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NEET UG 2023 · Physics · Question 21

NEET 2023 Physics, question 21

Question 21 of the NEET 2023 paper (code G6) is a Physics question from Current Electricity. Its idea, Batteries in Opposition, was asked only this once in NEET 2017–2026. The NTA final answer key gives option 3.

Updated 2026-10-08

Q21 · Physics

The magnitude and direction of the current in the following circuit is

The figure, described in words

Circuit: top branch A–2Ω–10 V cell–point E–5 V cell–1Ω–B; bottom branch D–7Ω–C closes the loop (A–D, B–C).

  1. 11.5 A from BB to AA through EE
  2. 20.2 A from BB to AA through EE
  3. 30.5 A from AA to BB through EEOfficial answer
  4. 459\frac{5}{9} A from AA to BB through EE

Official answer: option 3 · NTA final answer key

Same idea

The only question on Batteries in Opposition

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

Batteries in Opposition: every question and how it was framed

The chapter

Current Electricity in ten years of NEET

34 questions from 2017–2026, asked in 10 of 10 papers, about 3.2 a paper. Kirchhoff's Rules alone had 6.

Current Electricity: questions per paper

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