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JEE Main 26 February 2021, Shift 1, Physics Q15

Question 15 of 90 in this shift, Physics question 15 of 30, Section A.

Five equal resistances are connected in a network as shown in figure. The net resistance between the points A and B is :

The figure, in words

Drawn: a triangle with corners D (top), E (bottom left), C (bottom right). Resistors marked R lie on side D-E, on side D-C and on side E-C (bottom). A fourth R runs from D straight down to a central junction, and a fifth R runs from E to that same central junction. From the central junction a line goes to a dot labelled A; a separate dot labelled B sits just to the right of A with a line from B to C.
  1. (1)2R
  2. (2)R2\frac{R}{2}
  3. (3)ROfficial answer
  4. (4)3R2\frac{3R}{2}

Official answer

Option 3

NTA final key.

Chapter
Current Electricity
Topic
Kirchhoff's Laws
Idea tested
Circuit Symmetry Analysis

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Question text from the official JEE Main paper published by NTA; 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.