NEET UG · Physics · Magnetism and Matter

Magnetism and Matter: NEET previous year questions

8 questions in ten years of NEET, in 6 of 10 papers. Pattern: Every year. Here is how it is asked and which ideas come back.

Asked in 10 years: 8; about 0.8 per paper
Years asked: 6/10; last asked 2024
Chance of a question next paper: 50%; historical rate, how we compute it
Weighted estimate: 0.7; model; history: 0.8 a paper on average, typically 0–1

Key findings

01
Asked in 6 of 10 papers, 8 questions in all: #107 of 204 topics by ten-year total. It comes back every 1.4 years on average. Last asked in 2024.
02
71% of its questions since 2018 tested an idea never asked before; none repeated an idea from the year before.
03
The most repeated idea is Dia-, Para- and Ferromagnetism, asked 2 times (2018, 2024), usually as “source of work done on diamagnetic rod”.
04
NEET has asked 0 of the 6 ideas in this topic; 0 have never been asked, directly or indirectly.
05
Mostly asked as one-line MCQ (50%); 25% easy, 13% hard.

Questions per year

Up to 2023: 0.7; per paper
Since 2024: 0.9; 0.2
Usual gap: 1.4 yrs; between papers asking it
Swing: ±0.8; questions, year to year

How it is asked

Difficulty, format and skill

Across all 8 questions on Magnetism and Matter since 2017.

Difficulty

QUESTIONS

251

Easy2 · 25%
Medium5 · 63%
Hard1 · 13%

Format

One-line MCQ · 4 Q50%
Numerical · 3 Q38%
Match the lists · 1 Q13%

Skill tested

Calculation · 3 Q38%
Recall · 2 Q25%
Concept · 2 Q25%
Multi-step · 1 Q13%

Repeats

New idea, or one asked before?

Each column is a paper. Blue questions tested an idea NEET had not asked before; navy ones went back to an idea from an earlier paper. 2017 is the first paper, so everything in it counts as new.

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Idea asked for the first time
Idea asked in an earlier paper

Coverage of the topic

NEET has asked 0 of the 6 ideas in this topic. 0 have never been asked yet.

Asked directly0 · 0%
Touched inside another question6 · 100%
Never asked0 · 0%

Ideas come from Lumi’s syllabus map of NCERT. A never-asked idea is not a safe skip: most new questions come from exactly these.

Drill down

Idea, year, question

Every idea NEET tested in this topic, with its ten papers. Open one to read the questions.

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

Repeated2 · 25%25%2/10
- 2024 · Q32
  Match List-I with List-II. List-I (Material) | List-II (Susceptibility ( $\chi$ )) A. Diamagnetic | I. $\chi = 0$ B. Ferromagnetic | II.…
  mediumMatch the lists
- 2018 · Q27
  A thin diamagnetic rod is placed vertically between the poles of an electromagnet. When the current in the electromagnet is switched on,…
  hardOne-line MCQNew idea
Repeated2 · 25%25%2/10
1 · 13%13%1/10
1 · 13%13%1/10
1 · 13%13%1/10
1 · 13%13%1/10

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

Ideas

Every idea inside this topic

6 different ideas were tested; 2 came more than once.

Dia-, Para- and Ferromagnetism2×
source of work done on diamagnetic rod
Match the lists · 6% next
Earth's Magnetism and Angle of Dip2×
interpret sign of angle of dip
One-line MCQ · 4% next
Magnet Oscillating in a Field1×
numerical
Numerical · 6% next
Magnetic Moment of Bar and Bent Magnets1×
numerical
Numerical · 6% next
Gauss's Law for Magnetism1×
definition recall
One-line MCQ · 4% next
Susceptibility and Permeability1×
numerical
Numerical · 4% next

Idea	Times	Format	Chance next	Foundation for
Dia-, Para- and Ferromagnetismsource of work done on diamagnetic rod	2	Match the listsConcept	6%	–
Earth's Magnetism and Angle of Dipinterpret sign of angle of dip	2	One-line MCQConcept	4%	–
Magnet Oscillating in a Fieldnumerical	1	NumericalCalculation	6%	–
Magnetic Moment of Bar and Bent Magnetsnumerical	1	NumericalCalculation	6%	–
Gauss's Law for Magnetismdefinition recall	1	One-line MCQRecall	4%	–
Susceptibility and Permeabilitynumerical	1	NumericalCalculation	4%	–

Chance next is the historical rate at which an idea with this record came back in the following paper. It is low for every idea, which is why learning the topic beats memorising past questions. All repeated ideas

Every question

Magnetism and Matter questions, year by year

The opening words of each question as it appeared in the official paper, with the idea it tested.

NEET 20243 questions

Q3
In a uniform magnetic field of 0.049 T, a magnetic needle performs 20 complete oscillations in 5 seconds as shown. The moment of inertia…
Idea: Magnet Oscillating in a Field
New ideaMediumNumerical · figure
Q32
Match List-I with List-II. List-I (Material) | List-II (Susceptibility ( $\chi$ )) A. Diamagnetic | I. $\chi = 0$ B. Ferromagnetic | II.…
Idea: Dia-, Para- and Ferromagnetism
MediumMatch the lists
Q38
An iron bar of length L has magnetic moment M. It is bent at the middle of its length such that the two arms make an angle 60° with each…
Idea: Magnetic Moment of Bar and Bent Magnets
New ideaMediumNumerical

NEET 20231 question

Q2
The net magnetic flux through any closed surface is :
Idea: Gauss's Law for Magnetism
New ideaEasyOne-line MCQ

NEET 20201 question

Q171
An iron rod of susceptibility 599 is subjected to a magnetising field of 1200 A m $^{-1}$ . The permeability of the material of the rod is :…
Idea: Susceptibility and Permeability
New ideaEasyNumerical

NEET 20191 question

Q26
At a point A on the earth's surface the angle of dip, δ = +25°. At a point B on the earth's surface the angle of dip, δ = −25°. We can…
Idea: Earth's Magnetism and Angle of Dip
MediumOne-line MCQ

NEET 20181 question

Q27
A thin diamagnetic rod is placed vertically between the poles of an electromagnet. When the current in the electromagnet is switched on,…
Idea: Dia-, Para- and Ferromagnetism
New ideaHardOne-line MCQ

NEET 20171 question

Q28
If $\theta_1$ and $\theta_2$ be the apparent angles of dip observed in two vertical planes at right angles to each other, then the true…
Idea: Earth's Magnetism and Angle of Dip
MediumOne-line MCQ

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