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JEE Main · Physics · Motion in a Plane

Vector Component Resolution

JEE Main asked Vector Component Resolution 6 times in 6 of the 108 shifts Lumi analysed, in 2020, 2021, 2023 and 2024. It belongs to Kinematics in 2D, in Motion in a Plane (Physics). The longest wait between two years asking it was 2 years. In 2021 and 2024 it came in more than one shift of the same year.

Updated 2026-10-24

Times asked
6
in 6 shifts
Years
4 of 8
First asked
2020
last in 2024
Pattern
Comes in cycles
across the analysed shifts

Questions on this idea a shift, by year

2017–2026. Asked in 2020, 2021, 2023 and 2024. Years differ in how many shifts Lumi analysed, so each year is scaled to one shift of 25 Physics questions.

00.050.10’170.08’200.07’210’220.07’230.09’240’250’26

Raw count: 2017: 0 in 1 shift · 2020: 1 in 12 shifts · 2021: 2 in 24 shifts · 2022: 0 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
  • 20220 of 24
  • 20212 of 24
  • 20201 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.

  • Components of vector parallel to another
  • Resultant of three vectors from figure

Difficulty

Easy 4Medium 2Hard 0

2 of the 6 questions had a numerical answer.

Every question

All 6 questions

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

  1. 30 Jan 2024, Shift 2 · Q51A vector has magnitude same as that of A⃗=3i^+4j^\vec{A} = 3\hat{i} + 4\hat{j} and is parallel to B⃗=4i^+3j^\vec{B} = 4\hat{i} + 3\hat{j}. The xx and yy…EasyNumerical value
  2. 8 Apr 2024, Shift 1 · Q51Three vectors OP→\overrightarrow{OP}, OQ→\overrightarrow{OQ} and OR→\overrightarrow{OR} each of magnitude AA are acting as shown in figure.…EasyNumerical valueHas a figure
  3. 15 Apr 2023, Shift 1 · Q37A vector in x−yx-y plane makes an angle of 30° with y-axis. The magnitude of y-component of vector is 232\sqrt{3}. The magnitude of…EasySingle correct
  4. 27 Aug 2021, Shift 1 · Q4The resultant of these forces OP→\overrightarrow{OP}, OQ→\overrightarrow{OQ}, OR→\overrightarrow{OR}, OS→\overrightarrow{OS} and…MediumSingle correctHas a figure
  5. 26 Aug 2021, Shift 1 · Q18The magnitude of vectors OA→\overrightarrow{OA}, OB→\overrightarrow{OB} and OC→\overrightarrow{OC} in the given figure are equal. The…MediumDiagram basedHas a figure
  6. 4 Sep 2020, Shift 1 · Q3Starting from the origin at time t=0, with initial velocity 5j^5\hat{j} ms−1^{-1}, a particle moves in the x−yx-y plane with a constant…EasySingle correct

Shifts: 4 Sep 2020, Shift 1, 26 Aug 2021, Shift 1, 27 Aug 2021, Shift 1, 15 Apr 2023, Shift 1, 30 Jan 2024, Shift 2, 8 Apr 2024, Shift 1.

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