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Top 10 MHT-CET PYQs to practise first

The questions and kinds of question asked most often come first. Each one says how often and in which papers.

  1. Question 1

    This type asked 6 times: 2 May 2023 S2, 4 May 2023 S2, 13 May 2024 S2, 21 Apr 2025 S1, 23 Apr 2025 S1, 20 Apr 2026 S1. This one: 20 Apr 2026 S1 See all 6 of this type

    104
    The weight of man in lift moving in upward direction with an acceleration 'a' is 660660 N. When the lift moves in the downward direction with the same acceleration, his weight is found to be 380380 N. The real weight of the man when the lift is at rest is

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  2. Question 2

    This type asked 5 times: 15 May 2023 S2, 25 Apr 2025 S2, 26 Apr 2025 S1, 13 May 2026 S1, 14 May 2026 S2. This one: 14 May 2026 S2 See all 5 of this type

    105
    Three identical blocks A, B and C are placed on a horizontal frictionless surface. The blocks B and C are at rest. Block A is approaching towards B with a speed 1010 m/s. The coefficient of restitution for all collisions is 0.50.5. The speed of block C just after collision is

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  3. Question 3

    This type asked 5 times: 15 May 2023 S2, 14 May 2024 S2, 25 Apr 2025 S1, 13 Apr 2026 S2, 17 Apr 2026 S2. This one: 17 Apr 2026 S2 See all 5 of this type

    104
    A machine gun fires a bullet of mass 40g with a speed of 600 ms−1600\ \mathrm{ms^{-1}}. The person holding the gun can bare maximum force of 168N on it. The number of bullets that can be fired from the gun per second is

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  4. Question 4

    This type asked 4 times: 10 May 2023 S1, 10 May 2024 S1, 13 Apr 2026 S1, 19 May 2026 S1. This one: 19 May 2026 S1 See all 4 of this type

    107
    A 66 kg mass and 1.51.5 kg mass are moving with equal kinetic energies. The ratio of the magnitudes of their linear momenta is

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  5. Question 5

    Asked 3 times: 15 May 2023 S2*, 25 Apr 2025 S2*, 13 May 2026 S1 (* = numbers or wording changed that year) See all 3 times it was asked

    105
    A block of mass 'm' collides with another stationary block of mass '2m'. The lighter block comes to rest after collision. If the velocity of the first block is 'V' then the coefficient of restitution is

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  6. Question 6

    Asked 3 times: 4 May 2023 S1, 20 Apr 2025 S1, 19 Apr 2026 S1 See all 3 times it was asked

    104
    Which of the following person is in an inertial frame of reference?

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  7. Question 7

    This type asked 3 times: 3 May 2023 S1, 18 Apr 2026 S1, 20 Apr 2026 S2. This one: 20 Apr 2026 S2 See all 3 of this type

    106
    Three blocks of different masses connected with inextensible string are pulled by a force FF on a frictionless surface as shown in the figure. The ratio of tensions T1T_1 to T2T_2 is

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  8. Question 8

    This type asked 3 times: 15 May 2023 S1, 22 Apr 2025 S1, 16 Apr 2026 S2. This one: 16 Apr 2026 S2 See all 3 of this type

    104
    A body of mass 1kg begins to move under the action of a time dependent force F⃗=(ti^+3t2j^)\vec{F} = (t\hat{i} + 3t^2\hat{j}) N where i^\hat{i} and j^\hat{j} are the unit vectors along x and y axis. The power developed by the above force at time t=2t = 2 s will be (in watt)

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  9. Question 9

    This type asked 3 times: 10 May 2024 S2, 12 May 2024 S1, 11 Apr 2026 S2. This one: 11 Apr 2026 S2 See all 3 of this type

    105
    A mass M moving with velocity V along X-axis collides and sticks to another mass 2M which is moving along Y-axis with velocity 3V. The velocity of the combination, after the collision is

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  10. Question 10

    Asked 2 times: 4 May 2023 S2*, 23 Apr 2025 S1 (* = numbers or wording changed that year) See all 2 times it was asked

    9
    The weight of man in a stationary lift is w1w_{1} and when it is moving downwards with uniform acceleration ' aa ' is w2w_{2}. If the ratio w1:w2=4:3w_{1}:w_{2}= 4:3, then the value of ' a ' is ( g=g = acceleration due to gravity)

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