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Kinematics PYQs (previous year questions) for JEE Advanced: Kinematics (Physics) had 16 questions across the 22 official JEE Advanced papers we tagged (2016–2026), and appeared in 12 of them. Asked in 10 of 11 years. The concepts asked in the most papers: Projectile Motion, Vectors, Projectile with Drag.
Year-wise question count
Asked in 10 of 11 years, with 2 papers each year.
Most-asked concepts
Sorted by the number of papers a concept appeared in.
| Concept | Questions | Papers | Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Projectile Motion | 7 | 7 | 2026, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2020, 2019, 2018 |
| Vectors | 2 | 2 | 2018, 2017 |
| Exponential Velocity Decay | 1 | 1 | 2018 |
| Motion in a Plane | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Particle Dynamics | 1 | 1 | 2016 |
| Projectile with Drag | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Rate of Change | 1 | 1 | 2017 |
| Relative Motion | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Relative Velocity | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
How to practise Kinematics PYQs
- Start with the concepts at the top of the table. They have come back the most.
- Solve one year’s Kinematics questions from the official PDF against the clock, then check the answer listed below.
- Log every miss as a concept gap, a calculation slip or a misread. Each needs a different fix.
- Once a concept is clean in two papers, move to the next. Then sit a full paper from the year pages.
Questions by year
Each line gives the question number and paper, type, concept, our one-line summary and the official answer, with a link to the official PDF.
JEE Advanced2026
- Q.6 (Paper 1) · MSQ · Projectile Motion: Speed and peak for a projectile passing through a given point (official answer: A, B) PDF
JEE Advanced2025
- Q.15 (Paper 2) · Numerical · Projectile with Drag: Wall distance for a projectile under linear viscous drag (official answer: 167–171) PDF
JEE Advanced2024
- Q.9 (Paper 2) · Integer · Projectile Motion: Condition for a thrown stone to hit a projected ball (official answer: 2) PDF
JEE Advanced2023
JEE Advanced2022
JEE Advanced2020
JEE Advanced2019
- Q.9 (Paper 2) · Numerical · Projectile Motion: Launch angle from average velocity of a repeatedly rebounding ball (official answer: 4) PDF
JEE Advanced2018
- Q.7 (Paper 1) · Numerical · Vectors: Time when magnitudes of sum and difference of rotating vectors relate PDF
- Q.7 (Paper 2) · Numerical · Exponential Velocity Decay: Displacement of a block whose speed decays exponentially PDF
- Q.8 (Paper 2) · Numerical · Projectile Motion: Maximum height after a bounce that halves kinetic energy PDF
JEE Advanced2017
JEE Advanced2016
- Q.12 (Paper 1) · MSQ · Particle Dynamics: Velocity, angular momentum, force and torque from a position vector (official answer: A, B, D) PDF
Kinematics in other exams
The same chapter in other official papers we tagged: JEE Main (12 questions), NEET (1 question).
Other Physics chapters
- Units and Measurements PYQs
- Laws of Motion PYQs
- Work, Energy and Power PYQs
- Rotational Motion PYQs
- Gravitation PYQs
- Properties of Solids and Liquids PYQs
- Thermodynamics PYQs
- Kinetic Theory of Gases PYQs
- Oscillations and Waves PYQs
- Electrostatics PYQs
- Current Electricity PYQs
- Magnetic Effects of Current and Magnetism PYQs
- Electromagnetic Induction and AC PYQs
- Electromagnetic Waves PYQs
- Optics PYQs
- Dual Nature of Matter and Radiation PYQs
- Atoms and Nuclei PYQs
- Experimental Skills PYQs
FAQ
How many Kinematics questions come in JEE Advanced?
In the official papers we tagged: 1 in 2026, 1 in 2025, 1 in 2024, 2 in 2023, 2 in 2022, 2 in 2020, 1 in 2019, 3 in 2018, 2 in 2017 and 1 in 2016 (2 papers each year). Not asked in the other year. That is 16 questions in all, about 4% of Physics.
Which Kinematics topics repeat in JEE Advanced?
Asked in the most papers: Projectile Motion, Vectors, Projectile with Drag. The concept table lists every one with its count.
Are these official JEE Advanced questions?
Yes. Every question is from an official JEE Advanced paper hosted on our year pages. The one-line summaries are ours; open the PDF linked beside each question for the full text.