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Rolling Motion for JEE: 49 solved questions

Real JEE paper questions on rolling motion, part of rotational motion. Each opens with the options, the correct answer and a step-by-step solution. Papers run from 2002 to 2026. No sign-in needed to read them.

What this topic asks

• Rolling on an incline — 26 questions
• Rolling kinematics and energy — 12 questions
• Rolling dynamics and slipping — 11 questions

All 49 questions with solutions

• A wheel rolls on a plane surface. The speed of the particle at the highest point of the rim is 8 m/s. The spe… JEE Main 4th April 2nd Shift 2025
• The centre of a wheel rolling on a plane surface moves with a speed v₀. A particle on the rim of the wheel at… JEE Main 22nd July 2nd Shift 2021
• A disc of radius R rolls without slipping. At t=0 the top-most point is A. When the disc completes half of a… JEE Main 13th April 1st Shift 2023
• A solid spherical ball rolls without slipping on a horizontal plane about its axis of symmetry. The ratio of… JEE Main 26th June 2nd Shift 2022
• A solid sphere rolls without slipping on a horizontal plane. The ratio of the translational (centre-of-mass)… JEE Main 24th Jan 2nd Shift 2025
• A solid sphere of mass 2 kg is in pure rolling on a horizontal surface with kinetic energy 2240 J. The veloci… JEE Main 21st Jan 1st Shift 2023
• A solid disc of mass 50 kg rolls along a floor with its centre of mass moving at 0.4 m/s. The magnitude of th… JEE Main 31st Jan 1st Shift 2024
• A uniform sphere of mass 500 g rolls without slipping on a plane horizontal surface with its centre moving at… JEE Main 8th Jan 2nd Shift 2020
• A solid sphere rolls on a surface with translational velocity v. To climb an incline continuing to roll witho… JEE Main Online 2012
• A spherical ball of mass 20 kg, stationary at the top of a 100 m hill, rolls down a smooth surface to the gro… AIEEE 2005
• A solid sphere and a solid cylinder of identical radii approach an incline with the same linear velocity v, a… JEE Main 8th April 2nd Shift 2019
• The following bodies are made to roll up (without slipping) the same incline from a horizontal plane: (i) a r… JEE Main 9th April 1st Shift 2019
• A hollow spherical ball of uniform density rolls up a curved surface with an initial velocity 3 m/s. The maxi… JEE Main 8th April 2nd Shift 2023
• A uniform solid cylinder rolls without slipping down an inclined rough plane of inclination 45°. Starting fro… JEE Main 24th Jan 1st Shift 2025
• A solid cylinder is released from rest at the top of an incline of inclination 30° and length 60 cm. If it ro… JEE Main 1st Feb 1st Shift 2023
• Two bodies, a ring and a solid cylinder of the same material, are rolling down without slipping an inclined p… JEE Main 20th July 2nd Shift 2021
• A string is wound around a hollow cylinder of mass 5 kg and radius 0.5 m. The string is pulled with a horizon… JEE Main 11th Jan 2nd Shift 2019
• A homogeneous solid cylindrical roller of radius R and mass M is pulled on a cricket pitch by a horizontal fo… JEE Main 10th Jan 1st Shift 2019
• A cylinder of mass M rests on a rough horizontal rug that is pulled out from under it with acceleration a per… JEE Main Online 2014
• A hoop of radius r and mass m rotating with angular velocity ω₀ is placed on a rough horizontal surface. The… JEE Main Online 2013
• A circular disc reaches from the top to the bottom of an incline of length L. When it slips down it takes tim… JEE Main 9th April 2nd Shift 2024
• A solid cylinder of radius R and length L is slipping on a rough horizontal plane. At t=0 it has a translatio… JEE Main 8th April 2nd Shift 2026
• An object of uniform density rolls up a curved path with an initial velocity v₀. If the maximum height attain… JEE Main 5th April 2nd Shift 2026
• A solid sphere (A) of mass 5m and a spherical shell (B) of mass m, both having the same radius, are placed on… JEE Main 6th April 2nd Shift 2026
• A force of 49 N acts tangentially at the highest point of a solid sphere of mass 20 kg kept on a rough horizo… JEE Main 3rd April 1st Shift 2025
• A solid sphere of mass m and radius r is allowed to roll without slipping from the highest point of an inclin… JEE Main 23rd Jan 1st Shift 2025
• A solid sphere and a hollow sphere of the same mass and the same radius are rolled on an inclined plane. Let… JEE Main 24th Jan 2nd Shift 2025
• A disc of radius R and mass M is rolling horizontally without slipping with speed v. It then moves up an incl… JEE Main 1st Feb 2nd Shift 2024
• A solid cylinder and a solid sphere, having the same mass M and radius R, roll down the same inclined plane f… JEE Main 25th July 1st Shift 2022
• A body rolls down an inclined plane without slipping. The kinetic energy of rotation is 50% of its translatio… JEE Main 20th July 2nd Shift 2022
• Consider a situation in which a ring, a solid cylinder and a solid sphere roll down on the same inclined plan… JEE Main 22nd July 2nd Shift 2021
• A sphere of mass 2 kg and radius 0.5 m is rolling with an initial speed of 1 m s⁻¹ and goes up an inclined pl… JEE Main 17th March 2nd Shift 2021
• A sphere of radius a and mass m rolls along a horizontal plane with constant speed v₀. It encounters an incli… JEE Main 25th Feb 2nd Shift 2021
• A roller is made by joining together two cones at their vertices O, so that the roller is pointed at its cent… JEE Main 2016
• A uniform solid cylindrical roller of mass m is being pulled on a horizontal surface with a force F parallel… JEE Main Online 2015
• A tennis ball (treated as a hollow spherical shell) starting from O rolls down a hill. At point A the ball be… JEE Main Online 2013
• A round uniform body of radius R, mass M and moment of inertia I rolls down (without slipping) an inclined pl… AIEEE 2007
• A solid sphere, a hollow sphere and a ring are released from the top of an inclined plane (frictionless) so t… AIEEE 2002
• A circular ring and a solid sphere having the same radius roll down on an inclined plane from rest without sl… JEE Main 4th April 1st Shift 2025
• A solid sphere and a hollow cylinder roll up without slipping on the same inclined plane with the same initia… JEE Main 4th April 1st Shift 2024
• A hollow sphere is rolling on a plane surface about its axis of symmetry. The ratio of rotational kinetic ene… JEE Main 5th April 2nd Shift 2024
• A ring and a solid sphere, of the same mass and identical radii, roll down the same inclined plane without sl… JEE Main 27th Jan 2nd Shift 2024
• A cylinder is rolling down on an inclined plane of inclination 60°. Its acceleration during rolling down will… JEE Main 29th Jan 1st Shift 2024
• A solid sphere is rolling on a horizontal plane without slipping. If the ratio of the angular momentum about… JEE Main 13th April 1st Shift 2023
• A uniform disc of mass 0.5 kg and radius r is projected with velocity 18 m/s at t=0 s on a rough horizontal s… JEE Main 30th Jan 2nd Shift 2023
• A solid sphere of mass 1 kg rolls without slipping on a plane surface. Its kinetic energy is 7×10⁻³ J. The sp… JEE Main 31st Jan 1st Shift 2023
• A solid disc of radius a and mass m rolls down without slipping on an inclined plane making an angle θ with t… JEE Main 16th March 2nd Shift 2021
• The following bodies, (1) a ring, (2) a disc, (3) a solid cylinder and (4) a solid sphere, of the same mass m… JEE Main 17th March 1st Shift 2021
• A rolling wheel of 12 kg is on an inclined plane at position P and connected to a mass of 3 kg through a stri… JEE Main 27th June 2nd Shift 2022