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Terminal Velocity for JEE: 25 solved questions

Real JEE paper questions on terminal velocity, part of mechanical properties of fluids. Each opens with the options, the correct answer and a step-by-step solution. Papers run from 2006 to 2026. No sign-in needed to read them.

What this topic asks

• Terminal velocity and its dependences — 14 questions
• Coalescing and splitting drops — 5 questions
• Rising bubbles — 4 questions
• Motion graphs in a viscous medium — 2 questions

All 25 questions with solutions

• A spherical liquid drop of radius R acquires a terminal velocity v₁ when it falls through a gas of viscosity… JEE Main 8th April 2nd Shift 2026
• Eight equal drops of water are falling through air with a steady speed of 10 cm s⁻¹. If the drops coalesce, t… JEE Main 11th April 2nd Shift 2023
• A solid sphere of radius R acquires a terminal velocity v₁ when falling under gravity through a viscous fluid… JEE Main 12th April 2nd Shift 2019
• Sixty-four rain drops of radius 1 mm each, falling down with a terminal velocity of 10 cm s⁻¹, coalesce to fo… JEE Main 24th Jan 1st Shift 2026
• Small water droplets of radius 0.01 mm are formed in the upper atmosphere and are falling with a terminal vel… JEE Main 8th April 2nd Shift 2024
• A small steel ball is dropped into a long cylinder containing glycerine. Which one of the following is the co… JEE Main 31st Jan 1st Shift 2024
• Which of the following options correctly describes the variation of the speed v and the acceleration a of a p… JEE Main Online 2016
• If an air bubble of diameter 2 mm rises steadily through a liquid of density 2000 kg m⁻³ at a rate of 0.5 cm… JEE Main 2nd April 2nd Shift 2026
• An air bubble of negligible weight having radius r rises steadily through a solution of density σ at a speed… JEE Main 30th June 1st Shift 2022
• An air bubble of diameter 6 mm rises steadily through a solution of density 1750 kg m⁻³ at the rate of 0.35 c… JEE Main 8th April 1st Shift 2023
• The diameter of an air bubble, which was initially 2 mm, rises steadily through a solution of density 1750 kg… JEE Main 28th July 1st Shift 2022
• The velocity of a small ball of mass 0.3 g and density 8 g cm⁻³, when dropped in a container filled with glyc… JEE Main 29th July 2nd Shift 2022
• A raindrop of radius R=0.2 mm falls from a cloud at a height h=2000 m above the ground. Assume that the drop… JEE Main 27th July 2nd Shift 2021
• A small metallic sphere of diameter 2 mm and density 10.5 g cm⁻³ is dropped in glycerine having viscosity 10… JEE Main 23rd Jan 2nd Shift 2026
• A solid steel ball of diameter 3.6 mm acquires a terminal velocity 2.45×10⁻² m s⁻¹ while falling under gravit… JEE Main 3rd April 2nd Shift 2025
• A spherical ball of radius 1×10⁻⁴ m and density 10⁵ kg m⁻³ falls freely under gravity through a distance h be… JEE Main 9th April 2nd Shift 2024
• A small spherical ball of radius r, falling through a viscous medium of negligible density, has terminal velo… JEE Main 31st Jan 2nd Shift 2024
• The terminal velocity vₜ of a spherical rain drop depends on the radius r of the drop as JEE Main 25th June 1st Shift 2022
• A water drop of radius 1 μm falls in a situation where the effect of the buoyant force is negligible. The coe… JEE Main 28th June 2nd Shift 2022
• In an experiment, a small steel ball falls through a liquid at a constant speed of 10 cm s⁻¹. If the steel ba… JEE Main Online 2013
• If a ball of steel (density ρ=7.8 g cm⁻³) attains a terminal velocity of 10 cm s⁻¹ when falling in a tank of… AIEEE Re-Scheduled 2011
• A spherical solid ball of volume V is made of a material of density ρ₁. It is falling through a liquid of den… AIEEE 2008
• If the terminal speed of a sphere of gold (density =19.5 kg m⁻³) is 0.2 m s⁻¹ in a viscous liquid (density =1… AIEEE 2006
• The terminal velocity of a metallic ball of radius 6 mm in a viscous fluid is 20 cm s⁻¹. The terminal velocit… JEE Main 21st Jan 2nd Shift 2026
• A small spherical ball of radius 0.1 mm and density 10⁴ kg m⁻³ falls freely under gravity through a distance… JEE Main 25th June 2nd Shift 2022