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Point Charge Potential

JEE Main asked Point Charge Potential 3 times in 3 of the 108 shifts Lumi analysed, in 2021, 2023 and 2024. It belongs to Electric Potential, in Electrostatic Potential and Capacitance (Physics). The longest wait between two years asking it was 2 years.

Updated 2026-10-24

Times asked
3
in 3 shifts
Years
3 of 8
First asked
2021
last in 2024
Pattern
Comes in cycles
across the analysed shifts

Questions on this idea a shift, by year

2017–2026. Asked in 2021, 2023 and 2024. Years differ in how many shifts Lumi analysed, so each year is scaled to one shift of 25 Physics questions.

00.050.10’170’200.03’210’220.07’230.05’240’250’26

Raw count: 2017: 0 in 1 shift · 2020: 0 in 12 shifts · 2021: 1 in 24 shifts · 2022: 0 in 24 shifts · 2023: 1 in 12 shifts · 2024: 1 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
  • 20241 of 18
  • 20231 of 12
  • 20220 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

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

  • Potential difference between points at equal distance
  • Distance from point charge potential

Difficulty

Easy 3Medium 0Hard 0

Every question was multiple choice.

Every question

All 3 questions

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

  1. 27 Jan 2024, Shift 1 · Q40An electric charge 10−610^{-6} µC is placed at origin (0, 0) m of X-Y co-ordinate system. Two points P and Q are situated at…EasySingle correct
  2. 8 Apr 2023, Shift 2 · Q41Electric potential at a point 'P' due to a point charge of 5×10−95\times10^{-9} C is 50 V. The distance of 'P' from the point charge is:…EasySingle correct
  3. 3 Aug 2021, Shift 2 · Q11An electric charge 10−2 μC10^{-2}\,\mu\mathrm{C} is placed at the origin (0, 0) of X–Y coordinate system. The coordinates of two points A and B…EasySingle correct

Shifts: 3 Aug 2021, Shift 2, 8 Apr 2023, Shift 2, 27 Jan 2024, Shift 1.

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