JEE Mains 2026 (21 Jan, Shift 2), Paper 1 (B.E./B.Tech) question paper
75 questions · 300 marks · 180 minutes · +4 per correct answer, -1 per wrong one
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Physics
25 questions
- 1Consider two identical metallic spheres of radius each having charge and mass . Their centers have an initial separation of . Both the spheres are given an initial speed of towards each other. The minimum value of , so that they can just touch each other is : (Take and assume where G is the Gravitational constant)
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- 2The charge stored by the capacitor C in the given circuit in the steady state is .
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- 3The total length of potentiometer wire AB is 50 cm in the arrangement as shown in figure. If P is the point where the galvanometer shows zero reading then the length AP is cm .
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- 4A capacitor C is first charged fully with potential difference of and disconnected from the battery. The charged capacitor is connected across an inductor having inductance L . In t s of the initial energy in the capacitor is transferred to the inductor. The value of t is s.
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- 5The r.m.s speed of oxygen molecules at is equal to that of the hydrogen molecules kept at . (Mass of oxygen molecule/mass of hydrogen molecule=32/2)
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- 6Two cars A and B each of mass are moving on parallel tracks separated by a distance of 10 m , in same direction with speeds and . The magnitude of angular momentum of car A with respect to car B is J.s.
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- 7The pulley shown in figure is made using a thin rim and two rods of length equal to diameter of the rim. The rim and each rod have a mass of M . Two blocks of mass of M and m are attached to two ends of a light string passing over the pulley, which is hinged to rotate freely in vertical plane about its centre. The magnitudes of the acceleration experienced by the blocks is (assume no slipping of string on pulley.)
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- 8The kinetic energy of a simple harmonic oscillator is oscillating with angular frequency of . The frequency of this simple harmonic oscillator is___ Hz.
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- 9Given below are two statements: Statement I: In a Young's double slit experiment, the angular separation of fringes will increase as the screen is moved away from the plane of the slits Statement II : In a Young's double slit experiment, the angular separation of fringes will increase when monochromatic source is replaced by another monochromatic source of higher wavelength In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:
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- 10A battery with EMF E and internal resistance is connected across a resistance . The power consumption in R will be maximum when :
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- 11Keeping the significant figures in view, the sum of the physical quantities and 0.123 m is :
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- 12A spherical body of radius and density falls freely through a viscous liquid having density and viscosity and attains a terminal velocity . Estimated maximum error in the quantity is : (Ignore errors associated with and g , gravitational acceleration)
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- 13Surface tension of two liquids (having same densities), and , are measured using capillary rise method utilizing two tubes with inner radii of and where . The measured liquid heights in these tubes are and respectively. [Ignore the weight of the liquid about the lowest point of miniscus]. The heights and and surface tensions and satisfy the relation :
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- 14A river of width 200 m is flowing from west to east with a speed of . A boat, moving with speed of in still water, is made to travel one-round trip (bank to bank of the river). Minimum time taken by the boat for this journey and also the displacement along the river bank are and respectively.
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- 15Two known resistance of and and and one unknown resistance are connected in a circuit as shown in the figure. If the equivalent resistance between points A and B in the circuit is , then the value of X is .
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- 16The energy of an electron in an orbit of the Bohr's atom is where is the ground state energy. If L is the angular momentum of the electron in this orbit and h is the Planck's constant, then is :
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- 17An infinitely long straight wire carrying current I is bent in a planer shape as shown in the diagram. The radius of the circular part is r . The magnetic field at the centre O of the circular loop is :
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- 18A large drum having radius R is spinning around its axis with angular velocity , as shown in figure. The minimum value of so that a body of mass M remains stuck to the inner wall of the drum, taking the coefficient of friction between the drum surface and mass M is , is :
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- 19A body of mass 2 kg is moving along x -direction such that its displacement as function of time is given by , where , and . The work done on the body during the time interval to , is J.
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- 20As shown in the diagram, when the incident ray is parallel to base of the prism, the emergent ray grazes along the second surface. If refractive index of the material of prism is , the angle of prism is.
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- 21An electromagnetic wave of frequency 100 MHz propagates through a medium of conductivity, . The ratio of maximum conducting current density to maximum displacement current density is .
- 22The terminal velocity of a metallic ball of radius 6 mm in a viscous fluid is . The terminal velocity of another ball of same material and having radius 3 mm in the same fluid will be .
- 23A particle having electric charge and mass is accelerated by applying an electric potential of 1.21 V. Wavelength of the matter wave associated with the particle is . The value of is . (Take Planck's constant )
- 24In a Young's double slit experiment set up, the two slits are kept apart and screen is placed at 1 m from slits. If a thin transparent sheet of thickness is introduced in front of one of the slits then central bright fringe shifts by 20 mm on the screen. The refractive index of transparent sheet is given by , where is .
- 25A diatomic gas does 100 J of work when it is expanded isobarically. Then the heat given to the gas J.
Chemistry
25 questions
- 26Consider the following spectral lines for atomic hydrogen: (A) First line of Paschen series (B) Second line of Balmer series (C) Third line of Paschen series (D) Fourth line of Brackett series The correct arrangement of the above lines in ascending order of energy is:
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- 27Match List-I with List-II.Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
List-I Pair of Compounds List-II Type of Isomers (A) 2-Methylpropene and but-1-ene (I) Stereoisomers (B) Cis-but-2-ene and trans-but-2-ene (II) Position isomers (C) 2-Butanol and diethyl ether (III) Chain isomers (D) But-1-ene and but-2-ene (IV) Functional group isomers Tap an option to check your answer.
- 28Consider the above sequence of reactions. The number of bromine atom(s) in the final product (P) will be:
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- 29Aqueous HCl reacts with to form , and . What is the weight (in g) of liberated when 8.7 g of is reacted with excess aqueous HCl solution ? (Given Molar mass in )
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- 30By usual analysis, 1.00 g of compound gave 1.79 g of magnesium pyrophosphate. The percentage of phosphorus in compound is: (nearest integer) (Given, molar mass in , )
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- 31Consider the following data: methane, g Enthalpy of sublimation of graphite Dissociation enthalpy of The bond enthalpy of bond is given by:
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- 32Match List-I with List-II.Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
List-I Reagents List-II Reaction Name (Involving aldehydes) (A) (I) Etard Reaction (B) (II) Rosenmund Reduction (C) (III) Gattermann-Koch Reaction (D) , anhyd. (IV) Stephen Reaction Tap an option to check your answer.
- 33Decomposition of A is a first order reaction at and is given by . In a closed 1 L vessel, 1 bar is allowed to decompose at . After 100 minutes, the total pressure was 1.5 bar. What is the rate constant (in ) of the reaction ? ()
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- 34The correct order of reactivity of the following benzyl halides towards reaction with KCN is:
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- 35Given below are two statements: Statement-I: The correct order in terms of atomic/ionic radii is . Statement-II: The correct order in terms of the magnitude of electron gain enthalpy is . In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:
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- 36The correct statements are: (A) Activation energy for enzyme catalysed hydrolysis of sucrose is lower than that of acid catalysed hydrolysis. (B) During denaturation, secondary and tertiary structures of a protein are destroyed but primary structure remains intact. (C) Nucleotides are joined together by glycosidic linkage between and carbons of the pentose sugar (D) Quaternary structure of proteins represents overall folding of the polypeptide chain. Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
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- 37The correct order of the rate of the reaction for the following reaction with respect to nucleophiles is:
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- 38Given below are two statements: Statement I: Crystal Field Stabilization Energy (CFSE) of is greater than that of . Statement II: Potassium ferricyanide has a greater spin-only magnetic moment than sodium Ferrocyanide. In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:
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- 39The correct increasing order of , and bonds in terms of covalent bond length is:
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- 40Given below are four compounds: (A) n-propyl chloride (B) iso-propyl chloride (C) sec-butyl chloride (D) neo-pentyl chloride Percentage of carbon in the one which exhibits optical isomerism is:
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- 41Given below are some of the statements about Mn and . Identify the correct statements (A) Mn forms the oxide in which Mn is in its highest oxidation state. (B) Oxygen stabilizes the Mn in higher oxidation states by forming multiple bonds with Mn (C) is an ionic oxide. (D) The structure of consists of one bridged oxygen. Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
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- 42For a closed circuit Daniell cell, which of the following plots is the accurate one at a given temperature?
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- 43Given below are two statements : Statement-I: Compound (X), shown below , dissolves in solution and has two chiral carbon atoms. Statement - II : Compound (Y), shown below, has two carbons with hybridization, one carbon with and one carbon with sp hybridization In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below :
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- 44Given below are two statements : Statement I : The correct order in terms of bond dissociation enthalpy is Statement II : The correct trend in the covalent character of the metal halides is , and In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below :
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- 45On heating a mixture of common salt and in equal amount along with concentrated in a test tube, a gas is evolved. Formula of the gas evolved and oxidation state of the central metal atom in the gas respectively are :
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- 46The first and second ionization constants of are and respectively. The concentration of in solution is . (Nearest Integer)
- 47The osmotic pressure of a living cell in 12 atm at 300 K . The strength of sodium chloride solution that is isotonic with the living cell at this temperature is . (Nearest integer) Given : Assume complete dissociation of NaCl (Given : Molar mass of Na and Cl are 23 and 35.5 respectively.)
- 48A substance ' X ' ( 1.5 g ) dissolved in 150 g of a solvent ' Y ' (molar mass ) led to an elevation of the boiling point by 0.5 K . The relative lowering in the vapour pressure of the solvent ' Y ' is . (Nearest integer) [Given : of the solvent ] Assume the solution to be dilute and no association or dissociation of X takes place in solution.
- 49Identify the metal ions among and having a spin-only magnetic moment value more than 3.0 BM. The sum of unpaired electrons present in the high spin octahedral complexes formed by those metal ions is .
- 50MX is a sparingly soluble salt that follows the given solubility equilibrium at 298 KIf the standard reduction potential for is , then the value of the standard reduction potential for the metal/metal insoluble salt electrode is mV. (nearest integer) [Given: ]
Mathematics
25 questions
- 51The positive integer n , for which the solutions of the equation are two consecutive even integers, is :-
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- 52Let be a twice differentiable function such that for all and , where a is real number. Let , . Consider the following two statements : (I) g is increasing in (II) g is decreasing in Then,
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- 53Let , . Then the value of is :
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- 54If the line , where , touches the ellipse at the point in the first quadrant, then one of the focal distances of P is :
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- 55Let be the parabola with its vertex at O . Let P be a point on the parabola and A be a point on the x -axis such that . Then the locus of the centroid of such triangles OPA is :
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- 56Let one end of a focal chord of the parabola be (16, 16). If divides this focal chord internally in the ratio , then the minimum value of is equal to :
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- 57Let the line L pass through the point and make equal angles with the positive coordinate axes. If the distance of L from the point ( ) is , then the sum of all possible values of is :
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- 58Let the line be parallel to the vector and pass through the point and the line be parallel to the vector and pass through the point . If the line is parallel to the vector and intersects the lines and at the points C and D , respectively, then is equal to :
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- 59Let and be the roots of equation such that . Then the set of all possible values of is :
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- 60A random variable takes values with probabilities , b respectively, where . Let and respectively be the mean and standard deviation of such that . Then is equal to :
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- 61If the area of the region , is , then the value of is :
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- 62Let be a G.P. of common ratio . If , then is equal to :
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- 63Let and . Then
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- 64For the matrices and , if , then among the following which one is true?
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- 65For a triangle , let and . If and , where is the angle between and , then is equal to:
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- 66Let be the solution of the differential equation , . Then is equal to:
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- 67Let . Let R be the relation on A defined by x Ry if and only if . Let be the number of elements in R , and m be the minimum number of elements required to be added in R to make it a symmetric relation. Then is equal to:
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- 68If the system of equations , , has no solution, then the value of is equal to:
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- 69Let be the complex number satisfying and having maximum positive principal argument. Then is equal to:
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- 70The largest , for which divides 101!, is :
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- 71Let [ • ] denote the greatest integer function and . Then is equal to .
- 72If , where , then is equal to .
- 73Let the maximum value of for be , where . Then is equal to .
- 74If , then is equal to .
- 75If P is a point on the circle is a point on the straight line and is the perpendicular bisector of PQ , then 13 times the sum of abscissa of all such point P is .
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