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Surface Tension JEE Main PYQs, 2020 to 2025

Surface Tension has 38 questions in JEE Main papers from 2020 to 2025, about 6.3 per year across all shifts. The most asked topic is Surface Energy and Surface Tension (18 questions), followed by Excess Pressure in Drops and Bubbles (12) and Capillarity (5).

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38Total PYQs
6Years covered
4Topics
2025 Apr S1Latest paper

Surface Tension questions per year

YearQuestions
20258
202411
20237
20225
20215
20202

Topic-wise weightage

TopicQuestionsShare of chapterLast asked
Surface Energy and Surface Tension1847%2025
Excess Pressure in Drops and Bubbles1232%2025
Capillarity513%2024
Angle of Contact38%2025

Sample questions from recent papers

JEE Main 2025 · 4 Apr · Shift 1 · Angle of Contact

Two liquids AA and BB have θA\theta_A and θB\theta_B as contact angles in a capillary tube. If K=cos⁡θA/cos⁡θBK=\cos \theta_A / \cos \theta_B, then identify the correct statement:

  1. (A) K is negative, then liquid A and liquid B have convex meniscus.
  2. (B) KK is negative, then liquid AA and liquid BB have concave meniscus.
  3. (C)K is zero, then liquid A has convex meniscus and liquid B has concave meniscus.
  4. (D)K is negative, then liquid A has concave meniscus and liquid B has convex meniscus.

Answer: (D)

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JEE Main 2025 · 3 Apr · Shift 2 · Excess Pressure in Drops and Bubbles

The excess pressure inside a soap bubble A in air is half the excess pressure inside another soap bubble B in air. If the volume of the bubble A is nn times the volume of the bubble BB, then, the value of nn is__________.

Answer: 8

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JEE Main 2025 · 2 Apr · Shift 2 · Surface Energy and Surface Tension

Two water drops each of radius ' rr ' coalesce to form a bigger drop. If ' TT ' is the surface tension, the surface energy released in this process is :
  1. (A)4πr2 T[2−21/3]4 \pi \mathrm{r}^2 \mathrm{~T}\left[2-2^{1 / 3}\right]
  2. (B)4πr2 T[1+2]4 \pi \mathrm{r}^2 \mathrm{~T}[1+\sqrt{2}]
  3. (C)4πr2 T[2−22/3]4 \pi \mathrm{r}^2 \mathrm{~T}\left[2-2^{2 / 3}\right]
  4. (D) 4πr2 T[2−1]4 \pi \mathrm{r}^2 \mathrm{~T}[\sqrt{2}-1]

Answer: (C)

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JEE Main 2024 · 5 Apr · Shift 1 · Capillarity

Given below are two statements :

Statement I : When a capillary tube is dipped into a liquid, the liquid neither rises nor falls in the capillary. The contact angle may be 0∘0^{\circ}.

Statement II : The contact angle between a solid and a liquid is a property of the material of the solid and liquid as well.

In the light of the above statement, choose the correct answer from the options given below.

  1. (A)Statement I is true and Statement II is false
  2. (B)Statement I is false but Statement II is true
  3. (C)Both Statement I and Statement II are true
  4. (D)Both Statement I and Statement II are false

Answer: (B)

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How many questions come from Surface Tension in JEE Main?

38 questions from 2020 to 2025, about 6.3 per year. In 2025 it had 8.

Which Surface Tension topics are most important for JEE Main?

By past papers: Surface Energy and Surface Tension (47%), Excess Pressure in Drops and Bubbles (32%) and Capillarity (13%) of all Surface Tension questions.

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