JEE Main Physics · Electric Charges and Fields

Electric Dipoles in JEE Main

Name: Electric Dipoles: JEE Main previous year questions
Creator: Lumi

Electric Dipoles (Physics, Electric Charges and Fields) came 6 times in 6 of the 42 JEE Main shifts Lumi analysed, across 4 distinct ideas. 3 of them came in 2024–26; it was last asked in 2026.

Questions: 6; in 6 shifts
Ideas asked: 4; 1 asked more than once
Numerical answer: 1; 17% of its questions
Pattern: Asked most years; last asked 2026

Questions each year

In the shifts Lumi analysed for each year.

Difficulty and format

Easy 1Medium 4Hard 1

Format

Single correct5 Q
Numerical value1 Q

Ideas inside the topic

4 ideas

Torque in Uniform Field3 Q
Electric Field on Axial Line1 Q
Interaction Potential Energy Between Two Dipoles1 Q
Angular SHM and Time Period of Dipole1 Q

Where it sits

Part of Electric Charges and Fields, which had 39 questions in all. Electric Dipoles 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 Electric Dipoles questions

Newest first, each with its options and official answer.

2 Apr 2026, Shift 1 · Q36Two short electric dipoles $A$ and $B$ having dipole moment $p_1$ and $p_2$ respectively are placed with their axis mutually perpendicular…MediumSingle correctHas a figure
4 Apr 2026, Shift 2 · Q36A rigid dipole undergoes a simple harmonic motion about its centre in the presence of an electric field $\vec E_1=E_0\,\hat x$ . If another…MediumSingle correct
7 Apr 2025, Shift 2 · Q37A dipole with two electric charges of $2\ \mu$ C magnitude each, with separation distance $0.5\ \mu$ m, is placed between the plates of a…MediumSingle correct
28 Jul 2022, Shift 1 · Q56Two electric dipoles of dipole moments $1.2\times10^{-30}$ Cm and $2.4\times10^{-30}$ Cm are placed in two different uniform electric…EasyNumerical value
6 Sep 2020, Shift 2 · Q12Two identical electric point dipoles have dipole moments $\vec{p_1}=p\hat{i}$ and $\vec{p_2}=-p\hat{i}$ and are held on the $x$ axis at…HardSingle correct
2 Apr 2017 (offline) · Q14An electric dipole has a fixed dipole moment $\vec{p}$ , which makes angle $\theta$ with respect to $x$ -axis. When subjected to an electric…MediumSingle correct