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Kinetic Theory of Gases JEE Main PYQs, 2020 to 2025

Kinetic Theory of Gases has 107 questions in JEE Main papers from 2020 to 2025, about 18 per year across all shifts. The most asked topic is Degrees of Freedom and Equipartition (47 questions), followed by Ideal Gas Equation (18) and Mean Free Path (13).

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107Total PYQs
6Years covered
7Topics
2025 Apr S2Latest paper

Kinetic Theory of Gases questions per year

YearQuestions
20259
202419
202320
202218
202125
202016

Topic-wise weightage

TopicQuestionsShare of chapterLast asked
Degrees of Freedom and Equipartition4744%2025
Ideal Gas Equation1817%2025
Mean Free Path1312%2025
RMS Speed and Distribution1312%2025
RMS, Average and Most Probable Speed1110%2023
Degrees of Freedom44%2024
Kinetic Theory Assumptions11%2021

Sample questions from recent papers

JEE Main 2025 · 7 Apr · Shift 2 · Degrees of Freedom and Equipartition

The helium and argon are put in the flask at the same room temperature (300 K). The ratio of average kinetic energies (per molecule) of helium and argon is:

(Give: Molar mass of helium = 4 g/mol, Molar mass of argon = 40 g/mol)

  1. (A)

    1 : 10\sqrt{10}

  2. (B)

    10 : 1

  3. (C)

    1 : 10

  4. (D)

    1 : 1

Answer: (D)

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JEE Main 2025 · 4 Apr · Shift 1 · Mean Free Path

The mean free path and the average speed of oxygen molecules at 300 K and 1 atm are 3×10−7 m3 \times 10^{-7} \mathrm{~m} and 600 m/s600 \mathrm{~m} / \mathrm{s}, respectively. Find the frequency of its collisions.

  1. (A)5×108/s5 \times 10^8 / \mathrm{s}
  2. (B) 9×105/s9 \times 10^5 / \mathrm{s}
  3. (C) 2×1010/s2 \times 10^{10} / \mathrm{s}
  4. (D)2×109/s2 \times 10^9 / \mathrm{s}

Answer: (D)

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JEE Main 2025 · 3 Apr · Shift 2 · Ideal Gas Equation

Pressure of an ideal gas, contained in a closed vessel, is increased by 0.4%0.4 \% when heated by 1∘C1^{\circ} \mathrm{C}. Its initial temperature must be:
  1. (A)2500 K
  2. (B)25∘C25^{\circ} \mathrm{C}
  3. (C)250∘C250^{\circ} \mathrm{C}
  4. (D)250 K

Answer: (D)

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JEE Main 2025 · 28 Jan · Shift 2 · RMS Speed and Distribution

The ratio of vapour densities of two gases at the same temperature is 425\frac{4}{25}, then the ratio of r.m.s. velocities will be :

  1. (A)

    52\frac{5}{2}

  2. (B)

    254\frac{25}{4}

  3. (C)

    425\frac{4}{25}

  4. (D)

    25\frac{2}{5}

Answer: (A)

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JEE Main 2024 · 4 Apr · Shift 2 · Degrees of Freedom

The translational degrees of freedom (ft)\left(f_t\right) and rotational degrees of freedom (fr)\left(f_r\right) of CH4\mathrm{CH}_4 molecule are:

  1. (A)ft=2f_t=2 and fr=2f_r=2
  2. (B)ft=3f_t=3 and fr=3f_r=3
  3. (C)ft=3f_t=3 and 4fr=2f_r=2$
  4. (D)ft=2f_t=2 and fr=3f_r=3

Answer: (B)

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JEE Main 2023 · 13 Apr · Shift 1 · RMS, Average and Most Probable Speed

The rms speed of oxygen molecule in a vessel at particular temperature is (1+5x)12v\left(1+\frac{5}{x}\right)^{\frac{1}{2}} v, where vv is the average speed of the molecule. The value of xx will be:

(\left(\right. Take π=227)\left.\pi=\frac{22}{7}\right)

  1. (A)4
  2. (B)8
  3. (C)28
  4. (D)27

Answer: (C)

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How many questions come from Kinetic Theory of Gases in JEE Main?

107 questions from 2020 to 2025, about 18 per year. In 2025 it had 9.

Which Kinetic Theory of Gases topics are most important for JEE Main?

By past papers: Degrees of Freedom and Equipartition (44%), Ideal Gas Equation (17%) and Mean Free Path (12%) of all Kinetic Theory of Gases questions.

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