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JEE Main · Physics · Electric Charges and Fields

Charge Equilibrium Analysis

JEE Main asked Charge Equilibrium Analysis 2 times in 2 of the 108 shifts Lumi analysed, in 2022 and 2023. It belongs to Coulomb's Law, in Electric Charges and Fields (Physics). The longest wait between two years asking it was 1 year.

Updated 2026-10-24

Times asked
2
in 2 shifts
Years
2 of 8
First asked
2022
last in 2023
Pattern
Occasional
across the analysed shifts

Questions on this idea a shift, by year

2017–2026. Asked in 2022 and 2023. Years differ in how many shifts Lumi analysed, so each year is scaled to one shift of 25 Physics questions.

00.050.10’170’200’210.03’220.07’230’240’250’26

Raw count: 2017: 0 in 1 shift · 2020: 0 in 12 shifts · 2021: 0 in 24 shifts · 2022: 1 in 24 shifts · 2023: 1 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
  • 20231 of 12
  • 20221 of 24
  • 20210 of 24
  • 20200 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.

  • Equilibrium of charges on incline
  • Separation at limiting equilibrium

Difficulty

Easy 0Medium 2Hard 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. 11 Apr 2023, Shift 1 · Q55As shown in the figure, a configuration of two equal point charges (q0=+2μq_0 = +2\mu C) is placed on an inclined plane. Mass of each point…MediumNumerical valueHas a figure
  2. 24 Jun 2022, Shift 2 · Q34Two identical charged particles each having a mass 10 g and charge 2.0×10−7C2.0 \times 10^{-7}C are placed on a horizontal table with a…MediumSingle correct

Shifts: 24 Jun 2022, Shift 2, 11 Apr 2023, Shift 1.

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