JEE Main Physics · Electric Charges and Fields

Conductors in Fields in JEE Main

Name: Conductors in Fields: JEE Main previous year questions
Creator: Lumi

Conductors in Fields (Physics, Electric Charges and Fields) came 6 times in 5 of the 42 JEE Main shifts Lumi analysed, across 6 distinct ideas. 6 of them came in 2024–26; it was last asked in 2026.

Questions: 6; in 5 shifts
Ideas asked: 6; 0 asked more than once
Numerical answer: 0; 0% of its questions
Pattern: New since 2024; last asked 2026

Questions each year

In the shifts Lumi analysed for each year.

Difficulty and format

Easy 5Medium 1Hard 0

Format

Single correct3 Q
Assertion–reason2 Q
Other1 Q

Ideas inside the topic

6 ideas

Action of Points and Corona Discharge1 Q
Charge Ratio of Connected Distant Spheres1 Q
Surface Charge Density Ratio of Connected Spheres1 Q
Surface Charge Density Ratio of Connected Spheres1 Q
Electrostatic Shielding1 Q
Surface Charge Distribution1 Q

Where it sits

Part of Electric Charges and Fields, which had 39 questions in all. Conductors in Fields accounts for 15% of them. In Lumi's JEE taxonomy it belongs to Electrostatics.

Some questions sit in other chapters too: Electrostatic Potential and Capacitance.

Every question

All 6 Conductors in Fields questions

Newest first, each with its options and official answer.

2 Apr 2026, Shift 1 · Q34Two charged conducting spheres $S_1$ and $S_2$ of radii $8$ cm and $18$ cm are connected to each other by a wire. After equilibrium is…EasySingle correct
4 Apr 2026, Shift 2 · Q38Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R Assertion A: In electrostatics, a…MediumAssertion–reason
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
8 Apr 2025, Shift 2 · Q37Electric charge is transferred to an irregular metallic disk as shown in figure. If $\sigma_1$ , $\sigma_2$ , $\sigma_3$ and $\sigma_4$ are…EasyOtherHas a figure
8 Apr 2025, Shift 2 · Q38Two metal spheres of radius R and 3R have same surface charge density $\sigma$ . If they are brought in contact and then separated, the…EasySingle correct
8 Apr 2024, Shift 1 · Q45Two charged conducting spheres of radii $a$ and $b$ are connected to each other by a conducting wire. The ratio of charges of the two…EasySingle correct