Friction — JEE Main PYQs & Practice Questions

Friction is a Physics chapter in the JEE Main syllabus. This page brings together 44 previous-year and practice questions on Friction, organised into 3 topics: Static and Kinetic Friction, Angle of Friction and Repose and Motion on Rough Inclined Plane. Most questions come with a step-by-step solution you can work through free in PrepWiser.

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Static and Kinetic Friction

• The coefficient of static friction between two blocks is 0.5 and the table is smooth…
• Limiting friction between two surfaces primarily depends on:
• A heavy box of mass 50 kg is moving on a horizontal surface. If co-efficient of kinetic…
• A body of mass 10 kg is moving with an initial speed of 20 m / s. The body stops after 5…
• A boy of mass 4 kg is standing on a piece of wood having mass 5 kg. If the coefficient…
• A bag is gently dropped on a conveyor belt moving at a speed of 2 m / s. The coefficient…
• A block of mass 100 kg slides over a distance of 10 m on a horizontal surface. If the…
• Two blocks (m = 0.5 kg and M = 4.5 kg) are arranged on a horizontal frictionless table…
• A block of mass 5 kg rests on a horizontal surface. The coefficient of static friction…
• A 2 kg block is pushed against a vertical wall by applying a horizontal force of 50 N…
• A steel block of 10 kg rests on a horizontal floor as shown. When three iron cylinders…
• Given below are two statements : Statement (I) : The limiting force of static friction…
• As shown in the figure a block of mass 10 kg lying on a horizontal surface is pulled by…
• A uniform chain of 6 m length is placed on a table such that a part of its length is…
• A block of mass m slides along a floor while a force of magnitude F is applied to it at…
• A block of mass 10 kg starts sliding on a surface with an initial velocity of 9.8 ms⁻¹…
• In the given figure the blocks A,B and C weigh 4 kg,6 kg and 8 kg respectively. The…
• A block of mass 5 kg is placed at rest on a table of rough surface. Now, if a force of…
• The coefficient of static friction between a wooden block of mass 0.5 kg and a vertical…
• Two identical charged particles each having a mass 10 g and charge 2.0 × 10⁻⁷C are…

Angle of Friction and Repose

• An insect is at the bottom of a hemispherical ditch of radius 1 m. It crawls up the…
• A body of mass 1 kg rests on a horizontal floor with which it has a coefficient of…

Motion on Rough Inclined Plane

• A block starts moving up an inclined plane of inclination 30ᵒ with an initial velocity…
• Consider a block kept on an inclined plane (incline at 45°) as shown in the figure. If…
• A given object takes n times the time to slide down 45° rough inclined plane as it takes…
• A body is sliding down a rough inclined plane making 30° with the horizontal at constant…
• The time taken by an object to slide down 45° rough inclined plane is n times as it…
• When a body slides down from rest along a smooth inclined plane making an angle of 30°…
• A block of mass m is placed on a surface having vertical crossection given by y=x² / 4…
• A block of mass 5 kg is placed on a rough inclined surface as shown in the figure. If…
• A body of mass 'm' is launched up on a rough inclined plane making an angle of 30° with…
• An inclined plane is bent in such a way that the vertical cross-section is given by y =…
• A block of mass M slides down on a rough inclined plane with constant velocity. The…
• A block of mass m slides down the plane inclined at angle 30° with an acceleration g/4…
• A solid cylinder of mass m is wrapped with an inextensible light string and, is placed…
• A block of mass 1 kg is pushed up a surface inclined to horizontal at an angle of 60° by…
• A 2 kg brick begins to slide over a surface which is inclined at an angle of 45° with…
• A block of mass 5 kg is moving on an inclined plane which makes an angle of 30° with the…
• A cubic block of mass m is sliding down on an inclined plane at 60° with an acceleration…
• The time taken by a block of mass m to slide down from the highest point to the lowest…
• A small block starts slipping down from a point B on an inclined plane AB, which is…
• A block takes t time to slide down a plane inclined at 45° to the horizontal. If the…

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Frequently asked questions

How many Friction questions are there for JEE Main?

PrepWiser has 44 Friction questions for JEE Main, grouped into 3 topics such as Static and Kinetic Friction, Angle of Friction and Repose and Motion on Rough Inclined Plane.

Are these Friction questions from previous-year JEE Main papers?

Yes — most are genuine previous-year questions from past JEE Main papers, and the rest are practice questions written to match the JEE Main pattern and difficulty.

Where can I see the answers and solutions to these Friction questions?

Open any Friction question in PrepWiser (it is free) to attempt it; most come with a step-by-step solution.