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JEE Main · Physics · Mechanical Properties of Fluids

Terminal Velocity Calculation

JEE Main asked Terminal Velocity Calculation 7 times in 7 of the 108 shifts Lumi analysed, in 2022, 2023 and 2024. It belongs to Viscosity, in Mechanical Properties of Fluids (Physics). The longest wait between two years asking it was 1 year. In 2022 and 2024 it came in more than one shift of the same year.

Updated 2026-10-24

Times asked
7
in 7 shifts
Years
3 of 8
First asked
2022
last in 2024
Pattern
Comes in cycles
across the analysed shifts

Questions on this idea a shift, by year

2017–2026. Asked in 2022, 2023 and 2024. Years differ in how many shifts Lumi analysed, so each year is scaled to one shift of 25 Physics questions.

00.10.20’170’200’210.14’220.07’230.09’240’250’26

Raw count: 2017: 0 in 1 shift · 2020: 0 in 12 shifts · 2021: 0 in 24 shifts · 2022: 4 in 24 shifts · 2023: 1 in 12 shifts · 2024: 2 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
  • 20242 of 18
  • 20231 of 12
  • 20224 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: application.

  • Viscous force at terminal velocity
  • Fall height from terminal velocity

Difficulty

Easy 1Medium 5Hard 1

2 of the 7 questions had a numerical answer.

Every question

All 7 questions

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

  1. 9 Apr 2024, Shift 2 · Q40A spherical ball of radius 1×10−41\times10^{-4} m and density 105 kg/m310^5\ \mathrm{kg/m^3} falls freely under gravity through a distance hh before…HardSingle correct
  2. 6 Apr 2024, Shift 1 · Q35A small ball of mass m and density ρ\rho is dropped in a viscous liquid of density ρ0\rho_0. After sometime, the ball falls with constant…MediumSingle correct
  3. 6 Apr 2023, Shift 1 · Q33A small ball of mass M and density ρ\rho is dropped in a viscous liquid of density ρ0\rho_0. After some time, the ball falls with a…EasySingle correct
  4. 29 Jun 2022, Shift 2 · Q52A small spherical ball of radius 0.1 mm and density 10410^4 kg m−3\mathrm{kg\,m^{-3}} falls freely under gravity through a distance hh before…MediumNumerical value
  5. 28 Jun 2022, Shift 2 · Q37A water drop of radius 1 µm falls in a situation where the effect of buoyant force is negligible. Co-efficient of viscosity of air is…MediumSingle correct
  6. 27 Jun 2022, Shift 1 · Q39The velocity of a small ball of mass ‘m’ and density d1d_1, when dropped in a container filled with glycerine, becomes constant after some…MediumSingle correct
  7. 29 Jul 2022, Shift 2 · Q54The velocity of a small ball of mass 0.3 g and density 8 g/cc when dropped in a container filled with glycerine becomes constant after…MediumNumerical value

Shifts: 27 Jun 2022, Shift 1, 28 Jun 2022, Shift 2, 29 Jun 2022, Shift 2, 29 Jul 2022, Shift 2, 6 Apr 2023, Shift 1, 6 Apr 2024, Shift 1, 9 Apr 2024, Shift 2.

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