Motion in a Straight Line

28 topics, ranked by how often each is asked.

  • 45 questions
  • 30 papers
  • 2.55% of Physics

Topics

The squares are the last ten exam years: filled means it was asked that year.

Most asked first

28 topics · 45 questions
  1. 1Motion under Gravity16%7 questionsPractise Motion under Gravity
  2. 2Instantaneous velocity and acceleration11%5 questionsPractise Instantaneous velocity and acceleration
  3. 3Position-Time Graphs6.7%3 questionsPractise Position-Time Graphs
  4. 4Free fall6.7%3 questionsPractise Free fall
  5. 5Average velocity and average speed4.4%2 questionsPractise Average velocity and average speed
  6. 6Relative velocity4.4%2 questionsPractise Relative velocity
  7. 7Average speed4.4%2 questionsPractise Average speed
  8. 8Non-Uniform Motion and Calculus2.2%1 questionPractise Non-Uniform Motion and Calculus
  9. 9Relative Velocity in One Dimension2.2%1 questionPractise Relative Velocity in One Dimension
  10. 10Velocity-Time and Acceleration-Time Graphs2.2%1 questionPractise Velocity-Time and Acceleration-Time Graphs
  11. 11Average Speed and Average Velocity2.2%1 questionPractise Average Speed and Average Velocity
  12. 12Kinematic Equations – Motion under Gravity2.2%1 questionPractise Kinematic Equations – Motion under Gravity
  13. 13Velocity-time graphs of uniformly accelerated motion2.2%1 questionPractise Velocity-time graphs of uniformly accelerated motion
  14. 14Free fall kinematics, $s = \frac{1}{2}gt^2$2.2%1 questionPractise Free fall kinematics, $s = \frac{1}{2}gt^2$
  15. 15Position, velocity and acceleration relations2.2%1 questionPractise Position, velocity and acceleration relations
  16. 16Kinematics of free fall2.2%1 questionPractise Kinematics of free fall
  17. 17Relative motion - free fall in a moving frame2.2%1 questionPractise Relative motion - free fall in a moving frame
  18. 18Average velocity2.2%1 questionPractise Average velocity
  19. 19Average speed vs average velocity2.2%1 questionPractise Average speed vs average velocity
  20. 20Kinematics using integration2.2%1 questionPractise Kinematics using integration
  21. 21Velocity from position–time relation2.2%1 questionPractise Velocity from position–time relation
  22. 22Acceleration as a function of position2.2%1 questionPractise Acceleration as a function of position
  23. 23Uniformly accelerated motion2.2%1 questionPractise Uniformly accelerated motion
  24. 24Distance Travelled in the nth Second2.2%1 questionPractise Distance Travelled in the nth Second
  25. 25Equations of Motion2.2%1 questionPractise Equations of Motion
  26. 26Motion with Variable Acceleration2.2%1 questionPractise Motion with Variable Acceleration
  27. 27Instantaneous Velocity2.2%1 questionPractise Instantaneous Velocity
  28. 28Motion under Gravity: Time of Flight2.2%1 questionPractise Motion under Gravity: Time of Flight

Questions per paper

Asked in 13 of the last 16 papers (2017–2026).

  1. 2026: 2 questions
  2. 2026 Re-NEET: 1 question
  3. 2025: 2 questions
  4. 2024: 1 question
  5. 2024 Re-NEET: 1 question
  6. 2023: 2 questions
  7. 2023 Manipur: not asked
  8. 2022: 2 questions
  9. 2022 Phase 2: 1 question
  10. 2021: not asked
  11. 2020: 1 question
  12. 2020 Phase-2: 1 question
  13. 2019: not asked
  14. 2019 Odisha: 2 questions
  15. 2018: 1 question
  16. 2017: 1 question

Concepts tested

  • Average speed for equal distances 2
  • Differentiation of position 2
  • a = v dv/dx
  • Acceleration via Chain Rule
  • average speed over two equal distances
  • Average speed vs average velocity
  • Average velocity
  • average-velocity-vs-speed
  • Deriving acceleration-time graph from a velocity-time graph
  • Differentiating displacement
  • displacement equation for a thrown ball
  • Displacement versus distance
  • Distance from rest
  • Distance in last t seconds of ascent
  • Distance in nth second
  • distance in successive seconds
  • Distance travelled before coming to rest
  • distance-from-velocity-integration