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JEE Main · Physics · Electric Charges and Fields

Maximizing Force via Charge Division

JEE Main asked Maximizing Force via Charge Division 2 times in 2 of the 108 shifts Lumi analysed, in 2022 and 2023. It belongs to Coulomb's Law, in Electric Charges and Fields (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.

  • Charge division for maximum force

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. 13 Apr 2023, Shift 2 · Q41A 10 μ10\ \muC charge is divided into two parts and placed at 11 cm distance so that the repulsive force between them is maximum. The…EasySingle correct
  2. 27 Jul 2022, Shift 2 · Q40A charge of 4 μ\muC is to be divided into two. The distance between the two divided charges is constant. The magnitude of the divided…EasySingle correct

Shifts: 27 Jul 2022, Shift 2, 13 Apr 2023, Shift 2.

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