Projectile Motion & Relative Motion JEE Main PYQs, 2020 to 2025

Projectile Motion & Relative Motion has 47 questions in JEE Main papers from 2020 to 2025, about 7.8 per year across all shifts. The most asked topic is Projectile on Flat Surface (38 questions), followed by Relative Velocity (8) and River-Boat and Rain-Man Problems (1).

Updated 26 Sep 2026

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47Total PYQs

6Years covered

3Topics

2025 Apr S2Latest paper

Projectile Motion & Relative Motion questions per year

Year	Questions
2025	6
2024	7
2023	14
2022	12
2021	5
2020	3

Topic-wise weightage

Topic	Questions	Share of chapter	Last asked
Projectile on Flat Surface	38	81%	2025
Relative Velocity	8	17%	2024
River-Boat and Rain-Man Problems	1	2%	2025

Sample questions from recent papers

JEE Main 2025 · 8 Apr · Shift 2 · Projectile on Flat Surface

Two balls with same mass and initial velocity, are projected at different angles in such a way that maximum height reached by first ball is 8 times higher than that of the second ball.

T_1

and

T_2

are the total flying times of first and second ball, respectively, then the ratio of

T_1

and

T_2

(A)
2 : 1
(B)
$\sqrt{2} : 1$
(C)
2 $\sqrt{2} : 1$
(D)
4 : 1

Answer: (C)

Step-by-step solution

JEE Main 2025 · 29 Jan · Shift 1 · River-Boat and Rain-Man Problems

The maximum speed of a boat in still water is 27 km/h. Now this boat is moving downstream in a river flowing at 9 km/h. A man in the boat throws a ball vertically upwards with speed of 10 m/s. Range of the ball as observed by an observer at rest on the bank is __________ cm. (Take $g=10$ m/s²)

Answer: 2000

Step-by-step solution

JEE Main 2024 · 1 Feb · Shift 2 · Relative Velocity

Train A is moving along two parallel rail tracks towards north with speed $72 \mathrm{~km} / \mathrm{h}$ and train B is moving towards south with speed $108 \mathrm{~km} / \mathrm{h}$ . Velocity of train B with respect to A and velocity of ground with respect to B are (in $\mathrm{ms}^{-1}$ ):

(A)-50 and -30
(B)-50 and 30
(C)-30 and 50
(D)50 and -30

Answer: (B)

Step-by-step solution

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Frequently asked

How many questions come from Projectile Motion & Relative Motion in JEE Main?

47 questions from 2020 to 2025, about 7.8 per year. In 2025 it had 6.

Which Projectile Motion & Relative Motion topics are most important for JEE Main?

By past papers: Projectile on Flat Surface (81%), Relative Velocity (17%) and River-Boat and Rain-Man Problems (2%) of all Projectile Motion & Relative Motion questions.

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