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JEE Main · Physics · Mechanical Properties of Solids

Stress and Strain Types

JEE Main asked Stress and Strain Types 8 times in 7 of the 108 shifts Lumi analysed, in 2017, 2022, 2023 and 2024. It belongs to Elasticity, in Mechanical Properties of Solids (Physics). The longest wait between two years asking it was 5 years, across 2018 and 2019, which Lumi has no shifts for. In 2024 it came in more than one shift of the same year.

Updated 2026-10-24

Times asked
8
in 7 shifts
Years
4 of 8
First asked
2017
last in 2024
Pattern
Frequent
across the analysed shifts

Questions on this idea a shift, by year

2017–2026. Asked in 2017, 2022, 2023 and 2024. 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: 1 in 1 shift · 2020: 0 in 12 shifts · 2021: 0 in 24 shifts · 2022: 1 in 24 shifts · 2023: 1 in 12 shifts · 2024: 5 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
  • 202424 of 18
  • 20231 of 12
  • 20221 of 24
  • 20210 of 24
  • 20200 of 12
  • 20171 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.

  • Strain in wire supporting pulley masses
  • Scaling of stress with linear dimensions

Difficulty

Easy 3Medium 4Hard 1

5 of the 8 questions had a numerical answer.

Every question

All 8 questions

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

  1. 31 Jan 2024, Shift 2 · Q53Two blocks of mass 2 kg and 4 kg are connected by a metal wire going over a smooth pulley as shown in figure. The radius of wire is…MediumNumerical valueHas a figure
  2. 30 Jan 2024, Shift 1 · Q37Young's modules of material of a wire of length 'L' and cross-sectional area A is Y. If the length of the wire is doubled and…EasySingle correct
  3. 30 Jan 2024, Shift 1 · Q53Each of three blocks P, Q and R shown in figure has a mass of 3 kg. Each of the wires A and B has cross-sectional area…HardNumerical valueHas a figure
  4. 1 Feb 2024, Shift 2 · Q53One end of a metal wire is fixed to a ceiling and a load of 2 kg hangs from the other end. A similar wire is attached to the bottom of the…MediumNumerical value
  5. 5 Apr 2024, Shift 2 · Q38Match List-I with List-II : List-I List-II (A) A force that restores an elastic body of unit area to its original state (I) Bulk modulus…EasyMatch the list
  6. 6 Apr 2023, Shift 2 · Q53A metal block of mass m is suspended from a rigid support through a metal wire of diameter 14 mm. The tensile stress developed in the wire…EasyNumerical value
  7. 28 Jul 2022, Shift 2 · Q23A string of area of cross-section 4 mm24\ \mathrm{mm^2} and length 0.5 m is connected with a rigid body of mass 2 kg. The body is rotated in…MediumNumerical value
  8. 2 Apr 2017 (offline) · Q1A man grows into a giant such that his linear dimensions increase by a factor of 9. Assuming that his density remains same, the stress in…MediumSingle correct

Shifts: 2 Apr 2017 (offline), 28 Jul 2022, Shift 2, 6 Apr 2023, Shift 2, 30 Jan 2024, Shift 1, 31 Jan 2024, Shift 2, 1 Feb 2024, Shift 2, 5 Apr 2024, Shift 2.

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