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JEE Main · Physics · Electrostatic Potential and Capacitance

Inserted Conducting Slab

JEE Main asked Inserted Conducting Slab 2 times in 2 of the 108 shifts Lumi analysed, in 2022 and 2023. It belongs to Parallel Plate Capacitors, in Electrostatic Potential and Capacitance (Physics). The longest wait between two years asking it was 1 year.

Updated 2026-10-24

Times asked
2
in 2 shifts
Years
2 of 8
First asked
2022
last in 2023
Pattern
Occasional
across the analysed shifts

Questions on this idea a shift, by year

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

00.050.10’170’200’210.03’220.07’230’240’250’26

Raw count: 2017: 0 in 1 shift · 2020: 0 in 12 shifts · 2021: 0 in 24 shifts · 2022: 1 in 24 shifts · 2023: 1 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
  • 20231 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

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

  • Capacitance ratio with metal sheet inserted
  • Capacitance ratio with inserted metal slab

Difficulty

Easy 2Medium 0Hard 0

Every question was multiple choice.

Every question

All 2 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 · Q31The distance between two plates of a capacitor is d and its capacitance is C1C_1, when air is the medium between the plates. If a metal…EasySingle correct
  2. 25 Jun 2022, Shift 2 · Q38Two metallic plates form a parallel plate capacitor. The distance between the plates is ‘dd’. A metal sheet of thickness d2\frac{d}{2}…EasySingle correct

Shifts: 25 Jun 2022, Shift 2, 10 Apr 2023, Shift 2.

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