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JEE Main Physics · Class 12

Electric Charges and Fields: JEE Main previous year questions

Electric Charges and Fields had 39 questions in the 42 JEE Main shifts Lumi analysed, about 0.8 a shift, asked in 30 of 42 shifts. It ranks 13 of 29 Physics chapters by questions; 5% of its questions were hard.

Questions
39
in 30 of 42 shifts
A shift, on average
0.8
of 25 Physics questions
Since 2024
+0.2
0.7 a shift in 2017–23, 0.9 in 2024–26
Numerical answer
11
28% of its questions

Year by year

How often it came

Questions in the analysed shifts of each year. Years differ in how many shifts Lumi analysed, so read the bars with the shift count.

Questions each year
05100’175’203’214’223’239’249’256’26

2017: 1 shifts · 2020: 4 shifts · 2021: 4 shifts · 2022: 4 shifts · 2023: 4 shifts · 2024: 8 shifts · 2025: 8 shifts · 2026: 9 shifts

Difficulty by year
  • 2017
  • 20205
  • 20213
  • 20224
  • 20233
  • 20249
  • 20259
  • 20266
  • Easy
  • Medium
  • Hard

Inside the chapter

Topics and the ideas that repeat

5 topics and 30 distinct ideas; 5 ideas were asked more than once. Most questions are single correct and calculation.

Topics, by questions

1 questions had no close topic in our taxonomy and are counted for the chapter only.

Ideas asked most
5 repeat

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Electric Charges and Fields: the interactive lesson

Every question

All 39 Electric Charges and Fields questions

Newest first. Each opens with its options and the official answer.

2026 6 questions

  1. 2 Apr 2026, Shift 1 · Q34Two charged conducting spheres S1S_1 and S2S_2 of radii 88 cm and 1818 cm are connected to each other by a wire. After equilibrium is…EasySingle correct
  2. 2 Apr 2026, Shift 1 · Q36Two short electric dipoles AA and BB having dipole moment p1p_1 and p2p_2 respectively are placed with their axis mutually perpendicular…MediumSingle correctHas a figure
  3. 2 Apr 2026, Shift 2 · Q40Two point charges 8 μ\muC and −2-2 μ\muC are located at x=2x = 2 cm and x=4x = 4 cm, respectively on the xx-axis. The ratio of electric…EasySingle correct
  4. 4 Apr 2026, Shift 2 · Q36A rigid dipole undergoes a simple harmonic motion about its centre in the presence of an electric field E⃗1=E0 x^\vec E_1=E_0\,\hat x. If another…MediumSingle correct
  5. 6 Apr 2026, Shift 1 · Q38A thin half ring of radius 35 cm is uniformly charged with a total charge of QQ coulomb. If the magnitude of the electric field at centre…MediumSingle correct
  6. 8 Apr 2026, Shift 2 · Q41Two point charges q1=3 μq_1 = 3\,\muC and q2=−4 μq_2 = -4\,\muC are placed at points (2i^+3j^+3k^)\left(2\hat{i} + 3\hat{j} + 3\hat{k}\right) and…EasySingle correct

2025 9 questions

  1. 2 Apr 2025, Shift 1 · Q34A small bob of mass 100 mg and charge +10 μC+10\ \mu\mathrm{C} is connected to an insulating string of length 1 m. It is brought near to an…MediumSingle correctHas a figure
  2. 2 Apr 2025, Shift 1 · Q37Consider two infinitely large plane parallel conducting plates as shown below. The plates are uniformly charged with a surface charge…EasySingle correctHas a figure
  3. 2 Apr 2025, Shift 1 · Q39A point charge +q+q is placed at the origin. A second point charge +9q+9q is placed at (d,0,0)(d, 0, 0) in Cartesian coordinate system. The…EasySingle correct
  4. 2 Apr 2025, Shift 2 · Q44Consider a circular loop that is uniformly charged and has a radius a2a\sqrt{2}. Find the position along the positive zz-axis of the…MediumSingle correct
  5. 4 Apr 2025, Shift 2 · Q38A metallic ring is uniformly charged as shown in figure. AC and BD are two mutually perpendicular diameters. Electric field due to arc AB…MediumDiagram basedHas a figure
  6. 7 Apr 2025, Shift 2 · Q38Given below are two statements : one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R). Assertion (A) : The outer body…EasyAssertion–reason
  7. 7 Apr 2025, Shift 2 · Q50The electric field in a region is given by E⃗=(2i^+4j^+6k^)×103\vec{E}=\left(2\hat{i}+4\hat{j}+6\hat{k}\right)\times10^3 N/C. The flux of the field through…EasyNumerical value
  8. 8 Apr 2025, Shift 2 · Q36An infinitely long wire has uniform linear charge density λ=2\lambda = 2 nC/m. The net flux through a Gaussian cube of side length…MediumSingle correct
  9. 8 Apr 2025, Shift 2 · Q38Two metal spheres of radius R and 3R have same surface charge density σ\sigma. If they are brought in contact and then separated, the…EasySingle correct

2024 9 questions

  1. 6 Apr 2024, Shift 2 · Q42Two identical conducting spheres PP and SS with charge QQ on each, repel each other with a force 16 N. A third identical uncharged…MediumSingle correct
  2. 8 Apr 2024, Shift 1 · Q55An electric field, E⃗=2i^+6j^+8k^6\vec{E}=\frac{2\hat{i}+6\hat{j}+8\hat{k}}{\sqrt{6}} passes through the surface of 4 m2^2 area having unit vector…EasyNumerical value
  3. 9 Apr 2024, Shift 2 · Q42Five charges +q+q, +5q+5q, −2q-2q, +3q+3q and −4q-4q are situated as shown in the figure. The electric flux due to this configuration through…EasySingle correctHas a figure
  4. 9 Apr 2024, Shift 2 · Q56An electric field E⃗=(2xi^) NC−1\vec{E}=(2x\hat{i})\ NC^{-1} exists in space. A cube of side 22m is placed in the space as per figure given below.…MediumNumerical valueHas a figure
  5. 29 Jan 2024, Shift 1 · Q40Two charges of 5Q5Q and −2Q-2Q are situated at the points (3a,0)(3a, 0) and (−5a,0)(-5a, 0) respectively. The electric flux through a sphere of…EasySingle correct
  6. 29 Jan 2024, Shift 1 · Q55An electron is moving under the influence of the electric field of a uniformly charged infinite plane sheet S having surface charge…HardNumerical value
  7. 30 Jan 2024, Shift 2 · Q55Two identical charged spheres are suspended by strings of equal lengths. The strings make an angle of 37∘37^\circ with each other. When…HardNumerical value
  8. 31 Jan 2024, Shift 1 · Q40Two charges qq and 3q3q are separated by a distance 'r ' in air. At a distance xx from charge qq, the resultant electric field is zero.…EasySingle correct
  9. 31 Jan 2024, Shift 2 · Q40Force between two point charges q1q_1 and q2q_2 placed in vacuum at 'r' cm apart is FF. Force between them when placed in a medium having…EasySingle correct

2023 3 questions

  1. 11 Apr 2023, Shift 1 · Q55As shown in the figure, a configuration of two equal point charges (q0=+2μq_0 = +2\mu C) is placed on an inclined plane. Mass of each point…MediumNumerical valueHas a figure
  2. 13 Apr 2023, Shift 2 · Q41A 10 μ10\ \muC charge is divided into two parts and placed at 11 cm distance so that the repulsive force between them is maximum. The…EasySingle correct
  3. 13 Apr 2023, Shift 2 · Q55Three point charges q, −2q-2q and 2q2q are placed on x-axis at a distance x=0x=0, x=34Rx=\frac{3}{4}R and x=Rx=R respectively from origin as…MediumNumerical valueHas a figure

2022 4 questions

  1. 25 Jul 2022, Shift 1 · Q56The volume charge density of a sphere of radius 66 m is 2 μC cm−32\ \mu\mathrm{C\,cm^{-3}}. The number of lines of force per unit surface area…MediumNumerical value
  2. 28 Jul 2022, Shift 1 · Q56Two electric dipoles of dipole moments 1.2×10−301.2\times10^{-30} Cm and 2.4×10−302.4\times10^{-30} Cm are placed in two different uniform electric…EasyNumerical value
  3. 24 Jun 2022, Shift 1 · Q38A vertical electric field of magnitude 4.9×1054.9\times10^{5} N/C just prevents a water droplet of a mass 0.1 g from falling. The value of…EasySingle correct
  4. 29 Jun 2022, Shift 1 · Q48A positive charge particle of 100 mg is thrown in opposite direction to a uniform electric field of strength…EasySingle correct

2021 3 questions

  1. 25 Jul 2021, Shift 1 · Q28A particle of mass 1 mg and charge q is lying at the mid-point of two stationary particles kept at a distance '2 m' when each is carrying…MediumNumerical value
  2. 16 Mar 2021, Shift 2 · Q19Find out the surface charge density at the intersection of point x=3x=3 m plane and xx-axis, in the region of uniform line charge of 8…MediumSingle correct
  3. 18 Mar 2021, Shift 1 · Q1An oil drop of radius 2 mm with a density 3 g cm−3^{-3} is held stationary under a constant electric field 3.55×1053.55\times10^{5} V m−1^{-1}…MediumSingle correct

2020 5 questions

  1. 8 Jan 2020, Shift 1 · Q10Three charged particles A, B and C with charges −4q-4q, 2q2q and −2q-2q are present on the circumference of a circle of radius d. The…MediumSingle correctHas a figure
  2. 8 Jan 2020, Shift 1 · Q13In finding the electric field using Gauss law the formula ∣E⃗∣=qencϵ0∣A∣\left|\vec{E}\right| = \frac{q_{enc}}{\epsilon_0 |A|} is applicable. In the…MediumSingle correct
  3. 9 Jan 2020, Shift 2 · Q22An electric field E⃗=4x i^−(y2+1) j^\vec{E} = 4x\,\hat{i} - (y^2+1)\,\hat{j} N/C passes through the box shown in figure. The flux of the electric field…MediumNumerical valueHas a figure
  4. 2 Sep 2020, Shift 1 · Q11A charged particle (mass mm and charge qq) moves along XX axis with velocity V0V_0. When it passes through the origin it enters a…MediumDiagram basedHas a figure
  5. 6 Sep 2020, Shift 2 · Q11Consider the force F on a charge 'q' due to a uniformly charged spherical shell of radius R carrying charge Q distributed uniformly over…EasySingle correct

Pattern: Asked most years.