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Simple Harmonic Motion JEE Main PYQs, 2020 to 2025

Simple Harmonic Motion has 73 questions in JEE Main papers from 2020 to 2025, about 12 per year across all shifts. The most asked topic is Equation of SHM (24 questions), followed by Energy in SHM (15) and Pendulums (14).

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73Total PYQs
6Years covered
6Topics
2025 Apr S1Latest paper

Simple Harmonic Motion questions per year

YearQuestions
20256
202410
202318
202213
202123
20203

Topic-wise weightage

TopicQuestionsShare of chapterLast asked
Equation of SHM2433%2025
Energy in SHM1520%2024
Pendulums1419%2025
Spring-Mass Systems1318%2025
Superposition of SHMs57%2023
Damped and Forced Oscillations23%2021

Sample questions from recent papers

JEE Main 2025 · 4 Apr · Shift 1 · Pendulums

Two simple pendulums having lengths l1l_1 and l2l_2 with negligible string mass undergo angular displacements θ1\theta_1 and θ2\theta_2, from their mean positions, respectively. If the angular accelerations of both pendulums are same, then which expression is correct?

  1. (A) θ1l2=θ2l1\theta_1 l_2=\theta_2 l_1
  2. (B) θ1l1=θ2l2\theta_1 l_1=\theta_2 l_2
  3. (C) θ1l22=θ2l12\theta_1 l_2^2=\theta_2 l_1^2
  4. (D) θ1l12=θ2l22\theta_1 l_1^2=\theta_2 l_2^2

Answer: (A)

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JEE Main 2025 · 28 Jan · Shift 2 · Equation of SHM

Given below are two statements. One is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R).

Assertion (A) : Knowing initial position x0\mathrm{x}_0 and initial momentum p0p_0 is enough to determine the position and momentum at any time tt for a simple harmonic motion with a given angular frequency ω\omega.

Reason (R) : The amplitude and phase can be expressed in terms of X0\mathrm{X}_0 an p0\mathrm{p}_0.

In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below :

  1. (A)

    (A) is true but (R) is false

  2. (B)

    Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is NOT the correct explanation of (A)

  3. (C)

    (A) is false but (R) is true

  4. (D)

    Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

Answer: (D)

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JEE Main 2025 · 23 Jan · Shift 2 · Spring-Mass Systems

A massless spring gets elongated by amount x1x_1 under a tension of 5 N . Its elongation is x2x_2 under the tension of 7 N . For the elongation of (5x1−2x2)\left(5 x_1-2 x_2\right), the tension in the spring will be,

  1. (A)20 N
  2. (B)39 N
  3. (C)11 N
  4. (D)15 N

Answer: (C)

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JEE Main 2024 · 8 Apr · Shift 2 · Energy in SHM

An object of mass 0.2 kg0.2 \mathrm{~kg} executes simple harmonic motion along xx axis with frequency of (25π)Hz\left(\frac{25}{\pi}\right) \mathrm{Hz}. At the position x=0.04 mx=0.04 \mathrm{~m} the object has kinetic energy 0.5 J0.5 \mathrm{~J} and potential energy 0.4 J0.4 \mathrm{~J}. The amplitude of oscillation is ________ cm\mathrm{cm}.

Answer: 6

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JEE Main 2023 · 10 Apr · Shift 2 · Superposition of SHMs

For a periodic motion represented by the equation

y=sin⁡ωt+cos⁡ωty=\sin \omega \mathrm{t}+\cos \omega \mathrm{t}

the amplitude of the motion is

  1. (A)1
  2. (B)2\sqrt2
  3. (C)0.5
  4. (D)2

Answer: (B)

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JEE Main 2021 · 17 Mar · Shift 2 · Damped and Forced Oscillations

A block of mass 1 kg attached to a spring is made to oscillate with an initial amplitude of 12 cm. After 2 minutes the amplitude decreases to 6 cm. Determine the value of the damping constant for this motion . (take ln 2 = 0.693)
  1. (A)0.69 ×\times 102 kg s−-1
  2. (B)3.3 ×\times 102 kg s−-1
  3. (C)1.16 ×\times 10−-2 kg s−-1
  4. (D)5.7 ×\times 10−-3 kg s−-1

Answer: (C)

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Frequently asked

How many questions come from Simple Harmonic Motion in JEE Main?

73 questions from 2020 to 2025, about 12 per year. In 2025 it had 6.

Which Simple Harmonic Motion topics are most important for JEE Main?

By past papers: Equation of SHM (33%), Energy in SHM (20%) and Pendulums (19%) of all Simple Harmonic Motion questions.

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