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JEE Main · Physics · Semiconductor Electronics: Materials, Devices and Simple Circuits

AC vs DC Current Gain

JEE Main asked AC vs DC Current Gain 2 times in 2 of the 108 shifts Lumi analysed, in 2020 and 2022. It belongs to Transistors, in Semiconductor Electronics: Materials, Devices and Simple Circuits (Physics). The longest wait between two years asking it was 2 years.

Updated 2026-10-24

Times asked
2
in 2 shifts
Years
2 of 8
First asked
2020
last in 2022
Pattern
Occasional
across the analysed shifts

Questions on this idea a shift, by year

2017–2026. Asked in 2020 and 2022. Years differ in how many shifts Lumi analysed, so each year is scaled to one shift of 25 Physics questions.

00.050.10’170.08’200’210.03’220’230’240’250’26

Raw count: 2017: 0 in 1 shift · 2020: 1 in 12 shifts · 2021: 0 in 24 shifts · 2022: 1 in 24 shifts · 2023: 0 in 12 shifts · 2024: 0 in 18 shifts · 2025: 0 in 8 shifts · 2026: 0 in 9 shifts.

Shift by shift

Each square is one analysed shift, in date order. Open a filled one for that paper.

  • 20260 of 9
  • 20250 of 8
  • 20240 of 18
  • 20230 of 12
  • 20221 of 24
  • 20210 of 24
  • 20201 of 12
  • 20170 of 1

Asked in that shift More than once Not asked

How JEE Main framed it

Numerical value is the usual form. Skill tested: calculation.

  • Ac current gain from output characteristics
  • Small-signal current gain from current changes

Difficulty

Easy 1Medium 1Hard 0

1 of the 2 questions had a numerical answer.

Every question

All 2 questions

From the official JEE Main shift papers, newest first. Open one for the full question, the options and the official answer.

  1. 27 Jul 2022, Shift 2 · Q49For a constant collector-emitter voltage of 8 V, the collector current of a transistor reached to the value of 6 mA from 4 mA, whereas…EasySingle correct
  2. 6 Sep 2020, Shift 2 · Q25The output characteristics of a transistor is shown in the figure. When VCEV_{CE} is 10 V and IC=4.0I_C = 4.0 mA, then value of βac\beta_{ac} is…MediumNumerical valueHas a figure

Shifts: 6 Sep 2020, Shift 2, 27 Jul 2022, Shift 2.

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