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Rotational Motion PYQs (previous year questions) for JEE Advanced: Rotational Motion (Physics) had 33 questions across the 22 official JEE Advanced papers we tagged (2016–2026), and appeared in 17 of them. Asked in 11 of 11 years. The concepts asked in the most papers: Rolling Motion, Angular Momentum, Angular Momentum Conservation.
Year-wise question count
Asked in 11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rolling Motion | 9 | 6 | 2026, 2025, 2023, 2022, 2018, 2017 |
| Angular Momentum | 7 | 5 | 2022, 2021, 2020, 2016 |
| Angular Momentum Conservation | 3 | 3 | 2026, 2024, 2023 |
| Torque | 2 | 2 | 2018, 2017 |
| Angular Impulse | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Centre of Mass | 1 | 1 | 2017 |
| Circular Motion | 1 | 1 | 2018 |
| Collisions | 1 | 1 | 2026 |
| Impulse and Rotation | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Moment of Inertia | 1 | 1 | 2026 |
| Rigid Body Motion | 1 | 1 | 2017 |
| Rolling and Toppling | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Rolling with Friction | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Rolling Without Slipping | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Rotation About Fixed Point | 1 | 1 | 2019 |
| Static Equilibrium | 1 | 1 | 2016 |
How to practise Rotational Motion PYQs
- Start with the concepts at the top of the table. They have come back the most.
- Solve one year’s Rotational Motion 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.1 (Paper 1) · MCQ · Rolling Motion: Time for two small disks rolling on a big disk rim to meet again (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.3 (Paper 1) · MCQ · Rolling Motion: Speed of a rolling cylinder when it leaves the edge of a step (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.16 (Paper 1) · Matching · Moment of Inertia: Match rod structures with moments of inertia about an axis (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.17 (Paper 2) · Numerical · Angular Momentum Conservation: Rise of the center of a pivoted disk after a particle collision (official answer: 0.14–0.16) PDF
- Q.18 (Paper 2) · Numerical · Collisions: Energy lost in a collision of a particle with a pivoted disk (official answer: 17–18) PDF
JEE Advanced2025
- Q.1 (Paper 1) · MCQ · Rolling Motion: Oscillation of a spring-attached disk rolling inside a vertical ring (official answer: A) PDF
JEE Advanced2024
JEE Advanced2023
- Q.4 (Paper 1) · MCQ · Angular Momentum Conservation: Elastic collision of a small mass with a pivoted bar (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.6 (Paper 2) · MSQ · Rolling Motion: Motion of an annular disk after an impulse at a height (official answer: A, B, C, D) PDF
- Q.8 (Paper 2) · Integer · Angular Impulse: Rotations of a tossed coin before it returns to its start (official answer: 30) PDF
JEE Advanced2022
- Q.5 (Paper 1) · Numerical · Rolling Motion: Maximum height of a stone detaching from an accelerating rolling disk (official answer: 0.48–0.56) PDF
- Q.6 (Paper 1) · Numerical · Rolling Motion: Acceleration of a sphere rolling on an incline with two applied forces (official answer: 2.80–2.92) PDF
- Q.1 (Paper 2) · Integer · Angular Momentum: Value of x vy - y vx for a particle under a linear central force (official answer: 3) PDF
- Q.15 (Paper 2) · MCQ · Angular Momentum: Angular momentum of a disk rolling around a fixed disk (official answer: B) PDF
JEE Advanced2021
- Q.11 (Paper 1) · MSQ · Rolling with Friction: Cylinder pushed at centre: friction and rolling conditions PDF
- Q.13 (Paper 1) · MSQ · Angular Momentum: Angular momentum and torque of an accelerating particle about origin PDF
- Q.18 (Paper 1) · Integer · Angular Momentum: Angular momentum of rod with pivoted disc about the axis PDF
- Q.9 (Paper 2) · Numerical · Angular Momentum: Angular momentum of a pendulum bob just before lift-off PDF
JEE Advanced2020
- Q.1 (Paper 1) · MCQ · Rolling and Toppling: Maximum plank tilt before a ball resting on a hole starts rolling PDF
- Q.3 (Paper 1) · MCQ · Rolling Without Slipping: Position of a scale pushed on the axle of a rolling roller PDF
- Q.9 (Paper 2) · MSQ · Angular Momentum: Bullet embedding in a pivoted rod: momentum and angular speed PDF
JEE Advanced2019
- Q.1 (Paper 2) · MSQ · Rotation About Fixed Point: Angular speed, accelerations and normal force for a falling rod at 60 degrees (official answer: A, C, D) PDF
JEE Advanced2018
- Q.1 (Paper 1) · MSQ · Circular Motion: Speed and angular momentum in a circular orbit under a spring-like potential PDF
- Q.2 (Paper 1) · MSQ · Torque: Torque and motion of a body under a time-dependent force PDF
- Q.9 (Paper 1) · Numerical · Rolling Motion: Incline height from time gap between rolling ring and disc PDF
JEE Advanced2017
- Q.2 (Paper 2) · MCQ · Centre of Mass: Rise in centre of mass height of a rolling regular polygon (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.13 (Paper 2) · MSQ · Rigid Body Motion: Bar slipping on a frictionless floor: midpoint path and torque (official answer: A, C, D) PDF
- Q.14 (Paper 2) · MSQ · Torque: Torque about step edge for forces applied to a wheel climbing a step (official answer: C or C, D) PDF
- Q.17 (Paper 2) · Paragraph MCQ · Rolling Motion: Kinetic energy of a ring twirled on a fingertip (official answer: Marks to all) PDF
- Q.18 (Paper 2) · Paragraph MCQ · Rolling Motion: Minimum angular speed so a twirled ring does not drop (official answer: A) PDF
JEE Advanced2016
Rotational Motion in other exams
The same chapter in other official papers we tagged: JEE Main (15 questions), NEET (2 questions).
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FAQ
How many Rotational Motion questions come in JEE Advanced?
In the official papers we tagged: 5 in 2026, 1 in 2025, 2 in 2024, 3 in 2023, 4 in 2022, 4 in 2021, 3 in 2020, 1 in 2019, 3 in 2018, 5 in 2017 and 2 in 2016 (2 papers each year). That is 33 questions in all, about 9% of Physics.
Which Rotational Motion topics repeat in JEE Advanced?
Asked in the most papers: Rolling Motion, Angular Momentum, Angular Momentum Conservation. 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.