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JEE Main 2 April 2017 (offline), Physics Q17

Question 17 of 90 in this shift, Physics question 17 of 30.

In the above circuit the current in each resistance is :

The figure, in words

Rectangular circuit: three 2 V cells in the top wire and three 2 V cells in the bottom wire, with three 1 Ω resistors connected vertically between the top and bottom wires (two inside, one at the right end).
  1. (1)1 A
  2. (2)0.25 A
  3. (3)0.5 A
  4. (4)0 AOfficial answer

Official answer

Option 4

CBSE answer key (25/04/2017, used for result).

Chapter
Current Electricity
Topic
Kirchhoff's Laws
Idea tested
Kirchhoff's Voltage Law (KVL)

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Question text from the official JEE Main paper published by NTA (CBSE ran the 2017 exam); answer from the final answer key. Chapter, topic and idea tags, difficulty and skill are Lumi’s. This question needs a figure we do not reproduce; it is described in words above. Lumi analyses 108 of the 174 JEE Main shifts held from 2017 to 2026.