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NEET UG 2023 · Physics · Question 3

NEET 2023 Physics, question 3

Question 3 of the NEET 2023 paper (code G6) is a Physics question from Current Electricity. Its idea, Series Resistors and Voltage Divider, was asked 4 times, in 2021, 2023 and 2024, across NEET 2017–2026. The NTA final answer key gives option 4.

Updated 2026-10-08

Q3 · Physics

If the galvanometer GG does not show any deflection in the circuit shown, the value of RR is given by :

The figure, described in words

Circuit: 10 V cell in series with 400 Ω; R connected across from the junction to the bottom wire; galvanometer G and a 2 V cell in the branch parallel to R.

  1. 1400 Ω\Omega
  2. 2200 Ω\Omega
  3. 350 Ω\Omega
  4. 4100 Ω\OmegaOfficial answer

Official answer: option 4 · NTA final answer key

Same idea

Series Resistors and Voltage Divider, in other papers

NEET asked this idea 4 times, in 2021, 2023 and 2024. The other 3 questions below.

  • 2024 Q35A wire of length 'll' and resistance 100 Ω is divided into 10 equal parts. The first 5 parts are connected in series while the next 5…Numerical · Medium
  • 2023 Q4010 resistors, each of resistance RR are connected in series to a battery of emf EE and negligible internal resistance. Then those are…Numerical · Easy
  • 2021 Q3The effective resistance of a parallel connection that consists of four wires of equal length, equal area of cross-section and same…Numerical · Easy

Series Resistors and Voltage Divider: 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. Ohm's Law and Resistance alone had 28.

Current Electricity: questions per paper

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