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JEE Main · Physics · Nuclei

Total Binding Energy

JEE Main asked Total Binding Energy 3 times in 3 of the 108 shifts Lumi analysed, in 2021 and 2024. It belongs to Nuclear Binding Energy, in Nuclei (Physics). The longest wait between two years asking it was 3 years. In 2024 it came in more than one shift of the same year.

Updated 2026-10-24

Times asked
3
in 3 shifts
Years
2 of 8
First asked
2021
last in 2024
Pattern
Occasional
across the analysed shifts

Questions on this idea a shift, by year

2017–2026. Asked in 2021 and 2024. Years differ in how many shifts Lumi analysed, so each year is scaled to one shift of 25 Physics questions.

00.050.10’170’200.03’210’220’230.09’240’250’26

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: 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
  • 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

Single correct is the usual form. Skill tested: calculation.

  • Energy equivalent of given mass
  • Expression for nuclear binding energy

Difficulty

Easy 3Medium 0Hard 0

1 of the 3 questions had a numerical answer.

Every question

All 3 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 1 · Q47The energy equivalent of 11 g of substance is :EasySingle correct
  2. 8 Apr 2024, Shift 2 · Q47If MoM_o is the mass of isotope 512B{}^{12}_{5}\mathrm{B}, MPM_P and MnM_n are the masses of proton and neutron, then nuclear binding energy…EasySingle correct
  3. 25 Jul 2021, Shift 2 · Q28From the given data, the amount of energy required to break the nucleus of aluminium 1327Al^{27}_{13}\mathrm{Al} is __________…EasyNumerical value

Shifts: 25 Jul 2021, Shift 2, 8 Apr 2024, Shift 2, 9 Apr 2024, Shift 1.

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Other ideas in Nuclear Binding Energy

Nuclear Binding Energy has 11 ideas JEE Main has asked; 8 of them came up in more than one question.

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