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JEE Main · Physics · Laws of Motion

Standard Atwood Machine

JEE Main asked Standard Atwood Machine 5 times in 5 of the 108 shifts Lumi analysed, in 2022, 2024 and 2026. It belongs to Newton's Laws of Motion, in Laws of Motion (Physics). The longest wait between two years asking it was 2 years. In 2024 it came in more than one shift of the same year.

Updated 2026-10-24

Times asked
5
in 5 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, 2024 and 2026. Years differ in how many shifts Lumi analysed, so each year is scaled to one shift of 25 Physics questions.

00.10.20’170’200’210.03’220’230.14’240’250.11’26

Raw count: 2017: 0 in 1 shift · 2020: 0 in 12 shifts · 2021: 0 in 24 shifts · 2022: 1 in 24 shifts · 2023: 0 in 12 shifts · 2024: 3 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
  • 20243 of 18
  • 20230 of 12
  • 20221 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.

  • Mass ratio from atwood acceleration
  • Tension ratio in pulley system

Difficulty

Easy 3Medium 2Hard 0

Every question was multiple choice.

Every question

All 5 questions

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

  1. 5 Apr 2026, Shift 1 · Q29Three masses m1=4m_1 = 4 kg, m2=4m_2 = 4 kg and m3=6m_3 = 6 kg are suspended from a fixed smooth frictionless pulley as shown in the figure…MediumSingle correctHas a figure
  2. 31 Jan 2024, Shift 2 · Q33A light string passing over a smooth light fixed pulley connects two blocks of masses m1m_1 and m2m_2. If the acceleration of the system…EasySingle correctHas a figure
  3. 9 Apr 2024, Shift 1 · Q34A light unstretchable string passing over a smooth light pulley connects two blocks of masses m1m_1 and m2m_2. If the acceleration of the…EasySingle correct
  4. 6 Apr 2024, Shift 1 · Q32A light string passing over a smooth light pulley connects two blocks of masses m1m_1 and m2m_2 (where m2>m1m_2 > m_1). If the acceleration…MediumSingle correct
  5. 26 Jul 2022, Shift 2 · Q48Two masses M1M_1 and M2M_2 are tied together at the two ends of a light inextensible string that passes over a frictionless pulley. When…EasyDiagram basedHas a figure

Shifts: 26 Jul 2022, Shift 2, 31 Jan 2024, Shift 2, 6 Apr 2024, Shift 1, 9 Apr 2024, Shift 1, 5 Apr 2026, Shift 1.

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