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JEE Main · Physics · Work, Energy and Power

Spring-Mass Impact

JEE Main asked Spring-Mass Impact 2 times in 2 of the 108 shifts Lumi analysed, in 2021 and 2025. It belongs to Collisions, in Work, Energy and Power (Physics). The longest wait between two years asking it was 4 years.

Updated 2026-10-24

Times asked
2
in 2 shifts
Years
2 of 8
First asked
2021
last in 2025
Pattern
Occasional
across the analysed shifts

Questions on this idea a shift, by year

2017–2026. Asked in 2021 and 2025. Years differ in how many shifts Lumi analysed, so each year is scaled to one shift of 25 Physics questions.

00.10.20’170’200.03’210’220’230’240.13’250’26

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: 1 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
  • 20251 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

Diagram based is the usual form. Skill tested: multi-step.

  • Spring compression after sticking collision
  • Maximum spring compression after impact

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. 3 Apr 2025, Shift 2 · Q29Consider two blocks A and B of masses m1=10m_1 = 10 kg and m2=5m_2 = 5 kg that are placed on a frictionless table. The block A moves with a…MediumSingle correctHas a figure
  2. 17 Mar 2021, Shift 2 · Q5Two identical blocks A and B each of mass m resting on the smooth horizontal floor are connected by a light spring of natural length L and…MediumDiagram basedHas a figure

Shifts: 17 Mar 2021, Shift 2, 3 Apr 2025, Shift 2.

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