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JEE Main · Physics · Electrostatic Potential and Capacitance

Charge Ratio of Connected Distant Spheres

JEE Main asked Charge Ratio of Connected Distant Spheres 2 times in 2 of the 108 shifts Lumi analysed, in 2020 and 2024. It belongs to Conductors in Fields, in Electrostatic Potential and Capacitance (Physics). The longest wait between two years asking it was 4 years.

Updated 2026-10-24

Times asked
2
in 2 shifts
Years
2 of 8
First asked
2020
last in 2024
Pattern
Occasional
across the analysed shifts

Questions on this idea a shift, by year

2017–2026. Asked in 2020 and 2024. Years differ in how many shifts Lumi analysed, so each year is scaled to one shift of 25 Physics questions.

00.050.10’170.08’200’210’220’230.05’240’250’26

Raw count: 2017: 0 in 1 shift · 2020: 1 in 12 shifts · 2021: 0 in 24 shifts · 2022: 0 in 24 shifts · 2023: 0 in 12 shifts · 2024: 1 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
  • 20241 of 18
  • 20230 of 12
  • 20220 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

Single correct is the usual form. Skill tested: calculation.

  • Charge ratio of connected conducting spheres
  • Final charges on connected conducting spheres

Difficulty

Easy 2Medium 0Hard 0

Every question was multiple choice.

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. 8 Apr 2024, Shift 1 · Q45Two charged conducting spheres of radii aa and bb are connected to each other by a conducting wire. The ratio of charges of the two…EasySingle correct
  2. 3 Sep 2020, Shift 1 · Q10Two isolated conducting spheres S1_1 and S2_2 of radius 23\frac{2}{3}R and 13\frac{1}{3}R have 12 μ\muC and −3-3 μ\muC charges,…EasySingle correct

Shifts: 3 Sep 2020, Shift 1, 8 Apr 2024, Shift 1.

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