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Circular Motion JEE Main PYQs, 2020 to 2025

Circular Motion has 34 questions in JEE Main papers from 2020 to 2025, about 5.7 per year across all shifts. The most asked topic is Centripetal Acceleration and Force (26 questions), followed by Banking of Roads (4) and Vertical Circular Motion (3).

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34Total PYQs
6Years covered
4Topics
2025 Apr S1Latest paper

Circular Motion questions per year

YearQuestions
20253
20247
202310
20225
20215
20204

Topic-wise weightage

TopicQuestionsShare of chapterLast asked
Centripetal Acceleration and Force2676%2025
Banking of Roads412%2025
Vertical Circular Motion39%2025
Centrifugal Force13%2023

Sample questions from recent papers

JEE Main 2025 · 4 Apr · Shift 1 · Centripetal Acceleration and Force

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

  1. (A) Opposite to the direction of L⃗\vec{L}
  2. (B) Opposite to the direction of L⃗×P⃗\vec{L} \times \vec{P}
  3. (C) Opposite to the direction of r⃗\vec{r}
  4. (D) Opposite to the direction of P⃗\vec{P}

Answer: (C)

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JEE Main 2025 · 29 Jan · Shift 1 · Vertical Circular Motion

A body of mass ‘m’ connected to a massless and unstretchable string goes in vertical circle of radius ‘R’ under gravity g. The other end of the string is fixed at the center of circle. If velocity at top of circular path is ngRn\sqrt{ g R} , where, n ≥ 1, then ratio of kinetic energy of the body at bottom to that at top of the circle is :

  1. (A)

    n2+4n2\frac{n^2 + 4}{n^2}

  2. (B)

    n+4n\frac{n + 4}{n}

  3. (C)

    n2n2+4\frac{n^2}{n^2 + 4}

  4. (D)

    nn+4\frac{n}{n + 4}

Answer: (A)

Step-by-step solution

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

A car of mass ' mm ' moves on a banked road having radius ' rr ' and banking angle θ\theta. To avoid slipping from banked road, the maximum permissible speed of the car is v0v_0. The coefficient of friction μ\mu between the wheels of the car and the banked road is

  1. (A)μ=v02+rgtan⁡θrg+v02tan⁡θ\mu=\frac{v_0^2+r g \tan \theta}{r g+v_0^2 \tan \theta}
  2. (B)μ=v02−rgtan⁡θrg−vo2tan⁡θ\mu=\frac{v_0^2-r g \tan \theta}{\mathrm{rg}-\mathrm{v}_{\mathrm{o}}^2 \tan \theta}
  3. (C)μ=v02−rgtan⁡θrg+v02tan⁡θ\mu=\frac{v_0^2-r g \tan \theta}{r g+v_0^2 \tan \theta}
  4. (D)μ=vo2+rgtan⁡θrg−vo2tan⁡θ\mu=\frac{v_o^2+r g \tan \theta}{r g-v_o^2 \tan \theta}

Answer: (C)

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JEE Main 2023 · 6 Apr · Shift 2 · Centrifugal Force

A child of mass 5 kg5 \mathrm{~kg} is going round a merry-go-round that makes 1 rotation in 3.14 s3.14 \mathrm{~s}. The radius of the merry-go-round is 2 m2 \mathrm{~m}. The centrifugal force on the child will be

  1. (A)50 N
  2. (B)80 N
  3. (C)100 N
  4. (D)40 N

Answer: (D)

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How many questions come from Circular Motion in JEE Main?

34 questions from 2020 to 2025, about 5.7 per year. In 2025 it had 3.

Which Circular Motion topics are most important for JEE Main?

By past papers: Centripetal Acceleration and Force (76%), Banking of Roads (12%) and Vertical Circular Motion (9%) of all Circular Motion questions.

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