2020, Shift 2, 28 Jun 2022, Shift 1.

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