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JEE Main · Physics · Current Electricity

Initial and Steady State Behavior

JEE Main asked Initial and Steady State Behavior 7 times in 6 of the 108 shifts Lumi analysed, in 2017, 2021, 2023, 2024 and 2026. It belongs to RC Circuits, in Current Electricity (Physics). The longest wait between two years asking it was 4 years, across 2018 and 2019, which Lumi has no shifts for. In 2021 it came in more than one shift of the same year.

Updated 2026-10-24

Times asked
7
in 6 shifts
Years
5 of 8
First asked
2017
last in 2026
Pattern
Asked most years
across the analysed shifts

Questions on this idea a shift, by year

2017–2026. Asked in 2017, 2021, 2023, 2024 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: 1 in 1 shift · 2020: 0 in 12 shifts · 2021: 2 in 24 shifts · 2022: 0 in 24 shifts · 2023: 1 in 12 shifts · 2024: 2 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
  • 202421 of 18
  • 20231 of 12
  • 20220 of 24
  • 20212 of 24
  • 20200 of 12
  • 20171 of 1

Asked in that shift More than once Not asked

How JEE Main framed it

Single correct is the usual form. Skill tested: multi-step.

  • Capacitor voltage at steady state
  • Steady-state capacitor charge in circuit

Difficulty

Easy 2Medium 5Hard 0

2 of the 7 questions had a numerical answer.

Every question

All 7 questions

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

  1. 5 Apr 2026, Shift 2 · Q37Under steady state condition the potential difference across the capacitor in the circuit is __________ V.MediumSingle correctHas a figure
  2. 1 Feb 2024, Shift 2 · Q41A galvanometer (G) of 2 Ω2\,\Omega resistance is connected in the given circuit. The ratio of charge stored in C1C_1 and C2C_2 is :MediumDiagram basedHas a figure
  3. 1 Feb 2024, Shift 2 · Q56In an electrical circuit drawn below the amount of charge stored in the capacitor is ________ μ\muC.MediumNumerical valueHas a figure
  4. 8 Apr 2023, Shift 1 · Q49In this figure the resistance of the coil of galvanometer G is 2 Ω2\ \Omega. The emf of the cell is 4 V4\ \mathrm{V}. The ratio of potential…MediumDiagram basedHas a figure
  5. 31 Aug 2021, Shift 1 · Q27A capacitor of 50 μ\muF is connected in a circuit as shown in figure. The charge on the upper plate of the capacitor is __________ μ\muC.EasyNumerical valueHas a figure
  6. 27 Aug 2021, Shift 1 · Q10Calculate the amount of charge on capacitor of 4 μ\muF. The internal resistance of battery is 1 Ω\Omega :MediumSingle correctHas a figure
  7. 2 Apr 2017 (offline) · Q16In the given circuit diagram when the current reaches steady state in the circuit, the charge on the capacitor of capacitance C will be :EasySingle correctHas a figure

Shifts: 2 Apr 2017 (offline), 27 Aug 2021, Shift 1, 31 Aug 2021, Shift 1, 8 Apr 2023, Shift 1, 1 Feb 2024, Shift 2, 5 Apr 2026, Shift 2.

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