JEE-Main (Previous Year Questions)

1. A projectile is given an initial velocity of (iˆ + 2j)

ˆ m/s, where î is along the ground and ˆj is along

the vertical. If g = 10 m/s2, the equation of its trajectory is [JEE(Main)-2013]

(1) y = 2x – 5x2 (2) 4y = 2x – 5x2 (3) 4y = 2x – 25x2 (4) y = x – 5x2

2. From a tower of height H, a particle is thrown vertically upwards with a speed u. The time taken
by the particle, to hit the ground, is n times that taken by it to reach the highest point of its
path. The relation between H, u and n is [JEE(Main)-2014]
(1) g H = (n – 2)2u2 (2) 2g H = nu2(n – 2) (3) g H = (n – 2)u2 (4) 2 g H = n2u2

3. Two stones are thrown up simultaneously from the edge of a cliff 240 m high with initial speed
of 10 m/s and 40 m/s respectively. Which of the following graph best represents the time
variation of relative position of the second stone with respect to the first? (Assume stones do
not rebound after hitting the ground and neglect air resistance, take g = 10 m/s 2) (The figures
are schematic and not drawn to scale) [JEE(Main)-2015]
(y2 – y1)m (y2 – y1)m
240 240

(1) (2)

t(s) t(s)
8 12 8 12
(y2 – y1)m (y2 – y1)m
240 240

(3) (4)

t(s) t(s)
t→ 8 12 12

4. A particle is moving along the x-axis with its coordinate with x(t) the time 't' given by
x(t)=10+8t–3t2. Another particle is moving the y-axis with its coordinate as a function of time
given by y(t) = 5 – 8t3. At t = 1 s, the speed of the second particle as measured in the frame of
the first particle is given as v . Then v (in m/s) is __________. [JEE(Main)-2020]

5. A particle moves such that its position vector r t = cos t ˆi + sin ˆj where  is a constant and t
()
is time. Then which of the following statements is true for the velocity v( t ) and acceleration

a
( t ) of the particle: [JEE(Main)-2020]

(1) v is perpendicular to r and a is directed towards the origin

(2) v and a both are parallel to r
(3) v and a both are perpendicular to r
(4) v is perpendicular to r and a is directed away from the origin

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 6. A particle starts from the origin at t = 0 with an initial velocity of 3.0 ˆi m/s and moves in the

( )
x- y plane with a constant acceleration 6.0iˆ + 4.0jˆ m / s2 . The x-coordinate of the particle at

the instant when its y-coordinate is 32 m is D meters. The value of D is:- [JEE(Main)-2020]
(1) 50 (2) 32 (3) 60 (4) 40

7. Train A and train B are running on parallel tracks in the opposite directions with speeds of 36
km/hour and 72 km/hour, respectively. A person is walking in train A in the direction opposite
to its motion with a speed of 1.8 km/hr. Speed (in ms–1) of this person as observed from train B
will be close to: (take the distance between the tracks as negligible) [JEE(Main)-2020]
(1) 30.5 ms-1 (2) 29.5 ms-1 (3) 31.5 ms-1 (4) 28.5 ma-1

8. When a car is at rest, its driver sees rain drops falling on it vertically. When driving the car with
speed v, he sees that rain drops are coming at an angle 60° from the horizontal. On further
increasing the speed of the car to (1 + )v, this angle changes to 45°. The value of  is close to:
[JEE(Main)-2020]
(A) 0.41 (B) 0.50 (C) 0.37 (D) 0.73

9. The trajectory of a projectile in a vertical plane is y = x – x2, where  and  are constants and
x & y are respectively the horizontal and vertical distances of the projectile from the point
of projection. The angle of projection  and the maximum height attained H are respectively
given by :- [JEE(Main)-2021]
2 2 42    2
(1) tan−1 , (2) tan−1 , (3) tan−1 , (4) tan−1   ,
4 2   

10. ˆ m/s and accelerating in uniform

A mosquito is moving with a velocity v − = 0.5t2ˆi + 3tjˆ + 9k
conditions. What will be the direction of mosquito after 2s ? [JEE(Main)-2021]
2 2
(1) tan−1   from x − axis (2) tan−1   from y − axis
3 3
5 5
(3) tan−1   from y − axis (4) tan−1   from x − axis
2 2
11. A swimmer can swim with velocity of 12 km/h in still water. Water flowing in a river has velocity
6 km/h. The direction with respect to the direction of flow of river water he should swim in
order to reach the point on the other bank just opposite to his starting point is _________°.
(Round off to the Nearest Integer) (find the angle in degree) [JEE(Main)-2021]

12. A person is swimming with a speed of 10 m/s at an angle of 120° with the flow and reaches to
a point directly opposite on the other side of the river. The speed of the flow is 'x' m/s. The
value of 'x' to the nearest integer is ______. [JEE(Main)-2021]

13. A butterfly is flying with a velocity 4 2 m/s in North-East direction. Wind is slowly blowing at
1 m/s from North to South. The resultant displacement of the butterfly in 3 seconds is :
[JEE(Main)-2021]
(1) 3 m (2) 20 m (3) 12 2 m (4) 15 m

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14. A boy reaches the airport and finds that the escalator is not working. He walks up the stationary
escalator in time t1. If he remains stationary on a moving escalator then the escalator takes him
up in time t2. The time taken by him to walk up on the moving escalator will be :
[JEE(Main)-2021]
t 1t2 t 1 + t2 t 1 t2
(1) (2) (3) (4) t2 – t1
t2 − t 1 2 t2 + t 1

15. ( )
ˆ + 10ˆj N acts on a body of mass 5 kg. If the body starts from rest, its position
A force F = 40i6
vector r at time t = 10 s, will be : [JEE(Main)-2021]

(
(1) 100iˆ + 400ˆj m ) (
(2) 100iˆ + 100ˆj m ) (
(3) 400iˆ + 100ˆj m ) (
(4) 400iˆ + 400ˆj m )
16. A swimmer wants to cross a river from point A to point B. Line AB makes an angle of 30° with
the flow of river. Magnitude of velocity of the swimmer is same as that of the river. The angle
 with the line AB should be ____°, so that the swimmer reaches point B. [JEE(Main)-2021]

17. A bomb is dropped by fighter plane flying horizontally. To an observer sitting in the plane, the
trajectory of the bomb is a : [JEE(Main)-2021]
(1) hyperbola
(2) parabola in the direction of motion of plane
(3) straight line vertically down the plane
(4) parabola in a direction opposite to the motion of plane

18. A player kicks a football with an initial speed of 25 ms –1 at an angle of 45° from the ground.
What are the maximum height and the time taken by the football to reach at the highest point
during motion ? (Take g = 10 ms–2) [JEE(Main)-2021]
(1) hmax = 10m T = 2.5 s (2) hmax = 15.625 m T = 3.54 s
(3) hmax = 15.625 m T = 1.77 s (4) hmax = 3.54 m T = 0.125 s

19. A helicopter is flying horizontally with a speed 'v' at an altitude 'h' has to drop a food packet
for a man on the ground. What is the distance of helicopter from the man when the food packet
is dropped? [JEE(Main)-2021]
2ghv 2 + 1 2v 2h 2gh
(1) (2) 2ghv 2 + h2 (3) + h2 (4) + h2
h2 g v2

20. The ranges and heights for two projectiles projected with the same initial velocity at angles 42°
and 48° with the horizontal are R1, R2 and H1, H2 respectively. Choose the correct option :
[JEE(Main)-2021]
(1) R1 > R2 and H1 = H2 (2) R1 = R2 and H1 < H2
(3) R1 < R2 and H1 < H2 (4) R1 = R2 and H1 = H2

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 21. A ball is projected vertically upward with an initial velocity of 50 ms–1 at t = 0s. At t = 2s. another
ball is projected vertically upward with same velocity. At t = _______ s, second ball will meet
the first ball (g = 10 ms–2) [JEE(Main)-2022]

22. A projectile is projected with velocity of 25 m/s at an angle  with the horizontal. After t seconds
its inclination with horizontal becomes zero. If R represents horizontal range of the projectile,
the value of  will, be : [use g = 10 m/s2] [JEE(Main)-2022]
1 −1  5t 2  1 −1  4R   2
−1 4t −1 R 
(1) sin   (2) sin  2  (3) tan  5R  (4) cot  2 
2  4R  2  5t     20t 

23. Given below are two statements. One is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as
Reason R. [JEE(Main)-2022]
Assertion A: two identical balls A and B thrown with same velocity ‘u’ at two different angles
with horizontal attained the same range R. If A and B reached the maximum height h 1 and h2
respectively, then R = 4 h1h2

 u2 sin2    u2 cos2  
h h =
Reason R: Product of said height. 1 2   .  
 2g   2g 
Choose the CORRECT answer:
(1) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
(2) Both A and R true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A
(3) A id true but R is false
(4) A is false but R is true

24. A fighter jet is flying horizontally at a certain altitude with a speed of 200 ms–1. When it is passes
directly overhead an anti-aircraft gun, bullet is fired from the gun, at an angle  with the
horizontal, to hit the jet, if the bullet speed is 400 m/s, the value of  will be……..°
[JEE(Main)-2022]

25. A projectile is launched at an angle ‘’ with the horizontal with a velocity 20 ms–1. After 10 s, its
inclination with horizontal is ‘’. The value of tan will be: (g = 10ms–2) [JEE(Main)-2022]
(1) tan + 5sec  (2) tan – 5 sec
(3) 2 tan – 5 sec (4) 2 tan + 5 sec

26. A girl standing on road holds her umbrella at 45° with the vertical to keep the rain away. If she
starts running without umbrella with a speed of 15 2kmh−1 , the rain drops hit her head vertically.
The speed of rain drops with respect to the moving girl is : [JEE(Main)-2022]
25 30
(1) 30 kmh–1 (2) kmh−1 (3) kmh−1 (4) 25 kmh–1
2 2

27. Two projectiles are thrown with same initial velocity making an angle of 45° and 30° with the
horizontal respectively. The ratio of their range respectively will be [JEE(Main)-2022]
(1) 1 : 2 (2) 2 :1 (3) 2 : 3 (4) 3 :2

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28. A ball is projected from the ground with a speed 15ms–1 at an angle  with horizontal so that its
range and maximum height are equal, then ‘tan ’ will be equal to [JEE(Main)-2022]
1 1
(1) (2) (3) 2 (4) 4
4 2

29. Two projective thrown at 30° and 45° with the horizontal respectively, reach the maximum
height in same time. The ratio of their initial velocities is [JEE(Main)-2022]
(1) 1 : 2 (2) 2 : 1 (3) 2:1 (4) 1 : 2

30. A ball is projected with kinetic energy E, at an angle of 60° to the horizontal. The kinetic energy
of this ball at the highest point of its flight will become : [JEE(Main)-2022]
E E
(1) zero (2) (3) (4) E
2 4

ANSWER KEY

1. (1) 2. (2) 3. (1) 4. 580.00 5. (1) 6. (3) 7. (2)

8. (4) 9. (1) 10. (2) 11. 12 12. 5 13. (4) 14. (3)
15. (3) 16. 30 17. (3) 18. (3) 19. (3) 20. (2) 21. 6
22. (4) 23. (1) 24. 60 25. (2) 26. (3) 27. (3) 28. (4)
29. (3) 30. (3)

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 JEE-Advanced (Previous Year Questions)

1. A rocket is moving in a gravity free space with a constant acceleration of 2 ms–2 along + x
direction (see figure). The length of a chamber inside the rocket is 4 m. A ball is thrown from
the left end of the chamber in +x direction with a speed of 0.3 ms –1 relative to the rocket. At
the same time, another ball is thrown in –x direction with a speed of 0.2 ms–1 from its right end
relative to the rocket. The time in seconds when the two balls hit each other is:
[JEE(Advanced)-2014]
–2
a = 2 ms
–1 –1 x
0.3 ms 0.2 ms

4m

2. Airplanes A and B are flying with constant velocity in the same vertical plane at angles 30° and
60° with respect to the horizontal respectively as shown in figure. The speed of A is 100 3
ms–1. At time t = 0s, an observer in A finds B at a distance of 500 m. This observer sees B moving
with a constant velocity perpendicular to the line of motion of A. If at t = t0, A just escapes
being hit by B, t0 in seconds is [JEE(Advanced)-2014]
A

30° 60°

3. A ball is projected from the ground at an angle of 45° with the horizontal surface. It reaches a
maximum height of 120m and returns to the ground. Upon hitting the ground for the first time,
it loses half of its kinetic energy. Immediately after the bounce, the velocity of the ball makes
an angle of 30° with the horizontal surface. The maximum height it reaches after the bounce,
in meters, is ___________. [JEE(Advanced)-2018]

4. A ball is thrown from ground at an angle  with the horizontal and with an initial speed u0. For
the resulting projectile motion, the magnitude of average velocity of the ball upto the point
when it hits the ground for the first time is V1. After hitting the ground, ball rebounds at the
same angle  but with a reduced speed of u0/ Its motion continues for a long time as shown
in figure. If the magnitude of average velocity of the ball for entire duration of motion is 0.8V1,
the value of  is _________. [JEE(Advanced)-2019]

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5. Starting at time t = 0 from the origin with speed 1 ms-1, a particle follows a two-dimensional
x2
trajectory in the x-y plane so that its coordinates are related by the equation y = . The x and
2
y components of its acceleration are denoted by ax and ay, respectively. Then
[JEE(Advanced)-2020]
(A) ax = 1 ms implies that when the particle is at the origin, ay = 1 ms
-2 -2

(B) ax = 0 implies ay = 1 ms-2 at all times

(C) at t = 0, the particle’s velocity points in the x-direction
(D) ax = 0 implies that at t = 1 s, the angle between the particle’s velocity and the x axis is 45°

6. A projectile is fired from horizontal ground with speed v and projection angle . When the
acceleration due to gravity is g, the range of the projectile is d. If at the highest point in its
trajectory, the projectile enters a different region where the effective acceleration due to gravity
g
is g = , then the new range is d = nd. The value of n is _____. [JEE(Advanced)-2022]
0.81

ANSWER KEY

1. 8 or 2 2. 5 3. 30 m 4. 4 5. (ABCD)
6. 0.95

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