Circular Motion JEE Main PYQs PDF, 2020–2026

Circular Motion has 66 questions in JEE Main papers from 2020 to 2026, about 9.4 per year across all shifts. All 66 are in the free PDF, with an answer key. The most asked topic is Centripetal Acceleration and Force (38 questions), followed by Vertical Circular Motion (18) and Banking of Roads (6).

Asked in JEE Main: 662020–2026, all shifts
In this free PDF: 66all of them, with answers
Asked in 2026: 6Latest paper: 2026 Apr S2
Most asked topic: Centripetal Acceleration and Force38 Qs · 58% of the chapter
Difficulty mix: 38% easy · 58% medium · 4% hardof the questions in the PDF

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How often it's asked in JEE Main

Circular Motion had about 0.4 questions per shift in recent JEE Main papers (2024–26). Most asked topic in 2024–26: Vertical Circular Motion. About 6 questions in the 2026 papers.

It came up in about 21 of the 2024–26 shifts in our bank. Question types in 2020–2026: about 52 MCQs and about 14 numerical.

How many questions from Circular Motion in JEE Main, year by year

Year	Questions	Per shift	MCQ	Numerical
2026	6	0.3	6	0
2025	7	0.4	5	2
2024	11	0.6	9	2
2023	13	0.5	11	2
2022	11	0.5	8	3
2021	12	0.5	8	4
2020	6	0.4	5	1
2020–2026	66	0.4	52	14

Most asked Circular Motion topics, 2020–2026

Topic	Questions
Centripetal Acceleration and Force	38
Vertical Circular Motion	18
Banking of Roads	6
Centrifugal Force	4

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Circular Motion questions per year

Year	Asked	In PDF
2026	6	6
2025	7	7
2024	11	11
2023	13	13
2022	11	11
2021	12	12
2020	6	6

Topic-wise weightage by year

How many Circular Motion questions each topic had in every JEE Main year (all shifts), counting every question asked, including ones not in the PDF. Darker cells mean more questions.

Topic	Asked	Share	2026	2025	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
Centripetal Acceleration and Force	38	58%	·	2	6	10	6	8	6
Vertical Circular Motion	18	27%	6	3	2	2	3	2	·
Banking of Roads	6	9%	·	1	2	·	1	2	·
Centrifugal Force	4	6%	·	1	1	1	1	·	·
All topics	66	100%	6	7	11	13	11	12	6

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Newest questions (2026)

All 6 JEE Main 2026 Circular Motion questions in the free PDF, latest shift first.

JEE Main 2026 · 8 Apr · Shift 2 · Vertical Circular Motion

A car moving with a speed of $54{\ \mathrm{km}}/{\mathrm{h}}$ takes a turn of radius 20 m . A simple pendulum is suspended from the ceiling of the car. Determine the angle made by the string of the pendulum with the vertical during the turning. (Take $g=10{\ \mathrm{m}}/{\mathrm{s}}^{2}$ )
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JEE Main 2026 · 6 Apr · Shift 1 · Vertical Circular Motion

A smooth inclined plane ends in a vertical circular loop, as shown in the figure. A small body is released from height $h$ as shown. If the body exerts a force of three times its weight on the plane at the highest point of circle then the height $h=\alpha R$ . The value of $\alpha$ is $\_\_\_\_$

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JEE Main 2026 · 2 Apr · Shift 2 · Vertical Circular Motion

A 0.5 kg mass is in contact against the inner wall of a cylindrical drum of radius 4 m rotating about its vertical axis. The minimum rotational speed of the drum to enable the mass to remain stuck to the wall (without falling) is 5 rad/s. The coefficient of friction between the drum’s inner wall surface and mass is _________. (Take $g=10\ {\mathrm{m}/\mathrm{s}^{2}}$ )
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JEE Main 2026 · 2 Apr · Shift 1 · Vertical Circular Motion

A particle is rotating in a circular path and at any instant its motion can be described as
$\theta=\frac{5t^{4}}{40}-\frac{t^{3}}{3}$ .
The angular acceleration of the particle after 10 seconds is _________ rad/s².
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JEE Main 2026 · 24 Jan · Shift 2 · Vertical Circular Motion

In case of vertical circular motion of a particle by a thread of length $r$ if the tension in the thread is zero at an angle ${30}^{{\circ}}$ shown in figure, the velocity at the bottom point $(A)$ of the circular path is (g = gravitational acceleration)

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JEE Main 2026 · 21 Jan · Shift 2 · Vertical Circular Motion

A large drum having radius $R$ is spinning around its axis with angular velocity $\omega$ , as shown in figure.
The minimum value of $\omega$ so that a body of mass $M$ remains stuck to the inner wall of the drum, taking the coefficient of friction between the drum surface and mass $M$ as $\mu$ , is :
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JEE Main 2025 · 4 Apr · Shift 1 · Centripetal Acceleration and Force

If $\vec{L}$ and $\vec{P}$ represent the angular momentum and linear momentum respectively of a particle of mass ' $m$ ' having position vector as $\vec{r}=a(\hat{i} \cos \omega t+\hat{j} \sin \omega t)$ . The direction of force is

(A) Opposite to the direction of $\vec{L}$
(B) Opposite to the direction of $\vec{L} \times \vec{P}$
(C) Opposite to the direction of $\vec{r}$
(D) Opposite to the direction of $\vec{P}$

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JEE Main 2025 · 24 Jan · Shift 1 · Banking of Roads

A car of mass ' $m$ ' moves on a banked road having radius ' $r$ ' and banking angle $\theta$ . To avoid slipping from banked road, the maximum permissible speed of the car is $v_0$ . The coefficient of friction $\mu$ between the wheels of the car and the banked road is

(A) $\mu=\frac{v_0^2+r g \tan \theta}{r g+v_0^2 \tan \theta}$
(B) $\mu=\frac{v_0^2-r g \tan \theta}{\mathrm{rg}-\mathrm{v}_{\mathrm{o}}^2 \tan \theta}$
(C) $\mu=\frac{v_0^2-r g \tan \theta}{r g+v_0^2 \tan \theta}$
(D) $\mu=\frac{v_o^2+r g \tan \theta}{r g-v_o^2 \tan \theta}$

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JEE Main 2025 · 22 Jan · Shift 2 · Centrifugal Force

A tube of length 1 m is filled completely with an ideal liquid of mass 2 M , and closed at both ends. The tube is rotated uniformly in horizontal plane about one of its ends. If the force exerted by the liquid at the other end is F then angular velocity of the tube is $\sqrt{\frac{\mathrm{F}}{\alpha \mathrm{M}}}$ in SI unit. The value of $\alpha$ is _________.

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66 questions from 2020 to 2026, about 9.4 per year. In 2026 it had 6.

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By past papers: Centripetal Acceleration and Force (58%), Vertical Circular Motion (27%) and Banking of Roads (9%) of all Circular Motion questions.

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