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Rolling Motion & Rotational Kinematics: JEE Questions & Solutions

16 previous-year JEE Physics questions on Rolling Motion & Rotational Kinematics, each with a worked step-by-step solution.

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  1. 01A tube of length 1 m is filled completely with an ideal liquid of mass 2M, and closed at both ends. The tube is rotated uniformly in a…NVAMediumJEE 2025
  2. 02A solid sphere of mass m and radius r is allowed to roll without slipping from the highest point of an inclined plane of length L and makes…MCQEasyJEE 2025
  3. 03A uniform solid cylinder of mass m and radius r rolls along an inclined rough plane of inclination 45^°. If it starts to roll from rest…MCQMediumJEE 2025
  4. 04A solid sphere and a hollow sphere of the same mass and of the same radius are rolled on an inclined plane. Let the time taken to reach the…MCQEasyJEE 2025
  5. 05A force of 49 N acts tangentially at the highest point of a sphere (solid) of mass 20 kg, kept on a rough horizontal plane. If the sphere…MCQMediumJEE 2025
  6. 06A circular ring and a solid sphere having same radius roll down on an inclined plane from rest without slipping. The ratio of their…NVAEasyJEE 2025
  7. 07A wheel is rolling on a plane surface. The speed of a particle on the highest point of the rim is 8 m/s. The speed of the particle on the…MCQEasyJEE 2025
  8. 08A ring and a solid sphere roll down the same inclined plane without slipping. They start from rest. The radii of both bodies are identical…NVAMediumJEE 2024
  9. 09A cylinder is rolling down on an inclined plane of inclination 60^°. Its acceleration during rolling down will be x/√3 m/s², where x =.…NVAEasyJEE 2024
  10. 10A circular disc reaches from top to bottom of an inclined plane of length l. When it slips down, it takes t seconds. When it rolls down, it…MCQMediumJEE 2024
  11. 11A solid sphere of mass 2 kg is making pure rolling on a horizontal surface with kinetic energy 2240 J. The velocity of the center of mass…NVAEasyJEE 2023
  12. 12A uniform disc of mass 0.5 kg and radius r is projected with velocity 18 m/s at t = 0 on a rough horizontal surface. It starts off with a…NVAMediumJEE 2023
  13. 13A solid sphere of mass 1 kg rolls without slipping on a plane surface. Its kinetic energy is 7 × 10⁻³ J. The speed of the centre of mass of…NVAEasyJEE 2023
  14. 14A solid cylinder is released from rest from the top of an inclined plane of inclination 30^° and length 60 cm. If the cylinder rolls…MCQEasyJEE 2023
  15. 15For a rolling spherical shell, the ratio of rotational kinetic energy and total kinetic energy is x/5. The value of x is:NVAEasyJEE 2023
  16. 16A solid sphere is rolling on a horizontal plane without slipping. If the ratio of the angular momentum about the axis of rotation of the…NVAMediumJEE 2023

Frequently asked questions

Our bank has 16 previous-year JEE Physics questions tagged to Rolling Motion & Rotational Kinematics, drawn from JEE papers between 2023 and 2025, including 7 from 2025 alone. Each comes with a full step-by-step solution.

Rolling Motion & Rotational Kinematics is rated Advanced overall for JEE Physics. The PYQs on this page break down as 9 easy, 7 medium.

Of the 16 previous-year questions on Rolling Motion & Rotational Kinematics, 7 are multiple-choice (MCQ) and 9 are numerical-value (NVA) questions.

Based on recent paper analysis, Rolling Motion & Rotational Kinematics is worth about 1 mark in JEE Main. It sits in Rotational Motion, a Class 11 Physics chapter.

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