Oscillations is a Class 11 Physics chapter that carries about 3.4% of the Physics questions in NEET. Practise it with 44 questions covering 2 topics, each with an explanation.
Sets of 15 questions that adapt to your level, with an explanation for every answer.
Across the 13 previous year papers, Oscillations had 20 questions, about 1.5 a year. The most in one paper was 3, in NEET 2019.
| Paper | Questions from this chapter |
|---|---|
| NEET 2026 | 3 |
| NEET 2025 | 2 |
| NEET 2024 | 2 |
| NEET 2023 | 1 |
| NEET 2022 | 1 |
| NEET 2021 | 2 |
| NEET 2020 | 1 |
| NEET 2019 | 3 |
| NEET 2018 | 1 |
| NEET 2017 | 2 |
| NEET 2016 | 0 |
| Re-AIPMT 2015 | 1 |
| AIPMT 2014 | 1 |
8 questions from the practice bank, spread across the chapter's topics. The full set is in the app.
Which of the following statements is correct?
Answer: B. Every SHM is periodic, but not every periodic motion is SHM
Why: SHM requires a restoring force proportional to the displacement.
If the amplitude of a simple harmonic oscillator is doubled, its total energy becomes:
Answer: B. four times
Why: E = ½kA² ∝ A², so doubling A multiplies the energy by 4.
The projection of uniform circular motion on a diameter of the circle is:
Answer: B. simple harmonic motion
Why: The projection of the position of the particle on a diameter satisfies x = A cos(ωt + φ).
A mass m hangs from two identical springs of constant k connected in parallel. Its time period is:
Answer: B. 2π√(m/2k)
Why: Springs in parallel add: k_eff = 2k, so T = 2π√(m/2k).
A particle's displacement is x = 0.04 sin(10t) m. Its amplitude and maximum velocity are:
Answer: A. 4 cm and 0.4 m/s
Why: A = 0.04 m and v_max = Aω = 0.04 × 10 = 0.4 m/s.
A mass hangs from a vertical spring and produces an extension of 0.1 m at equilibrium. Taking g = 10 m/s², its period of oscillation is:
Answer: A. 0.63 s
Why: k/m = g/x₀ = 100, so T = 2π√(x₀/g) = 2π × 0.1 = 0.63 s.
The angular frequency ω of a simple harmonic oscillator is related to its time period T by:
Answer: A. ω = 2π/T
Why: Angular frequency and time period are related by ω = 2π/T = 2πf.
When the displacement of a particle in SHM is half the amplitude, the kinetic energy is what fraction of the total energy?
Answer: A. 3/4
Why: PE = ½kx² = ¼ of total, so KE = 3/4.
Oscillations carries about 3.4% of the Physics questions in NEET. Across the 13 previous year papers on NeetVictory it appeared 20 times, about 1.5 questions a year.
Oscillations is a Class 11 Physics chapter in the NCERT syllabus.
NeetVictory has 44 practice questions on Oscillations, each with an explanation, in sets of 15 that adapt to your level. This page shows a free sample.
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