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Pulleys, Strings and Connected Bodies for JEE: 15 solved questions

Real JEE paper questions on pulleys, strings and connected bodies, part of laws of motion. Each opens with the options, the correct answer and a step-by-step solution. Papers run from 2004 to 2026. No sign-in needed to read them.

What this topic asks

• Tension in connected bodies — 8 questions
• The Atwood machine — 4 questions
• Pulleys with inclines and movable pulleys — 3 questions

All 15 questions with solutions

• Three masses m₁=4 kg, m₂=4 kg and m₃=6 kg are suspended from a fixed smooth frictionless pulley as shown in t… JEE Main 5th April 1st Shift 2026
• The velocity at which the 6 kg mass shown in the figure strikes the ground when it is released from a height… JEE Main 6th April 2nd Shift 2026
• A light string passing over a smooth light pulley connects two blocks of masses m₁ and m₂ (where m₂>m₁). If t… JEE Main 6th April 1st Shift 2024
• A light unstretchable string passing over a smooth light pulley connects two blocks of masses m₁ and m₂. If t… JEE Main 9th April 1st Shift 2024
• All surfaces shown in the figure are assumed to be frictionless and the pulleys and the string are light. The… JEE Main 30th Jan 1st Shift 2024
• As per given figure, a weightless pulley P is attached on a double inclined frictionless surfaces. The tensio… JEE Main 24th Jan 1st Shift 2023
• Three masses M=100 kg, m₁=10 kg and m₂=20 kg are arranged in a system as shown in figure. All the surfaces ar… JEE Main 26th July 1st Shift 2022
• Two masses M₁ and M₂ are tied together at the two ends of a light inextensible string that passes over a fric… JEE Main 26th July 2nd Shift 2022
• A uniform metal chain of mass m and length L passes over a massless and frictionless pulley. It is released f… JEE Main 28th July 2nd Shift 2022
• In the arrangement shown in figure a₁, a₂, a₃ and a₄ are the accelerations of masses m₁, m₂, m₃ and m₄ respec… JEE Main 26th June 2nd Shift 2022
• The boxes of masses 2 kg and 8 kg are connected by a massless string passing over smooth pulleys. Calculate t… JEE Main 27th Aug 2nd Shift 2021
• Two masses m₁=5 kg and m₂=4.8 kg tied to a string are hanging over a light frictionless pulley. What is the a… JEE Main 2004
• Three blocks M₁, M₂, M₃ having masses 4 kg, 6 kg and 10 kg respectively are hanging from a smooth pulley usin… JEE Main 5th April 1st Shift 2024
• A system of 10 balls each of mass 2 kg are connected via massless and unstretchable string. The system is all… JEE Main 26th June 2nd Shift 2022
• A hanging mass M is connected to a four times bigger mass by using a string-pulley arrangement, as shown in t… JEE Main 28th June 1st Shift 2022