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JEE Main · Physics · Motion in a Plane

Vector Calculus for 2D Kinematics

JEE Main asked Vector Calculus for 2D Kinematics 2 times in 2 of the 108 shifts Lumi analysed, in 2021 and 2024. It belongs to Kinematics in 2D, in Motion in a Plane (Physics). The longest wait between two years asking it was 3 years.

Updated 2026-10-24

Times asked
2
in 2 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.

00.050.10’170’200.03’210’220’230.05’240’250’26

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: 1 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
  • 20241 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: application.

  • Direction of vector from time-dependent velocity
  • Velocity from position vector function

Difficulty

Easy 1Medium 1Hard 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. 27 Jan 2024, Shift 1 · Q32Position of an ant (S in metres) moving in Y-Z plane is given by S=2t2j^+5k^S = 2t^2\hat{j} + 5\hat{k} (where t is in second). The magnitude and…EasySingle correct
  2. 16 Mar 2021, Shift 2 · Q16A mosquito is moving with a velocity v⃗=0.5 t2i^+3tj^+9k^\vec{v}=0.5\,t^2\hat{i}+3t\hat{j}+9\hat{k} m/s and accelerating in uniform conditions. What will be…MediumSingle correct

Shifts: 16 Mar 2021, Shift 2, 27 Jan 2024, Shift 1.

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Kinematics in 2D has 11 ideas JEE Main has asked; 4 of them came up in more than one question.

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