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JEE Main · Physics · Electric Charges and Fields

Superposition of Forces

JEE Main asked Superposition of Forces 5 times in 5 of the 108 shifts Lumi analysed, in 2021, 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. In 2022 it came in more than one shift of the same year.

Updated 2026-10-24

Times asked
5
in 5 shifts
Years
3 of 8
First asked
2021
last in 2023
Pattern
Comes in cycles
across the analysed shifts

Questions on this idea a shift, by year

2017–2026. Asked in 2021, 2022 and 2023. 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: 0 in 1 shift · 2020: 0 in 12 shifts · 2021: 1 in 24 shifts · 2022: 3 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
  • 20223 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

Numerical value is the usual form. Skill tested: calculation.

  • Net coulomb force on collinear charge
  • Net force on charge at triangle vertex

Difficulty

Easy 1Medium 4Hard 0

3 of the 5 questions had a numerical answer.

Every question

All 5 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 · Q55Three point charges q, −2q-2q and 2q2q are placed on x-axis at a distance x=0x=0, x=34Rx=\frac{3}{4}R and x=Rx=R respectively from origin as…MediumNumerical valueHas a figure
  2. 29 Jun 2022, Shift 2 · Q33Two point charges QQ each are placed at a distance dd apart. A third point charge qq is placed at a distance xx from mid-point on the…MediumSingle correct
  3. 27 Jun 2022, Shift 2 · Q42Three identical charged balls each of charge 2 C are suspended from a common point P by silk threads of 2 m each (as shown in figure).…EasySingle correctHas a figure
  4. 26 Jul 2022, Shift 2 · Q57Three point charges of magnitude 5μC5\mu C, 0.16μC0.16\mu C and 0.3μC0.3\mu C are located at the vertices AA, BB, CC of a right angled triangle…MediumNumerical value
  5. 18 Mar 2021, Shift 2 · Q22An infinite number of point charges, each carrying 1 μ\muC charge, are placed along the yy-axis at y=1y=1 m, 2 m, 4 m, 8 m…MediumNumerical value

Shifts: 18 Mar 2021, Shift 2, 27 Jun 2022, Shift 2, 29 Jun 2022, Shift 2, 26 Jul 2022, Shift 2, 13 Apr 2023, Shift 2.

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Other ideas in Coulomb's Law

Coulomb's Law has 15 ideas JEE Main has asked; 9 of them came up in more than one question. The 12 most asked are below.

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