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Distance of Closest Approach

JEE Main asked Distance of Closest Approach once in the 108 shifts Lumi analysed, on 30 Jul 2022, Shift 2. It belongs to Electric Potential, in Atoms (Physics).

Updated 2026-10-24

Times asked
1
in 1 shift
Years
1 of 8
First asked
2022
the only year
Pattern
Occasional
asked once so far

Questions on this idea a shift, by year

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

00.050.10’170’200’210.03’220’230’240’250’26

Raw count: 2017: 0 in 1 shift · 2020: 0 in 12 shifts · 2021: 0 in 24 shifts · 2022: 1 in 24 shifts · 2023: 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
  • 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.

  • Nuclear radius from alpha closest approach

Difficulty

Easy 0Medium 1Hard 0

1 of the 1 question had a numerical answer.

Every question

The question

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

  1. 30 Jul 2022, Shift 2 · Q21A nuclear physicist performed an experiment on the scattering of alpha particles by thin metal foil of gold. The alpha particles were…MediumNumerical value

Shift: 30 Jul 2022, Shift 2.

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