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Drift Velocity and Current

JEE Main asked Drift Velocity and Current 5 times in 5 of the 108 shifts Lumi analysed, in 2021, 2022 and 2023. It belongs to Ohm's Law and Resistance, in Current Electricity (Physics). The longest wait between two years asking it was 1 year. In 2023 it came in more than one shift of the same year.

Updated 2026-10-24

Times asked
5
in 5 shifts
Years
3 of 8
First asked
2021
last in 2023
Pattern
Comes in cycles
across the analysed shifts

Questions on this idea a shift, by year

2017–2026. Asked in 2021, 2022 and 2023. Years differ in how many shifts Lumi analysed, so each year is scaled to one shift of 25 Physics questions.

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Raw count: 2017: 0 in 1 shift · 2020: 0 in 12 shifts · 2021: 1 in 24 shifts · 2022: 1 in 24 shifts · 2023: 3 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
  • 20233 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

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

  • Drift speed from current
  • Drift velocity from current and carrier density

Difficulty

Easy 3Medium 2Hard 0

2 of the 5 questions had a numerical answer.

Every question

All 5 questions

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

  1. 10 Apr 2023, Shift 2 · Q50In a metallic conductor, under the effect of applied electric field, the free electrons of the conductorEasySingle correct
  2. 8 Apr 2023, Shift 2 · Q60The number density of free electrons in copper is nearly 8×10288 \times 10^{28} m−3^{-3}. A copper wire has its area of cross section =…EasyNumerical value
  3. 8 Apr 2023, Shift 1 · Q59A current of 2 A2\ \mathrm{A} flows through a wire of cross-sectional area 25.0 mm225.0\ \mathrm{mm^2}. The number of free electrons in a cubic…EasyNumerical value
  4. 27 Jul 2022, Shift 2 · Q41(A) The drift velocity of electrons decreases with the increase in the temperature of conductor. (B) The drift velocity is inversely…MediumOther
  5. 17 Mar 2021, Shift 1 · Q5A current of 10 A exists in a wire of crosssectional area of 5 mm2^2 with a drift velocity of 2×10−32\times10^{-3} ms−1^{-1}. The number of…MediumSingle correct

Shifts: 17 Mar 2021, Shift 1, 27 Jul 2022, Shift 2, 8 Apr 2023, Shift 2, 8 Apr 2023, Shift 1, 10 Apr 2023, Shift 2.

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