JEE Main · Physics · Electrostatic Potential and Capacitance
Potential of a Spherical Shell
JEE Main asked Potential of a Spherical Shell 4 times in 4 of the 108 shifts Lumi analysed, in 2020, 2023 and 2025. It belongs to Electric Potential, in Electrostatic Potential and Capacitance (Physics). The longest wait between two years asking it was 3 years. In 2025 it came in more than one shift of the same year.
Updated 2026-10-24
- Times asked
- 4
- in 4 shifts
- Years
- 3 of 8
- First asked
- 2020
- last in 2025
- Pattern
- Frequent
- across the analysed shifts
Questions on this idea a shift, by year
2017–2026. Asked in 2020, 2023 and 2025. Years differ in how many shifts Lumi analysed, so each year is scaled to one shift of 25 Physics questions.
Raw count: 2017: 0 in 1 shift · 2020: 1 in 12 shifts · 2021: 0 in 24 shifts · 2022: 0 in 24 shifts · 2023: 1 in 12 shifts · 2024: 0 in 18 shifts · 2025: 2 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.
How JEE Main framed it
Single correct is the usual form. Skill tested: conceptual.
- Assertion-reason on potential of charged shell
- Potential inside and outside charged shell
Difficulty
1 of the 4 questions had a numerical answer.
Every question
All 4 questions
From the official JEE Main shift papers, newest first. Open one for the full question, the options and the official answer.
- 8 Apr 2025, Shift 2 · Q35Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R Assertion A : Work done in moving a…EasyAssertion–reason
- 3 Apr 2025, Shift 1 · Q39The electrostatic potential on the surface of uniformly charged spherical shell of radius R = 10 cm is 120 V. The potential at the centre…EasySingle correct
- 12 Apr 2023, Shift 1 · Q5664 identical drops each charged upto potential of 10 mV are combined to form a bigger drop. The potential of the bigger drop will be…MediumNumerical value
- 8 Jan 2020, Shift 2 · Q10Consider two charged metallic spheres and of radii and , respectively. The electric fields (on ) and…MediumSingle correct
Shifts: 8 Jan 2020, Shift 2, 12 Apr 2023, Shift 1, 3 Apr 2025, Shift 1, 8 Apr 2025, Shift 2.
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- Field-Potential Relation3× · 2026
- Point Charge Potential3× · 2024
- Self-Energy of a Spherical Shell2× · 2022
- Potential of a Solid Non-Conducting Sphere2× · 2021
- Potential of Concentric Spherical Shells2× · 2020
- Heat Loss During Charge Sharingonce · 2026
- Equipotential Planes of Uniform Fieldonce · 2025
- Electric Potential of a Dipoleonce · 2024
- Potential of a Semi-Circular Ringonce · 2024
- V-r Graphs for Spherical Geometriesonce · 2023
- Charge Sharing Between Conductorsonce · 2022