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

Diode Clipper Circuits

JEE Main asked Diode Clipper Circuits 3 times in 3 of the 108 shifts Lumi analysed, in 2021, 2022 and 2026. It belongs to Semiconductor Diodes, in Semiconductor Electronics: Materials, Devices and Simple Circuits (Physics). The longest wait between two years asking it was 4 years.

Updated 2026-10-24

Times asked
3
in 3 shifts
Years
3 of 8
First asked
2021
last in 2026
Pattern
Frequent
across the analysed shifts

Questions on this idea a shift, by year

2017–2026. Asked in 2021, 2022 and 2026. Years differ in how many shifts Lumi analysed, so each year is scaled to one shift of 25 Physics questions.

00.10.20’170’200.03’210.03’220’230’240’250.11’26

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

Shift by shift

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

  • 20261 of 9
  • 20250 of 8
  • 20240 of 18
  • 20230 of 12
  • 20221 of 24
  • 20211 of 24
  • 20200 of 12
  • 20170 of 1

Asked in that shift More than once Not asked

How JEE Main framed it

Diagram based is the usual form. Skill tested: data or graph.

  • Output waveform of diode clipper circuit
  • Identify circuit components from waveforms

Difficulty

Easy 0Medium 3Hard 0

Every question was multiple choice.

Every question

All 3 questions

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

  1. 2 Apr 2026, Shift 1 · Q37For the given circuit (shown in part (A)) the time dependent input voltage vin(t)v_{in}(t) and corresponding output vo(t)v_o(t) are shown in part…MediumDiagram basedHas a figure
  2. 28 Jun 2022, Shift 2 · Q49In the given circuit the input voltage VinV_{in} is shown in figure. The cut-in voltage of p-n junction diode (D1D_1 or D2D_2) is 0.6 V.…MediumDiagram basedHas a figure
  3. 31 Aug 2021, Shift 1 · Q1Choose the correct waveform that can represent the voltage across R of the following circuit, assuming the diode is ideal one :MediumDiagram basedHas a figure

Shifts: 31 Aug 2021, Shift 1, 28 Jun 2022, Shift 2, 2 Apr 2026, Shift 1.

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