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JEE Main Electrostatics PYQs 2024, 2025 and 2026: All Questions with Solutions

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JEE Main Electrostatics PYQs 2024, 2025 and 2026: All Questions with Solutions

Verified JEE Main Electrostatics questions from 2024, 2025 and 2026, shift by shift. The 2024, 2025 and 2026 sets are interactive now: pick an option or enter a number and check instantly. Attempt timed, check the method only after answering, and log every miss by pattern.

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2024 Questions (20)

Q127 Jan 2024, Shift 1

A wire (area 10-4 m2) forms a 30 cm ring. Charge 2πC is spread uniformly over the ring, and 30 pC sits at its centre. The ring tension is ____ N (no deformation, gravity neglected; 1/(4πε0) = 9 × 109 SI units).

Q227 Jan 2024, Shift 1

An electric charge 10-6 μC is placed at origin (0, 0) m of X-Y co-ordinate system. Two points P and Q are situated at (√3, √3) m and (√6, 0) m respectively. The potential difference between the points P and Q will be :

Q327 Jan 2024, Shift 2

Two charges −4 μC and +4 μC are placed at the points A(1, 0, 4)m and B(2, −1, 5)m located in an electric field E⃗ = 0.20 î V/cm. The magnitude of the torque acting on the dipole will be (Use √2 = 1.41)

Q427 Jan 2024, Shift 2

Assertion A: work done by the electric field in moving a positive charge on an equipotential surface is always zero. Reason R: electric field lines are always perpendicular to equipotential surfaces. Choose the most appropriate answer:

Q529 Jan 2024, Shift 1

An electron moves under the field of a charged infinite plane sheet S (surface density +σ). At t = 0 it is 1 m from S with speed 1 m/s. The maximum σ if the electron strikes S at t = 1 s is α [mε0/e] C/m2. Find α.

Q629 Jan 2024, Shift 1

Two charges of 5Q and −2Q are situated at the points (3a, 0) and (−5a, 0) respectively. The electric flux through a sphere of radius '4a' having center at origin is:

Q729 Jan 2024, Shift 2

An electric field is given by (6î + 5ĵ + 3k̂) N/C. The electric flux through a surface area 30î m2 lying in YZ-plane (in SI unit) is in

Q830 Jan 2024, Shift 1

The electrostatic potential due to an electric dipole at a distance 'r' varies as

Q930 Jan 2024, Shift 2

Two identical charged spheres hang by equal strings, making 37° with each other. In a liquid of density 0.7 g/cm3 the angle stays the same. If the sphere material density is 16 g/cm3, the dielectric constant of the liquid is:

Q1030 Jan 2024, Shift 2

A particle of charge '−q' and mass 'm' moves in a circle of radius 'r' around an infinitely long line charge of linear density '+λ'. Then time period will be given as: (Consider k as Coulomb's constant)

Q1131 Jan 2024, Shift 1

Two charges q and 3q are separated by a distance 'r' in air. At a distance x from charge q, the resultant electric field is zero. The value of x is:

Q1231 Jan 2024, Shift 2

Force between two point charges q1 and q2 placed in vacuum at 'r' cm apart is F. Force between them when placed in a medium having dielectric K = 5 at 'r/5' cm apart will be:

Q131 Feb 2024, Shift 1

Two identical charged spheres hang by equal strings, making angle θ with each other. In water the angle stays the same. If the sphere material density is 1.5 g/cc, the dielectric constant of water is (water density = 1 g/cc):

Q141 Feb 2024, Shift 2

A charged wall gives a uniform field of 2 × 104 N/C. A 2 g particle hangs by a 20 cm silk thread and stays 10 cm from the wall. Its charge is 1/√x μC, where x = [g = 10 m/s2]

Q151 Feb 2024, Shift 2

C1 and C2 are two hollow concentric cubes enclosing charges 2Q and 3Q respectively as shown in figure. The ratio of electric flux passing through C1 and C2 is:

Q164 Apr 2024, Shift 1

A plane sheet of charge density +σ_s lies on the x-y plane. A line charge of density +λ_e lies at z = 4 m, parallel to the y-axis. The field magnitude ratio at (0, 0, 2) to (0, 0, 4) is π√n : 1. Find n (|σ_s| = 2|λ_e|).

Q174 Apr 2024, Shift 1

An infinitely long positively charged thread has linear charge density λ Cm-1. An electron revolves in a circular path around the wire. The graph showing how the magnitude of the electron acceleration varies with r will be:

Q186 Apr 2024, Shift 1

Three infinitely long charged thin sheets are placed as shown in figure. The magnitude of electric field at the point P is xσ/ε0. The value of x is: (All quantities are measured in SI units)

Q196 Apr 2024, Shift 1

σ is the uniform surface charge density of a thin spherical shell of radius R. The electric field at any point on the surface of the spherical shell is:

Q208 Apr 2024, Shift 1

An electric field E⃗ = (2î + 6ĵ + 8k̂)/√6 passes through the surface of 4 m2 area having unit vector n̂ = (2î + ĵ + k̂)/√6. The electric flux for that surface is _______ Vm.

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2025 Questions (31)

Q123 Jan 2025, Shift 1Bonus question

A charge Q at P lies on the axis of dipole 1 at distance r, and on the equatorial plane of dipole 2 at distance r. Both dipoles have opposite charges q separated by 2a. For Q to feel no net force, which statement is correct?

Q223 Jan 2025, Shift 2

Two point charges −4 μc and 4 μc, constituting an electric dipole, are placed at (−9,0,0) cm and (9,0,0) cm in a uniform electric field of strength 104 NC-1. The work done on the dipole in rotating it from the equilibrium through 180° is:

Q323 Jan 2025, Shift 2

Two charges 7 μC and −4 μC are placed at (−7 cm,0,0) and (7 cm,0,0) respectively. Given, ε0 = 8.85 × 10^−12 C2 N^−1 m^−2, the electrostatic potential energy of the charge system is:

Q424 Jan 2025, Shift 1

A square loop of sides a = 1 m is held normally in front of a point charge q = 1 C. The flux of the electric field through the shaded region is (5/p) × (1/ε0) Nm2/C, where the value of p is ________.

Q524 Jan 2025, Shift 1

Consider a parallel plate capacitor of area A (of each plate) and separation 'd' between the plates. If E is the electric field and ε0 is the permittivity of free space between the plates, then potential energy stored in the capacitor is

Q624 Jan 2025, Shift 2

A small uncharged conducting sphere is placed in contact with an identical sphere but having 4 × 10^−8 C charge and then removed to a distance such that the force of repulsion between them is 9 × 10^−3 N. The distance between them is: (Take (1/(4π ε0)) as 9 × 109 in SI units)

Q724 Jan 2025, Shift 2

Four identical charges q0 sit at the corners A, B, C, D of a square of side a (configuration 1), then move to the midpoints G, E, H, F (configuration 2). If K = U1/U2 for the two potential energies, K is:

Q828 Jan 2025, Shift 1

A particle (m, q) is tied to a massless string of length l, fixed at O, in a uniform field E⃗ along the x-axis. End A is displaced 60° from vertical and released from rest. Its speed at the vertical position is:

Q928 Jan 2025, Shift 1

Three infinitely long wires with linear charge density λ are placed along the x-axis, y-axis and z-axis respectively. Which of the following denotes an equipotential surface?

Q1028 Jan 2025, Shift 2

An electric dipole of dipole moment 6 × 10^−6 Cm is placed in a uniform electric field of magnitude 106 V/m. Initially the dipole moment is parallel to electric field. The work that needs to be done on the dipole to make its dipole moment opposite to the field, will be ____ J.

Q1129 Jan 2025, Shift 1

Match List-I with List-II. List-I: (A) field inside a charged spherical shell, (B) field at distance r from an infinite plane sheet, (C) field outside a charged spherical shell, (D) field between oppositely charged plates. List-II: (I) σ/ε0, (II) σ/(2ε0), (III) 0, (IV) σR2/(ε0r2). Choose the correct match:

Q1229 Jan 2025, Shift 1

An electric dipole of mass m, charge q, and length l is placed in a uniform electric field E⃗ = E0 î. When the dipole is rotated slightly from its equilibrium position and released, the time period of its oscillations will be:

Q1329 Jan 2025, Shift 2

A point charge causes an electric flux of −2 × 104 Nm2 C^−1 to pass through a spherical Gaussian surface of 8.0 cm radius, centred on the charge. The value of the point charge is: (Given ε0 = 8.85 × 10^−12 C2 N^−1 m^−2)

Q1429 Jan 2025, Shift 2

An electric dipole is placed at a distance of 2 cm from an infinite plane sheet having positive charge density σ_o. Choose the correct option from the following.

Q152 Apr 2025, Shift 1

Consider two infinitely large plane parallel conducting plates as shown below: The plates are uniformly charged with a surface charge density +σ and −2σ. The force experienced by a point charge +q placed at the mid point between two plates will be:

Q162 Apr 2025, Shift 1

A point charge +q is placed at the origin. A second point charge +9q is placed at (d, 0,0) in Cartesian coordinate system. The point in between them where the electric field vanishes is:

Q172 Apr 2025, Shift 1

A small bob (100 mg, +10 μC) hangs by a 1 m insulating string near an infinitely long non-conducting sheet of charge density σ. At equilibrium the string makes 45° with the sheet. Find σ (ε0 = 8.85 × 10-12 F/m, g = 10 m/s2).

Q182 Apr 2025, Shift 2

Consider a circular loop that is uniformly charged and has a radius a√2. Find the position along the positive z-axis of the cartesian coordinate system where the electric field is maximum if the ring was assumed to be placed in xy plane at the origin:

Q192 Apr 2025, Shift 2

Assertion A: the net dipole moment of a polar, linear isotropic dielectric is not zero even without an electric field. Reason R: without an external field, the permanent dipoles of a polar dielectric point in random directions. Choose the most appropriate answer:

Q202 Apr 2025, Shift 2

Two large plane parallel conducting plates are kept 10 cm apart as shown in figure. The potential difference between them is V. The potential difference between the points A and B (shown in the figure) is:

Q213 Apr 2025, Shift 1

The electrostatic potential on the surface of uniformly charged spherical shell of radius R = 10 cm is 120 V. The potential at the centre of shell, at a distance r = 5 cm from centre, and at a distance r = 15 cm from the centre of the shell respectively, are:

Q224 Apr 2025, Shift 1

Two 10 g balls (−2 μC, 2 μC) sit at the ends of a 20 cm light rigid rod. The rod lies near an infinite sheet (100 μC/m2) at 30° to the sheet. The net torque on the rod is (ε0 = 8.85 × 10-12):

Q234 Apr 2025, Shift 1

Two infinite identical charged sheets and a charged spherical body of charge density 'ρ' are arranged as shown in figure. Then the correct relation between the electrical fields at A,B,C and D points is:

Q244 Apr 2025, Shift 2

A metallic ring is uniformly charged as shown in figure. AC and BD are two mutually perpendicular diameters. Electric field due to arc AB at 'O' is 'E' in magnitude. What would be the magnitude of electric field at 'O' due to arc ABC?

Q257 Apr 2025, Shift 1

Two charges q1 and q2 are 30 cm apart. A third charge q3 at C moves along a circular path of radius 40 cm from C to D. The potential energy change for q3 from C to D is (q3K)/(4πε0). Find K:

Q267 Apr 2025, Shift 2

The electric field in a region is given by E⃗ = (2 î + 4 ĵ + 6 k̂) × 103 N/C. The flux of the field through a rectangular surface parallel to the x-z plane is 6.0 Nm2 C^−1. The surface has area ________ cm2.

Q277 Apr 2025, Shift 2

A dipole (two charges of 2 μC, separation 0.5 μm) sits between capacitor plates (separation 0.5 mm) with its axis parallel to the field from a 5 V potential difference. Rotated 30° from the axis, it feels a realigning torque. The torque value is:

Q287 Apr 2025, Shift 2

Assertion A: an aircraft outer body is metal, which protects people inside from lightning strikes. Reason R: the electric field inside a cavity enclosed by a conductor is zero. Choose the most appropriate answer:

Q298 Apr 2025, Shift 2

Electric charge is transferred to an irregular metallic disk as shown in figure. If σ1, σ2, σ3 and σ4 are charge densities at given points, then, choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Q308 Apr 2025, Shift 2

Two metal spheres of radius R and 3R have same surface charge density σ. If they are brought in contact and then separated, the surface charge density on smaller and bigger sphere becomes σ1 and σ2, respectively. The ratio σ1/σ2 is

Q318 Apr 2025, Shift 2

An infinitely long wire has uniform linear charge density λ = 2 nC/m. The net flux through a Gaussian cube of side length √3 cm, if the wire passes through any two corners of the cube, would be x Nm2 C^−1, where x is: [Neglect any numerical error in calculation and take (1/(4π ε0)) = 9 × 109 SI units]

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2026 Questions (26)

Q121 Jan 2026, Shift 1

A point charge of 10-8 C is placed at origin. The work done in moving a point charge 2 μC from point A(4, 4, 2) m to B(2, 2, 1) m is ____ J. (1/(4π ε0) = 9 × 109 SI Units)

Q221 Jan 2026, Shift 2

Two identical metallic spheres (radius R, charge Q, mass m) start 4R apart, each moving toward the other at speed u. The minimum u so they just touch each other is (k = 1/(4πε0), kQ2 > Gm2):

Q322 Jan 2026, Shift 1

Electric field in a region is given by E⃗ = Ax î + By ĵ, where A = 10 V/m2 and B = 5 V/m2. If the electric potential at a point (10, 20) is 500 V, then the electric potential at origin is ____ V.

Q422 Jan 2026, Shift 1

Six point charges are kept 60° apart from each other on the circumference of a circle of radius r as shown in figure. The net electric field at the center of the circle is ____. (ε0 is permittivity of free space)

Q522 Jan 2026, Shift 2

A pendulum bob (mass m, charge q) hangs on a negligible-mass string. A uniform horizontal field E⃗ is applied, changing the tension. Final tension T at the mean position is 3 times initial tension T0. At equilibrium, the string-vertical angle is ____°.

Q622 Jan 2026, Shift 2

Three small identical bubbles of water having same charge on each coalesce to form a bigger bubble. Then the ratio of the potentials on one initial bubble and that on the resultant bigger bubble is:

Q722 Jan 2026, Shift 2

Five positive charges, each having charge q, are placed at the vertices of a pentagon as shown in the figure. The electric potential V and the electric field E⃗ at the center O of the pentagon due to the charges are:

Q823 Jan 2026, Shift 1

Two point charges 2q and q are placed at vertex A and centre of face CDEF of the cube as shown in figure. The electric flux passing through the cube is:

Q923 Jan 2026, Shift 2

Two charges 7 μC and −2 μC are placed at (900 cm, 0) and (−900 cm, 0) respectively in an external field E = (A/r2) r̂, where A = 9 × 105 N/C·m2. Considering the potential at infinity to be zero, the electrostatic energy is ____ J.

Q1023 Jan 2026, Shift 2

Two short dipoles A, B, A having charges ±2 μC and length 1 cm, and B having charges ±4 μC and length 1 cm, are placed with their centres 80 cm apart as shown in the figure. The ratio of the electric field at the centre of A and centre of B is:

Q1124 Jan 2026, Shift 1

There are three co-centric conducting spherical shells A, B and C of radii a, b and c respectively (c > b > a) and they are charged with charge q1, q2 and q3 respectively. The potential at a distance r (r < a) from centre is:

Q1224 Jan 2026, Shift 1

The electrostatic potential in a charged spherical region of radius R varies as V = ar3 + b, where a and b are constants. The total charge in the sphere of unit radius is α × π a ε0. The value of α is ____. (Permittivity of free space is ε0)

Q1324 Jan 2026, Shift 1

Three charges +2q, +3q and −4q are situated at (0, 3a), (2a, 0) and (2a, 0) respectively in the xy-plane. The resultant dipole moment about origin is ____.

Q1424 Jan 2026, Shift 2

A point charge q = 1 μC is located at a distance 2 cm from one end of a thin insulating wire of length 10 cm having a charge q = 24 μC distributed uniformly along its length, as shown in figure. Then the electric force on charge q = 1 μC is ____ N. (Take 1/(4π ε0) = 9 × 109 SI Units)

Q1528 Jan 2026, Shift 1

Two point charges of 1 nC and 2 nC are placed at the two corners of equilateral triangle of side 3 cm. The work done in bringing a charge of 3 nC from infinity to the third corner of the triangle is ____ J.

Q1628 Jan 2026, Shift 2

Which statements are correct: (A) Electrostatic field lines form closed loops. (B) Field lines point radially outward for positive charge. (C) Gauss law holds only for inverse square law force. (D) Field lines cross each other. (E) If a charge is enclosed, all field lines exit the surface.

Q172 Apr 2026, Shift 1

The electric potential as a function of x, y is given by V = 5(x2 − y2) V. The electric field at a point (2, 3) m is ____ V/m.

Q182 Apr 2026, Shift 1

Two short electric dipoles A and B having dipole moment p1 and p2 respectively are placed with their axis mutually perpendicular as shown in the figure. The resultant electric field at a point x is making an angle of 60° with the line joining points O and x. The ratio of the dipole moments p2/p1 is ____.

Q192 Apr 2026, Shift 1

Two charged conducting spheres S1 and S2 of radii 8 cm and 18 cm are connected to each other by a wire. After equilibrium is established, the ratio of electric fields on S1 and S2 spheres are E_S1 and E_S2 respectively. The value of E_S1/E_S2 is ____.

Q202 Apr 2026, Shift 2

Two point charges 8 μC and −2 μC are located at x = 2 cm and x = 4 cm, respectively on the x axis. The ratio of electric flux due to these charges through two spheres of radii 3 cm and 5 cm with their centers at the origin is ____.

Q212 Apr 2026, Shift 2

Two plates A and B lie horizontally, (12/π) cm apart, A on top. Charged oil droplets (1.5 g/cm3, 1 mm radius) are sprayed horizontally at 10 m/s between them. With 300 V across the plates, the droplet acceleration is ____ m/s2 (g = 10 m/s2).

Q224 Apr 2026, Shift 2

Assertion A: in electrostatics, a conductor stores no net charge inside. Reason R: inside a capacitor (no dielectric), free charge carriers placed between the plates feel a force and drift. Choose the correct answer:

Q234 Apr 2026, Shift 2

A rigid dipole undergoes a simple harmonic motion about its centre in the presence of an electric field E1 = E0 x̂. If another electric field E2 = 2E0(ŷ + ẑ) is introduced to the system, what will be the percentage change in the frequency of the oscillation (approximate)?

Q246 Apr 2026, Shift 1

A three coulomb charge moves from the point (0, −2, −5) to the point (5, 1, 2) in an electric field expressed as E⃗ = 2x î + 3y2 ĵ + 4 k̂ N/C. The work done in moving the charge is ____ J.

Q256 Apr 2026, Shift 1

A thin half ring of radius 35 cm is uniformly charged with a total charge of Q coulomb. If the magnitude of the electric field at centre of the half ring is 100 V/m, then the value of Q is ____ C. (Take 1/(4π ε0) = 9 × 109 SI Units)

Q268 Apr 2026, Shift 2

Two point charges q1 = 3 μC and q2 = −4 μC are placed at points (2î + 3ĵ + 3k̂) and (î + ĵ + k̂) respectively. Force on charge q2 is ____ N. (Take 1/(4π ε0) = 9 × 109 SI Units)

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How does the answer checking work in this quiz?
Pick an option for a multiple choice question, or type your answer for a numerical question and press Check. A correct choice turns green, a wrong choice turns red and the correct option turns green, and the short method appears below. Once answered, a card locks until you press Reset.
How many Electrostatics questions are in this quiz, and from which years?
77 verified JEE Main Electrostatics questions: 20 from 2024, 31 from 2025 and 26 from 2026, each in shift order.
How should I use this quiz for revision?
Attempt one year timed, without looking at the method. After checking, note every miss by pattern, such as dipole setups, flux sharing, or shell fields, and rework that pattern the same day.
Why does one question show options without a right or wrong mark?
One 2026 question has an answer key that is not confirmed from the site, so its card shows the options and the method without marking any option right or wrong, and it does not change the score.
Are these real JEE Main questions?
Yes. Every question here is a verified JEE Main Electrostatics question from 2024, 2025 or 2026, shown with its shift.

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