JEE Physics
Simple Harmonic Motion (SHM): JEE Questions & Solutions
25 previous-year JEE Physics questions on Simple Harmonic Motion (SHM), each with a worked step-by-step solution.
Intermediate
Previous-year questions
- 01A cylindrical block of mass M and area of cross section A is floating in a liquid of density ρ with its axis vertical. When depressed a…MCQEasyJEE 2026
- 02The displacement of a particle executing simple harmonic motion with time period T is expressed as x(t)=Asinω t, where A is the amplitude…NVAEasyJEE 2026
- 03As shown in the figure, a spring is kept in a stretched position with some extension by holding the masses 1 kg and 0.2 kg with a…MCQMediumJEE 2026
- 04A light hollow cube of side length 10 cm and mass 10 g, is floating in water. It is pushed down and released to execute simple harmonic…MCQMediumJEE 2025
- 05A particle is executing simple harmonic motion with a time period of 2 s and amplitude 1 cm. If D and d are the total distance and…MCQEasyJEE 2025
- 06Given below are two statements. One is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R). Assertion (A): Knowing initial…MCQEasyJEE 2025
- 07Two bodies A and B of equal mass are suspended from two massless springs of spring constant k₁ and k₂, respectively. If the bodies…MCQEasyJEE 2025
- 08A particle is subjected to two simple harmonic motions as: x₁ = √7 sin 5t cm and x₂ = 2 √7 sin ( 5t + π/3) cm where x is displacement and t…MCQMediumJEE 2025
- 09A particle executes simple harmonic motion with an amplitude of 4 cm. At the mean position, the velocity of the particle is 10 cm/s. The…NVAEasyJEE 2024
- 10A simple harmonic oscillator has an amplitude A and a time period 6π seconds. Assuming the oscillation starts from its mean position, the…MCQMediumJEE 2024
- 11A particle performs simple harmonic motion with amplitude A. Its speed is increased to three times at an instant when its displacement is…MCQMediumJEE 2024
- 12A particle of mass 0.5 kg executes simple harmonic motion under a force F = -50x (N m⁻¹). The time period of oscillation is x/35 seconds.…MCQEasyJEE 2024
- 13A block of mass 2 kg is attached with two identical springs of spring constant 20 N/m each. The block is placed on a frictionless surface,…NVAEasyJEE 2023
- 14A mass m attached to the free end of a spring executes SHM with a period of 1 s. If the mass is increased by 3 kg, the period of…NVAEasyJEE 2023
- 15Assume that the Earth is a solid sphere of uniform density and a tunnel is dug along its diameter. When a particle is released in this…MCQMediumJEE 2023
- 16A particle executes simple harmonic motion between x = -A and x = +A. If the time taken by the particle to go from x = 0 to x = A/2 is 2 s,…MCQMediumJEE 2023
- 17A particle of mass 250 g executes simple harmonic motion under a periodic force F = -25x N. The particle attains a maximum speed of 4 m/s…NVAEasyJEE 2023
- 18For a simple harmonic motion in a mass spring system shown, the surface is frictionless. When the mass of the block is 1 kg, the angular…MCQEasyJEE 2023
- 19In the figure given below, a block of mass M = 490 g placed on a frictionless table is connected with two springs having the same spring…NVAEasyJEE 2023
- 20A mass m is attached to two springs of spring constants K₁ and K₂, respectively, as shown. The time period of oscillation of the mass m on…MCQEasyJEE 2023
- 21A small particle of mass m moves in such a way that its potential energy U = 1/2mω² r² where ω is constant and r is the distance of the…MCQMediumJEE 2023
- 22A particle executes S.H.M. of amplitude A along the x-axis. At t = 0, the position of the particle is x = A/2, and it moves along the…MCQEasyJEE 2023
- 23For a periodic motion represented by the equation y = sin ω t + cos ω t, the amplitude of the motion is:MCQEasyJEE 2023
- 24A rectangular block of mass 5 kg attached to a horizontal spiral spring executes simple harmonic motion of amplitude 1 m and time period…NVAEasyJEE 2023
- 25In a linear Simple Harmonic Motion (SHM): (A) Restoring force is directly proportional to the displacement. (B) The acceleration and…MCQEasyJEE 2023
Frequently asked questions
Our bank has 25 previous-year JEE Physics questions tagged to Simple Harmonic Motion (SHM), drawn from JEE papers between 2023 and 2026, including 3 from 2026 alone. Each comes with a full step-by-step solution.
Simple Harmonic Motion (SHM) is rated Intermediate overall for JEE Physics. The PYQs on this page break down as 17 easy, 8 medium.
Of the 25 previous-year questions on Simple Harmonic Motion (SHM), 18 are multiple-choice (MCQ) and 7 are numerical-value (NVA) questions.
Based on recent paper analysis, Simple Harmonic Motion (SHM) is worth about 2 marks in JEE Main. It sits in Oscillations & Waves, a Class 11 Physics chapter.
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