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Distance, Displacement and Average Speed for JEE: 16 solved questions

Real JEE paper questions on distance, displacement and average speed, part of motion in a straight line. Each opens with the options, the correct answer and a step-by-step solution. Papers run from 2018 to 2025. No sign-in needed to read them.

What this topic asks

• Distance and average speed — 12 questions
• Displacement and average velocity — 4 questions

All 16 questions with solutions

• A sportsman runs around a circular track of radius r such that he traverses the path ABAB. The distance trave… JEE Main 2nd April 2nd Shift 2025
• A cyclist starts from the point P of a circular ground of radius 2 km and travels along its circumference to… JEE Main 4th April 2nd Shift 2024
• A clock has 75 cm, 60 cm long second hand and minute hand, respectively. In 30 minutes duration, the tip of s… JEE Main 8th April 1st Shift 2024
• A particle moving in a straight line covers half the distance with speed 6 m/s. The other half is covered in… JEE Main 9th April 1st Shift 2024
• A person travels x distance with velocity v₁ and then x distance with velocity v₂ in the same direction. The… JEE Main 10th April 2nd Shift 2023
• Two trains 'A' and 'B' of length l and 4l are travelling into a tunnel of length L in parallel tracks from op… JEE Main 13th April 1st Shift 2023
• An object moves with speed v₁, v₂ and v₃ along a line segment AB, BC and CD respectively as shown in the figu… JEE Main 1st Feb 1st Shift 2023
• A car travels a distance of x with speed v₁ and then the same distance x with speed v₂ in the same direction.… JEE Main 25th Jan 1st Shift 2023
• A vehicle travels 4 km with speed of 3 km/h and another 4 km with speed of 5 km/h, then its average speed is JEE Main 30th Jan 2nd Shift 2023
• A person moved from A to B on a circular path as shown in the figure. If the distance travelled by him is 60… JEE Main 25th July 1st Shift 2022
• A man in a car at location Q on a straight highway is moving with speed v. He decides to reach a point P in a… JEE Main Online 2018
• A person travelling on a straight line moves with a uniform velocity v₁ for a distance x and with a uniform v… JEE Main 2nd April 1st Shift 2025
• A horse rider covers half the distance with 5 m/s speed. The remaining part of the distance was travelled wit… JEE Main 30th Jan 1st Shift 2023
• A car covers AB distance with first one-third at velocity v₁ m s⁻¹, second one-third at v₂ m s⁻¹ and last one… JEE Main 28th June 2nd Shift 2022
• A train starting from rest first accelerates uniformly up to a speed of 80 km/h for time t, then it moves wit… JEE Main 6th April 1st Shift 2024
• A person starts his journey from centre 'O' of the park and comes back to the same position following path OP… JEE Main 30th June 1st Shift 2022