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JEE Main · Physics · Current Electricity

Voltage Divider Rule

JEE Main asked Voltage Divider Rule 4 times in 3 of the 108 shifts Lumi analysed, in 2021 and 2024. It belongs to Kirchhoff's Laws, in Current Electricity (Physics). The longest wait between two years asking it was 3 years. In 2021 it came in more than one shift of the same year.

Updated 2026-10-24

Times asked
4
in 3 shifts
Years
2 of 8
First asked
2021
last in 2024
Pattern
Occasional
across the analysed shifts

Questions on this idea a shift, by year

2017–2026. Asked in 2021 and 2024. 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: 2 in 24 shifts · 2022: 0 in 24 shifts · 2023: 0 in 12 shifts · 2024: 2 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
  • 202421 of 18
  • 20230 of 12
  • 20220 of 24
  • 20212 of 24
  • 20200 of 12
  • 20170 of 1

Asked in that shift More than once Not asked

How JEE Main framed it

Diagram based is the usual form. Skill tested: calculation.

  • Voltage across resistor in mixed network
  • Output voltage of potential divider

Difficulty

Easy 3Medium 1Hard 0

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.

  1. 30 Jan 2024, Shift 1 · Q49A potential divider circuit is shown in figure. The output voltage V0V_0 is :EasyDiagram basedHas a figure
  2. 30 Jan 2024, Shift 1 · Q50Primary coil of a transformer is connected to 220 V ac. Primary and secondary turns of the transforms are 100 and 10 respectively.…EasyDiagram basedHas a figure
  3. 18 Mar 2021, Shift 1 · Q23The voltage across the 10 Ω\Omega resistor in the given circuit is xx volt. The value of 'x' to the nearest integer is __________.EasyNumerical valueHas a figure
  4. 25 Jul 2021, Shift 2 · Q13The given potentiometer has its wire of resistance 10 Ω\Omega. When the sliding contact is in the middle of the potentiometer wire, the…MediumDiagram basedHas a figure

Shifts: 18 Mar 2021, Shift 1, 25 Jul 2021, Shift 2, 30 Jan 2024, Shift 1.

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