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Superposition Principle for Electric Fields

JEE Main asked Superposition Principle for Electric Fields 6 times in 5 of the 108 shifts Lumi analysed, in 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. It belongs to Electric Field, in Electric Charges and Fields (Physics). The longest wait between two years asking it was 2 years. In 2022 it came in more than one shift of the same year.

Updated 2026-10-24

Times asked
6
in 5 shifts
Years
4 of 8
First asked
2020
last in 2024
Pattern
Comes in cycles
across the analysed shifts

Questions on this idea a shift, by year

2017–2026. Asked in 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. Years differ in how many shifts Lumi analysed, so each year is scaled to one shift of 25 Physics questions.

00.050.10’170.08’200’210.10’220.07’230.05’240’250’26

Raw count: 2017: 0 in 1 shift · 2020: 1 in 12 shifts · 2021: 0 in 24 shifts · 2022: 3 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
  • 202222 of 24
  • 20210 of 24
  • 20201 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: calculation.

  • Net field at centre from point charges
  • Charge ratio for zero net field component

Difficulty

Easy 1Medium 5Hard 0

2 of the 6 questions had a numerical answer.

Every question

All 6 questions

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

  1. 8 Apr 2024, Shift 2 · Q55If the net electric field at point P along Y axis is zero, then the ratio of ∣q2q3∣\left|\frac{q_2}{q_3}\right| is 85x\frac{8}{5\sqrt{x}},…MediumNumerical valueHas a figure
  2. 13 Apr 2023, Shift 1 · Q54A thin infinite sheet charge and an infinite line charge of respective charge densities +σ+\sigma and +λ+\lambda are placed parallel at 5…MediumNumerical value
  3. 28 Jun 2022, Shift 2 · Q40Two point charges A and B of magnitude +8×10−6+8\times10^{-6} C and −8×10−6-8\times10^{-6} C respectively are placed at a distance d apart. The…EasySingle correct
  4. 28 Jun 2022, Shift 1 · Q38Given below are two statements : Statement-I : A point charge is brought in an electric field. The value of electric field at a point near…MediumTwo statements
  5. 28 Jun 2022, Shift 1 · Q39The three charges q/2, q and q/2 are placed at the corners A, B and C of a square of side 'a' as shown in figure. The magnitude of…MediumSingle correctHas a figure
  6. 8 Jan 2020, Shift 1 · Q10Three charged particles A, B and C with charges −4q-4q, 2q2q and −2q-2q are present on the circumference of a circle of radius d. The…MediumSingle correctHas a figure

Shifts: 8 Jan 2020, Shift 1, 28 Jun 2022, Shift 2, 28 Jun 2022, Shift 1, 13 Apr 2023, Shift 1, 8 Apr 2024, Shift 2.

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