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Motion in a Straight Line

Previous year questions with solutions · 2025 – 2026

18Questions
16Papers covered
2.11%Weightage 2026▲ 25% vs last year
Year-wise statistics questions · papers · average per paper · weightage
YearQuestionsPapersAvg / paperWeightage
202610190.532.11% ▲ 25% vs last year
20258190.421.68%

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Ques. 1JEE Main 2026, 8 April (Evening Shift)

A gas balloon is going up with a constant velocity of 10 m/s. When this balloon reached a height of 75 m, a stone is dropped from it and balloon keeps moving up with the same velocity. The height of the balloon when the stone hits the ground is m. (Take g=10 m/s2)

  1. 85
  2. 150
  3. 129
  4. 125
Ques. 2JEE Main 2026, 8 April (Evening Shift)

Two masses of 3.4 kg and 2.5 kg are accelerated from an initial speed of 5 m/s and 12 m/s, respectively. The distances traversed by the masses in the 5th second are 104 m and 129 m, respectively. The ratio of their momenta after 10 s is x8. The value of x is .

Ques. 3JEE Main 2026, 5 April (Morning Shift)

From 18 m height above the ground a ball is dropped from rest. The height above the ground at which the magnitude of velocity equal to the magnitude of acceleration (in the same set of units) due to gravity is m. (Take g=10 m/s2 and neglect the air resistance)

Ques. 4JEE Main 2026, 5 April (Evening Shift)

The velocity (v) versus time (t) plot of a particle is shown in the figure, for a time interval of 40 s. The total distance travelled by the particle and the average velocity during this period are, respectively . [figure]

  1. 25 m and zero
  2. 50 m and zero
  3. 100 m and zero
  4. 100 m and 2.5 m/s
Ques. 5JEE Main 2026, 4 April (Evening Shift)

Two cars A and B are moving in the same direction along a straight line with speeds 100 km/h and 80 km/h, respectively such that car A is moving ahead of car B. A person in car B throws a stone with a speed v so that it hits the car A with a speed of 5 m/s. The value of v is km/h.

  1. 18
  2. 28
  3. 38
  4. 48
Ques. 6JEE Main 2026, 28 January (Morning Shift)

A particle of mass m falls from rest through a resistive medium having resistive force, F = -kv, where v is the velocity of the particle and k is a constant. Which of the following graphs represents velocity (v) versus time (t) ?

  1. [figure]
  2. [figure]
  3. [figure]
  4. [figure]
Ques. 7JEE Main 2026, 28 January (Morning Shift)

Water 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 begins to fall. The height at which the fourth drop will be from ground, at the instant when the first drop strikes the ground is m. (g = 10 m/s2)

  1. 3.8
  2. 4.0
  3. 4.2
  4. 2.5
Ques. 8JEE Main 2026, 28 January (Evening Shift)

A particle starts moving from time t = 0 and its coordinate is given as x(t) = 4t3 - 3t Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

  1. A, C, D Only
  2. A, B, C Only
  3. C, E Only
  4. A, C Only
Ques. 9JEE Main 2026, 24 January (Evening Shift)

The velocity (v) – distance (x) graph is shown in figure. Which graph represents acceleration (a) versus distance (x) variation of this system? [figure]

  1. [figure]
  2. [figure]
  3. [figure]
  4. [figure]
Ques. 10JEE Main 2026, 23 January (Evening Shift)

A 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 ground, while descending with the help of parachute, the speed of paratrooper is 5 m/s. The initial height of the airplane is m. (g = 10 m/s2)

  1. 92.5
  2. 62.5
  3. 20
  4. 82.5
Ques. 11JEE Main 2025, 4 April (Evening Shift)

The displacement x versus time graph is shown below. [figure] Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

  1. (B), (C), (D) only
  2. (B), (D), (E) only
  3. (A), (D), (E) only
  4. (B), (C), (E) only
Ques. 12JEE Main 2025, 3 April (Morning Shift)

Which of the following curves possibly represent one-dimensional motion of a particle? Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

  1. A, B and C only
  2. A, C and D only
  3. A, B and D only
  4. A and B only
Ques. 13JEE Main 2025, 3 April (Evening Shift)

A particle moves along the x-axis and has its displacement x varying with time t according to the equation: x = c0 (t2 - 2 ) + c(t - 2)2 where c0 and c are constants of appropriate dimensions. Then, which of the following statements is correct?

  1. the acceleration of the particle is 2(c + c0)
  2. the acceleration of the particle is 2c0
  3. the acceleration of the particle is 2c
  4. the initial velocity of the particle is 4c
Ques. 14JEE Main 2025, 2 April (Morning Shift)

A person travelling on a straight line moves with a uniform velocity v1 for a distance x and with a uniform velocity v2 for the next 32x distance. The average velocity in this motion is 507 m/s. If v1 is 5 m/s then v2 = m/s.

Ques. 15JEE Main 2025, 2 April (Evening Shift)

A sportsman runs around a circular track of radius r such that he traverses the path ABAB. The distance travelled and displacement, respectively, are [figure]

  1. r, 3r
  2. 2r, 3 r
  3. 3 r, 2r
  4. 3 r, r
Ques. 16JEE Main 2025, 29 January (Evening Shift)

Two 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 constant acceleration. Both cars cross each other at time t = 0, for the first time. The maximum possible number of crossing(s) (including the crossing at t = 0) is .

Ques. 17JEE Main 2025, 28 January (Evening Shift)

The velocity-time graph of an object moving along a straight line is shown in the figure. What is the distance covered by the object between t = 0 to t = 4 s? [figure]

  1. 11 m
  2. 30 m
  3. 13 m
  4. 10 m
Ques. 18JEE Main 2025, 23 January (Morning Shift)

The motion of an airplane is represented by velocity-time graph as shown below. The distance covered by airplane in the first 30.5 second is km . [figure]

  1. 12
  2. 6
  3. 3
  4. 9