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NEET UG 2022 · Physics · Question 39

NEET 2022 Physics, question 39

Question 39 of the NEET 2022 paper (code R1) is a Physics question from Electric Charges and Fields. Its idea, Field of an Electric Dipole, was asked only this once in NEET 2017–2026. The NTA final answer key gives option 3.

Updated 2026-10-08

Q39 · Physics

Two point charges -q and +q are placed at a distance of L, as shown in the figure.

The magnitude of electric field intensity at a distance R (R >> L) varies as :

The figure, described in words

Stem: figure of two point charges -q and +q separated by distance L along a line (dipole diagram).

  1. 11R6\frac{1}{R^6}
  2. 21R2\frac{1}{R^2}
  3. 31R3\frac{1}{R^3}Official answer
  4. 41R4\frac{1}{R^4}

Official answer: option 3 · NTA final answer key

Same idea

The only question on Field of an Electric Dipole

No other NEET paper from 2017–2026 tested this exact idea.

Field of an Electric Dipole: every question and how it was framed

The chapter

Electric Charges and Fields in ten years of NEET

14 questions from 2017–2026, asked in 9 of 10 papers, about 1.4 a paper. Coulomb's Law alone had 9.

Electric Charges and Fields: questions per paper

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