NEET UG 2021 · Physics · Question 5
NEET 2021 Physics, question 5
Question 5 of the NEET 2021 paper (code O1) is a Physics question from Electrostatic Potential and Capacitance. Its idea, Capacitors in Parallel, was asked only this once in NEET 2017–2026. The NTA final answer key gives option 4.
Updated 2026-10-08
Q5 · Physics
The equivalent capacitance of the combination shown in the figure is :
The figure, described in words
Three capacitors each C: one in the top branch and one in the bottom branch between the two terminals, and a third C connected vertically between the junctions of the top and bottom branches on their right side.
- 1C/2
- 23C/2
- 33C
- 42COfficial answer
Official answer: option 4 · NTA final answer key
Same idea
The only question on Capacitors in Parallel
No other NEET paper from 2017–2026 tested this exact idea.
Capacitors in Parallel: every question and how it was framed
The chapter
Electrostatic Potential and Capacitance in ten years of NEET
23 questions from 2017–2026, asked in 9 of 10 papers, about 2.2 a paper. Capacitance alone had 14.