JEE Physics
Motion in a Straight Line: JEE Questions & Solutions
11 previous-year JEE Physics questions on Motion in a Straight Line, each with a worked step-by-step solution.
Previous-year questions
- 01A paratrooper jumps from an aeroplane and opens a parachute after 2 s of free fall and starts decelerating with 3 m/s². At 10 m height from…MCQMediumJEE 2026
- 02Water drops fall from a tap on the floor, 5 m below, at regular intervals of time. The first drop strikes the floor when the sixth drop…MCQMediumJEE 2026
- 03Two cars P and Q are moving on a road in the same direction. Acceleration of car P increases linearly with time whereas car Q moves with a…NVAMediumJEE 2025
- 04A body starts moving from rest with constant acceleration and covers displacement S₁ in the first (p-1) seconds and S₂ in the first p…MCQEasyJEE 2024
- 05The displacement and the increase in the velocity of a moving particle in the time interval from t to (t+1) seconds are 125 m and 50 m/s,…NVAEasyJEE 2024
- 06Two cars are travelling towards each other at a speed of 20 m/s each. When the cars are 300 m apart, both drivers apply brakes, and the…MCQEasyJEE 2024
- 07Force acts for 20 s on a body of mass 20 kg, starting from rest, after which the force ceases, and then the body describes 50 m in the next…MCQEasyJEE 2023
- 08Spherical insulating ball and a spherical metallic ball of the same size and mass are dropped from the same height. Choose the correct…MCQEasyJEE 2023
- 09A lift of mass M = 500 kg is descending with a speed of 2 m/s. Its supporting cable begins to slip, thus allowing it to fall with a…NVAEasyJEE 2023
- 10An object moves with speed v₁, v₂, v₃ along the line segments AB, BC and CD respectively, where A, B, C and D are four points marked in…MCQEasyJEE 2023
- 11A ball is thrown vertically upward with an initial velocity of 150 m/s. The ratio of velocity after 3 s and 5 s is (x+1)/x. The value of x…MCQEasyJEE 2023
Frequently asked questions
Our bank has 11 previous-year JEE Physics questions tagged to Motion in a Straight Line, drawn from JEE papers between 2023 and 2026, including 2 from 2026 alone. Each comes with a full step-by-step solution.
Motion in a Straight Line is rated Basic overall for JEE Physics. The PYQs on this page break down as 8 easy, 3 medium.
Of the 11 previous-year questions on Motion in a Straight Line, 8 are multiple-choice (MCQ) and 3 are numerical-value (NVA) questions.
Based on recent paper analysis, Motion in a Straight Line is worth about 1 mark in JEE Main. It sits in Kinematics, a Class 11 Physics chapter.
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