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JEE Main · Physics · Electric Charges and Fields

Gauss Law Application

JEE Main asked Gauss Law Application 6 times in 6 of the 108 shifts Lumi analysed, in 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026. It belongs to Gauss's Law, in Electric Charges and Fields (Physics). The longest wait between two years asking it was 1 year. In 2024 it came in more than one shift of the same year.

Updated 2026-10-24

Times asked
6
in 6 shifts
Years
4 of 8
First asked
2023
last in 2026
Pattern
Comes in cycles
across the analysed shifts

Questions on this idea a shift, by year

2017–2026. Asked in 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026. 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: 0 in 24 shifts · 2022: 0 in 24 shifts · 2023: 1 in 12 shifts · 2024: 3 in 18 shifts · 2025: 1 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
  • 20251 of 8
  • 20243 of 18
  • 20231 of 12
  • 20220 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

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

  • Flux ratio through spheres
  • Flux through closed surface from line charge

Difficulty

Easy 4Medium 2Hard 0

Every question was multiple choice.

Every question

All 6 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 2 · Q40Two point charges 8 μ\muC and −2-2 μ\muC are located at x=2x = 2 cm and x=4x = 4 cm, respectively on the xx-axis. The ratio of electric…EasySingle correct
  2. 8 Apr 2025, Shift 2 · Q36An infinitely long wire has uniform linear charge density λ=2\lambda = 2 nC/m. The net flux through a Gaussian cube of side length…MediumSingle correct
  3. 30 Jan 2024, Shift 2 · Q42Match List I with List II List I | List II A. Gauss's law of magnetostatics | I.…EasyMatch the list
  4. 29 Jan 2024, Shift 1 · Q40Two charges of 5Q5Q and −2Q-2Q are situated at the points (3a,0)(3a, 0) and (−5a,0)(-5a, 0) respectively. The electric flux through a sphere of…EasySingle correct
  5. 1 Feb 2024, Shift 2 · Q40C1C_1 and C2C_2 are two hollow concentric cubes enclosing charges 2Q and 3Q respectively as shown in figure. The ratio of electric flux…EasyDiagram basedHas a figure
  6. 11 Apr 2023, Shift 2 · Q50A capacitor of capacitance C is charged to a potential V. The flux of the electric field through a closed surface enclosing the positive…MediumSingle correct

Shifts: 11 Apr 2023, Shift 2, 29 Jan 2024, Shift 1, 30 Jan 2024, Shift 2, 1 Feb 2024, Shift 2, 8 Apr 2025, Shift 2, 2 Apr 2026, Shift 2.

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