JEE Main Physics · Current Electricity

Wheatstone Bridge in JEE Main

Name: Wheatstone Bridge: JEE Main previous year questions
Creator: Lumi

Wheatstone Bridge (Physics, Current Electricity) came 10 times in 9 of the 42 JEE Main shifts Lumi analysed, across 7 distinct ideas. 6 of them came in 2024–26; it was last asked in 2026.

Questions: 10; in 9 shifts
Ideas asked: 7; 2 asked more than once
Numerical answer: 4; 40% 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 4Medium 6Hard 0

Format

Single correct5 Q
Numerical value4 Q
Diagram based1 Q

Ideas inside the topic

7 ideas

Shunting Galvanometer for Protection3 Q
Meter Bridge Principles2 Q
Balanced Bridge Equation1 Q
DC Bridge with Capacitors1 Q
Effect of Shunting the Galvanometer1 Q
Hidden Wheatstone Bridges in Complex Networks1 Q
Battery and Galvanometer Interchangeability1 Q

Where it sits

Part of Current Electricity, which had 65 questions in all. Wheatstone Bridge accounts for 15% of them. In Lumi's JEE taxonomy it belongs to Current Electricity.

Some questions sit in other chapters too: Moving Charges and Magnetism.

Every question

All 10 Wheatstone Bridge questions

Newest first, each with its options and official answer.

6 Apr 2026, Shift 2 · Q48A moving coil of galvanometer when shunted with 2 $\Omega$ resistance gives a full scale deflection for a current of 500 mA. When a…MediumNumerical value
7 Apr 2025, Shift 1 · Q36A wire of resistance R is bent into a triangular pyramid as shown in figure with each segment having same length. The resistance between…MediumDiagram basedHas a figure
9 Apr 2024, Shift 1 · Q50A galvanometer has a coil of resistance $200\ \Omega$ with a full scale deflection at $20\ \mu$ A. The value of resistance to be added to…EasySingle correct
29 Jan 2024, Shift 1 · Q42A galvanometer having coil resistance $10\,\Omega$ shows a full scale deflection for a current of 3mA. For it to measure a current of 8A,…EasySingle correct
29 Jan 2024, Shift 1 · Q50The deflection in moving coil galvanometer falls from 25 divisions to 5 division when a shunt of $24\,\Omega$ is applied. The resistance…MediumSingle correct
31 Jan 2024, Shift 2 · Q49The resistance per centimeter of a meter bridge wire is $r$ , with $X\ \Omega$ resistance in left gap. Balancing length from left end is at…MediumSingle correct
13 Apr 2023, Shift 2 · Q56In the circuit shown, the energy stored in the capacitor is $n\ \mu$ J. The value of n is ______.MediumNumerical valueHas a figure
8 Jan 2020, Shift 1 · Q24Four resistances of 15 $\Omega$ , 12 $\Omega$ , 4 $\Omega$ and 10 $\Omega$ respectively in cyclic order to form Wheatstone's network. The…EasyNumerical value
9 Jan 2020, Shift 2 · Q23In a meter bridge experiment S is a standard resistance. R is a resistance wire. It is found that balancing length is $l = 25$ cm. If R is…EasyNumerical valueHas a figure
2 Apr 2017 (offline) · Q29Which of the following statements is **false** ?MediumSingle correct