A particle is moving with uniform speed along the circumference of a circle of radius R under the action of a central fictitious force F which is inversely proportional to R^3 . Its time period of revolution will be given by :

$$T \propto {R^{{4 \over 3}}}$$

$$T \propto {R^{{5 \over 2}}}$$

$$T \propto {R^{{3 \over 2}}}$$

Circular Motion — JEE Main Previous Year Questions

71 solved PYQs · 2017–2026 · Physics

Solved PYQs: 71
Years covered: 2017–2026
Avg / year: ~7
Subject: Physics

How many JEE Main questions come from Circular Motion?

Circular Motion has contributed 71 questions to Joint Entrance Examination (Main) papers between 2017 and 2026 — an average of about 7 questions a year. That count is measured from EByAi’s bank of 55,289 JEE Main questions, not estimated from a syllabus. Every one of the 71 questions carries a written, step-by-step solution, and each is tagged to Circular Motion within Physics, so you can drill this chapter across every year at once instead of hunting through paper PDFs. Practising a chapter’s full PYQ history is the fastest way to learn the patterns examiners reuse.

Sample Circular Motion questions from real JEE Main papers

These are 5 real questions from the bank — exactly as asked, with the answer one tap away. All 71 Circular Motion questions (with full written solutions) are available in practice.

Question 1 · JEE Main 2023
A car is moving on a horizontal curved road with radius 50 m. The approximate maximum speed of car will be, if friction between tyres and road is 0.34. [take g = 10 ms^-2]
1. (A) $3.4 ms -1$
2. (B) $13 ms -1$
3. (C) $22.4 ms -1$
4. (D) $17 ms -1$
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$Answer: (B) 13 ms -1$
Question 2 · JEE Main 2022
A fly wheel is accelerated uniformly from rest and rotates through 5 rad in the first second. The angle rotated by the fly wheel in the next second, will be :
1. (A) $7.5 rad$
2. (B) $15 rad$
3. (C) $20 rad$
4. (D) $30 rad$
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$Answer: (B) 15 rad$
Question 3 · JEE Main 2022
A particle of mass m is moving in a circular path of constant radius r such that its centripetal acceleration (a) is varying with time t as a = k^2 r t^2 , where k is a constant. The power delivered to the particle by the force acting on it is given as
1. (A) $zero$
2. (B) $mk^2 r^2 t^2$
3. (C) $mk^2 r^2 t$
4. (D) $mk^2 r t$
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$Answer: (C) mk^2 r^2 t$
Question 4 · JEE Main 2021
A block of 200 g mass moves with a uniform speed in a horizontal circular groove, with vertical side walls of radius 20 cm. If the block takes 40 s to complete one round, the normal force by the side walls of the groove is :
1. (A) $9.859 \times 10 - 2 N$
2. (B) $0.0314 N$
3. (C) $9.859 \times 10 - 4 N$
4. (D) $6.28 \times 10 - 3 N$
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$Answer: (C) 9.859 \times 10 - 4 N$
Question 5 · JEE Main 2021
A particle is moving with uniform speed along the circumference of a circle of radius R under the action of a central fictitious force F which is inversely proportional to R^3 . Its time period of revolution will be given by :
1. (A) $T \propto R^{\frac{4}{3}}$
2. (B) $T \propto R^{\frac{5}{2}}$
3. (C) $T \propto R^{\frac{3}{2}}$
4. (D) $T \propto R^{2}$
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$Answer: (D) T \propto R^{2}$

Circular Motion questions by year

Year	Questions	Share of chapter questions
2026	7
2025	9
2024	11
2023	14
2022	13
2021	9
2020	3
2019	3
2018	1
2017	1

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How many JEE Main questions have been asked from Circular Motion?

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