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Electromagnetic Induction: NEET previous year questions

14 questions in ten years of NEET, asked in 9 of 10 years. Here is what this chapter tests and how.

Asked in 10 years: 14; 9 of 10 papers
10-year average: 1.3; a paper · 1.9 since 2024 +0.8
Typical range: 1–2; questions a paper; fewest 0, most 3
Weighted estimate: 1.7; model, recent papers count more · about 7 marks

Typical range (fact)
10-year average (fact)
Weighted estimate (model)

Typical range: questions per paper in the middle eight of the ten papers, leaving out the single highest and lowest year (about the 10th to 90th percentile), each paper scaled to 180 questions. The ten-year average and the range are historical fact. The weighted estimate is a model: each paper's share, with recent papers counting more (half-life three years), and dropped syllabus removed. It is a guide to effort, not a forecast.

What to do

How to spend time on Electromagnetic Induction

Priority

Lower priority

Among the chapters that shared the last fifth of the questions. How bands are set

Past questions: 14in 9 of 10 papers
Study plan gives it: 15 hover 12 months; 11 h over 6

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Ideas asked most often

Self Inductance3×

171 of the 186 ideas in Lumi’s map of this chapter have not been asked or touched in ten years. New questions often come from ideas like these, so learn the whole chapter, not just the list above.

Questions per year

Kind of question

SHARE OF 10 YEARS

Calculation43%
Figure-based29%
Recall14%
Concept14%

Most common asks: numerical (7); dependence of mutual inductance of concentric loops (1); identify device not using a principle (1).

Profile

This chapter in numbers

Where it ranks, how steady it is, and what it costs to study.

Rank, all NEET chapters: #57; of 80 by weighted estimate
Rank in Physics: #15; of 27 chapters
Share of the paper: 0.8%; ten-year average
Busiest year: 2026; 3 questions
Year to year: Steady; varies by about 0.8 questions
Long-run direction: +0.13; questions per paper, per year
Easy questions: 36%; 89% of ideas rated hard
With a figure: 29%; graph, diagram or structure
Study time: 15 h; 11 h on a 6-month plan
Marks per study hour: 0.48; #75 of 80 chapters
Foundation for others: 89%; of its ideas are used in other chapters

Difficulty, year by year

Each question rated easy, medium or hard against NCERT.

20171
20181
20192
2020
20211
20222
20231
20242
20251
20263

Easy
Medium
Hard

What it asks you to do

SHARE OF QUESTIONS

Multi-step36%
Calculation29%
Concept14%
Recall14%
Application7%

Coverage

How much of the chapter NEET has used

We split the chapter into 186 ideas. In ten years NEET built a question around 12 of them. Most of the chapter has never been asked, which is why learning it whole beats memorising past questions.

Asked as the main idea: 12
Touched on in a question: 3
Never asked: 171

Topics

What repeats, topic by topic

Questions per topic in each year's paper. Topics that come every year are worth learning first.

Faraday's Law · Every year12
11212113
Lenz's Law · New since 20242
2

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25’26

Topic	2017	’18	2019	’20	2021	’22	2023	’24	2025	’26	Total
Faraday's LawEvery year	1	1	2	·	1	2	1	·	1	3	12
Lenz's LawNew since 2024	·	·	·	·	·	·	·	2	·	·	2

03+questions in that year’s paper

Faraday's Law
Expect a short numerical problem (one or two formula steps, four numeric options) about Faraday's Law; a diagram-based item (read or label a figure/graph, then answer) is the next most likely shape. Past framings centre on: numerical; dependence of mutual inductance of concentric loops.

Drill down

Topic, idea, question

Open a topic to see every idea NEET tested inside it, then open an idea to read the questions. Each row shows its ten papers.

topicAskedShareYears’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25’26

Open12 · 86%86%8/10223
10 ideas inside
- Repeated3 · 25%25%3/10
- 1 · 8%8%1/10
- 1 · 8%8%1/10
- 1 · 8%8%1/10
- 1 · 8%8%1/10
- 1 · 8%8%1/10
- 1 · 8%8%1/10
- 1 · 8%8%1/10
- 1 · 8%8%1/10
- 1 · 8%8%1/10
Open2 · 14%14%1/102

Squares are the ten papers, 2017 to 2026; darker means more questions. Share is of the level above.

Ideas

The exact ideas NEET has asked

Inside the topics, 12 different ideas were tested. These came more than once, or are new since 2024.

Self Inductance3×
numerical
EMF from Changing AreaNew1×
graph interpretation of induced power
Series and Parallel InductorsNew1×
ratio of emf across inductor combinations
Self-Inductance of a Long SolenoidNew1×
recall expression for solenoid inductance
Eddy Current Damping DirectionNew1×
count correct statements on eddy current force
Magnet and Loop Relative MotionNew1×
direction of induced current from moving magnet

Idea	Times	Usually asked as
Self Inductancenumerical	3	Numerical
EMF from Changing Areagraph interpretation of induced power	1	Figure-basedNew
Series and Parallel Inductorsratio of emf across inductor combinations	1	Figure-basedNew
Self-Inductance of a Long Solenoidrecall expression for solenoid inductance	1	One-line MCQNew
Eddy Current Damping Directioncount correct statements on eddy current force	1	OtherNew
Magnet and Loop Relative Motiondirection of induced current from moving magnet	1	Figure-basedNew

Every question

Electromagnetic Induction questions, year by year

The opening words of each question as it appeared in the official paper.

NEET 20263 questions

Q3Two identical inductors are connected in two different configurations P and Q, where a time varying current $I(t)$ is flowing, as shown in…Figure-based · figure
Q5Consider a long solenoid of length $l$ and radius r. If n is the number of turns per unit length and $\mu_0$ is the permeability of free…One-line MCQ
Q32A conducting loop of finite resistance lies on the x - y plane. There is a constant magnetic field in the z direction. The area of the…Figure-based · figure

NEET 20251 question

Q11AB is a part of an electrical circuit (see figure). The potential difference “ $V_A - V_B$ ”, at the instant when current i = 2 A and is…Figure-based · figure

NEET 20242 questions

Q28[figure: Solenoid-1 (A, B), bar magnet N-S moving with velocity v, Solenoid-2 (C, D)] In the above diagram, a strong bar magnet is moving…Figure-based · figure
Q48A sheet is placed on a horizontal surface in front of a strong magnetic pole. A force is needed to : A. hold the sheet there if it is…Other

NEET 20231 question

Q19The magnetic energy stored in an inductor of inductance 4 $\mu$ H carrying a current of 2 A is :Numerical

NEET 20222 questions

Q33A square loop of side 1 m and resistance 1 Ω is placed in a magnetic field of 0.5 T. If the plane of loop is perpendicular to the…Numerical
Q38A big circular coil of 1000 turns and average radius 10 m is rotating about its horizontal diameter at 2 rad s $^{-1}$ . If the vertical…Numerical

NEET 20211 question

Q41Two conducting circular loops of radii $R_1$ and $R_2$ are placed in the same plane with their centres coinciding. If $R_1 >> R_2$ , the…One-line MCQ

NEET 20192 questions

Q6In which of the following devices, the eddy current effect is not used ?One-line MCQ
Q41A 800 turn coil of effective area 0.05 m² is kept perpendicular to a magnetic field $5\times10^{-5}$ T. When the plane of the coil is…Numerical

NEET 20181 question

Q21The magnetic potential energy stored in a certain inductor is 25 mJ, when the current in the inductor is 60 mA. This inductor is of…Numerical

NEET 20171 question

Q38A long solenoid of diameter 0.1 m has $2\times10^4$ turns per meter. At the centre of the solenoid, a coil of 100 turns and radius 0.01 m…Numerical

Questions from the official NEET UG papers published by NTA (CBSE before 2019). Topic and idea tags, counts and notes are Lumi’s.

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