JEE-Main (Previous Year Questions)

1. Shown in the figure below is a meter - bridge set up with null deflection in the galvanometer
55 R

20cm

The value of the unknown resistor R is [AIEEE - 2008]

(1) 13.75 (2) 220 
(3) 110 (4) 55

2. A 5V battery with internal resistance 2 and a 2V battery with internal resistance 1 are connected
to a 10  resistor as shown in the figure. The current in the 10 resistor is [AIEEE - 2008]
P2

5V 2V
10
2 1

P1
(1) 0.27 A P2 to P1 (2) 0.03 A P1 to P2
(3) 0.03 A P2 to P1 (4) 0.27 A P1 to P2

3. Two conductors have the same resistance at 0°C but their temperature coefficients of
resistance are 1 and 2. The respective temperature coefficients of their series and parallel
combinations are nearly:
[AIEEE - 2010]
 1 + 2  1 + 2  1 + 2
(1) , (2) ,  1 + 2
2 2 2
 1 + 2  1 2
(3) 1 + 2 , (4)  1 + 2 ,
2  1 + 2

4. If a wire is stretched to make it 0.1 % longer its resistance will: [AIEEE - 2011]
(1) decrease by 0.2% (2) decrease by 0.05%
(3) increase by 0.05% (4) increase by 0.2%

5. If 400  of resistance is made by adding four 100  resistance of tolerance 5%, then the
tolerance of the combination is: [AIEEE - 2011]
(1) 20% (2) 5% (3) 10% (4) 15%

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6. The current in the primary circuit of a potentiometer is 0.2 A. The specific resistance and cross-
section of the potentiometer wire are 4 × 10–7 ohm metre and 8 × 10–7 m2 respectively. The
potential gradient will be equal to: [AIEEE - 2011]
(1) 0.2 V/m (2) 1 V/m (3) 0.5 V/m (4) 0.1 V/m

7. Two electric bulbs marked 25W-220V and 100W-220V are connected in series to a 440V supply.
Which of the bulbs will fuse? [AIEEE - 2012]
(1) Neither (2) Both (3) 100 W (4) 25 W

8. The supply voltage to a room is 120V. The resistance of the lead wires is 6. A 60 W bulb is
already switched on. What is the decrease of voltage across the bulb, when a 240 W heater is
switched on in parallel to the bulb? [JEE(Main)-2013]
(1) zero Volt (2) 2.9 Volt (3) 13.3 Volt (4) 10.04 Volt

9. This question has Statement I and Statement II. Of the four-choice given after the Statements,
choose the one that best describes the two Statements. [JEE(Main)-2013]
Statement-I: Higher the range, greater is the resistance of ammeter.
Statement-II: To increase the range of ammeter, additional shunt needs to be used across it.
(1) Statement-I is true, Statement-II is true, Statement-II is the correct explanation of
Statement-I
(2) Statement-I is true, Statement-II is true, Statement-II is not the correct explanation of
Statement-I.
(3) Statement-I is true, Statement-II is false.
(4) Statement-I is false, Statement-II is true.

10. In the circuit shown, the current in the 1 resistor is: [JEE(Main)-2015]
6V P 3

9V

3 Q 3
(1) 0 A (2) 0.13 A, from Q to P
(3) 0.13 A, from P to Q (4) 1.3 A, from P to Q

11. When 5V potential difference is applied across a wire of length 0.1 m, the drift speed of electrons
is 2.5 × 10–4ms–1. If the electron density in the wire 8 × 1028 m–3, the resistivity of the material is
close to: [JEE(Main)-2015]
(1) 1.6 × 10–7 m (2) 1.6 × 10–6 m
(3) 1.6 × 10–5 m (4) 1.6 × 10–8 m

12. A galvanometer having a coil resistance of 100  gives a full-scale deflection, when a current
of 1 mA is passed through it. The value of the resistance, which can convert this galvanometer
into ammeter giving a full scale deflection for a current of 10 A is: [JEE(Main)-2016]
(1) 2 (2) 0.1 
(3) 3  (4) 0.01 

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 2V 2V 2V

13.

2V 2V 2V
In the above circuit the current in each resistance is: [JEE(Main)-2017]
(1) 1 A (2) 0.25 A (3) 0.5 A (4) 0 A

14. When a current of 5 mA is passed through a galvanometer having a coil of resistance 15 , it

shows full scale deflection. The value of the resistance to be put in series with the galvanometer
to convert it into a voltmeter range 0– 10 V is:
[JEE(Main)-2017]
(1) 1.985 × 10 
3
(2) 2.045 × 10 
3

(3) 2.535 × 103  (4) 4.005 × 103 

15. Two batteries with e.m.f. 12 V and 13 V are connected in parallel across a load resistor of 10.
The internal resistance of the two batteries are 1  and 2  respectively. The voltage across the
load lies between: [JEE(Main)-2018]
(1) 11.7 V and 11.8 V (2) 11.6 V and 11.7 V
(3) 11.5 V and 11.6 V (4) 11.4 V and 11.5 V

16. On interchanging the resistances, the balance point of the meter bridge shifts to the left by 10
cm. The resistance of their series combination is 1K How much was the resistance on the left
slot before interchanging the resistance. [JEE(Main)-2018]
(1) 910  (2) 990  (3) 505  (4) 550 

17. In a potentiometer experiment, it is found that no current passes through the galvanometer
when the terminals of the cell are connected across 52 cm of the potentiometer wire. If the
cell is shunted by the resistance of 5, a balance is found when the cell is connected across
40 cm of the wire. Find the internal resistance of the cell.
[JEE(Main)-2018]
(1) 2.5 (2) 1 (3) 1.5 (4) 2

18. In a large building, there are 15 bulbs of 40 W, 5 bulbs of 100W, 5 fans of 80 W and 1 heater of
1 kW. The voltage of the electric mains is 220V. The minimum capacity of the main fuse of the
building will be: [JEE(Main)-2014]
(1) 12 A (2) 14 A (3) 8 A (4) 10 A

19. A 50 resistance is connected to a battery of 5V. A galvanometer of resistance 100 is to be

used as an ammeter to measure current through the resistance, for this a resistance r s is
connected to the galvanometer. Which of the following connections should be employed if the
measured current is within 1% of the current without the ammeter in the circuit?
[JEE(Main)-2016]
(1) rs = 1 in series with galvanometer
(2) rs = 0.5  in parallel with the galvanometer
(3) rs = 0.5  in series with the galvanometer
(4) rs = 1  in parallel with galvanometer

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20. In the circuit shown, the resistance r is a variable resistance. If for r = f R, the heat generation
in r is maximum then the value of f is: [JEE(Main)-2016]

1 1 3
(1) 1 (2) (3) (4)
4 2 4

21. Which of the following statements is false? [JEE(Main)-2017]

(1) A rheostat can be used as a potential divider
(2) Kirchhoff’s second law represents energy conservation
(3) Wheatstone bridge is the most sensitive when all the four resistances are of the same order
of magnitude.
(4) In a balanced Wheatstone bridge if the cell and the galvanometer are exchanged, the null
point is disturbed.

22. A carbon resistance has a following colour code. What is the value of the resistance?
[JEE(Main)-2019]

(1) 1.64 M ± 5% (2) 530 k ± 5% (3) 64 k ± 10% (4) 5.3 M ± 5%

23. A resistance is shown in the figure. Its value and tolerance are given respectively by:
[JEE(Main)-2019]

(1) 27 K, 20% (2) 270 K, 5% (3) 270 K, 10% (4) 27 K, 10%

24. A copper wire is stretched to make it 0.5% longer. The percentage change in its electrical
resistance if its volume remains unchanged is:
[JEE(Main)-2019]
(1) 2.5% (2) 0.5% (3) 1.0% (4) 2.0%

25. The actual value of resistance R, shown in the figure is 30. This is measured in an experiment
V
as shown using the standard formula R = , where V and I are the readings of the voltmeter
I
and ammeter, respectively. If the measured value of R is 5% less, then the internal resistance
of the voltmeter is: [JEE(Main)-2019]

(1) 350  (2) 570  (3) 35  (4) 600 

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 26. The Wheatstone bridge shown in Fig. here, gets balanced when the carbon resistor used as R 1
has the colour code (Orange, Red, Brown). The resistors R2 and R4 are 80 and 40, respectively.
Assuming that the colour code for the carbon resistors gives their accurate values, the colour
code for the carbon resistor, used as R3, would be: [JEE(Main)-2019]

(1) Red, Green, Brown (2) Brown, Blue, Brown

(3) Grey, Black, Brown (4) Brown, Blue, Black

27. A 2 W carbon resistor is color coded with green, black, red and brown respectively. The
maximum current which can be passed through this resistor is: [JEE(Main)-2019]
(1) 63 mA (2) 0.4 mA (3) 100 mA (4) 20 mA

28. A potentiometer wire AB having length L and resistance 12 r is joined to a cell D of emf  and
internal resistance r. A cell C having emf /2 and internal resistance 3r is connected. The length
AJ at which the galvanometer as shown in fig. shows no deflection is:
[JEE(Main)-2019]

5 11 11 13
(1) L (2) L (3) L (4) L
12 24 12 24

29. Two equal resistance when connected in series to a battery, consume electric power of 60 W.
If these resistances are now connected in parallel combination to the same battery, the electric
power consumed will be: [JEE(Main)-2019]
(1) 60 W (2) 240 W (3) 30 W (4) 120 W

30. The galvanometer deflection, when key K 1 is closed but K2 is open, equals 0 (see figure). On
0
closing K2 also and adjusting R2 to 5, the deflection in galvanometer becomes . The
5
resistance of the galvanometer is, then, given by [Neglect the internal resistance of battery]:
[JEE(Main)-2019]

(1) 12  (2) 25  (3) 5  (4) 22 

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31. In a meter bridge, the wire of length 1 m has a non-uniform cross-section such that, the
dR dR 1
variation of its resistance R with length  is  . Two equal resistances are connected
d d
as shown in the figure. The galvanometer has zero deflection when the jockey is at point P.
What is the length AP? [JEE(Main)-2019]

(1) 0.25 m (2) 0.3 m (3) 0.35 m (4) 0.2 m

32. In the circuit shown, a four-wire potentiometer is made of a 400 cm long wire, which extends
between A and B. The resistance per unit length of the potentiometer wire is r = 0.01 /cm. If
an ideal voltmeter is connected as shown with jockey J at 50 cm from end A, the expected
reading of the voltmeter will be: [JEE(Main)-2019]

(1) 0.20 V (2) 0.25 V (3) 0.75 V (4) 0.50 V

33. In a conductor, if the number of conduction electrons per unit volume is 8.5 × 1028m–3 and mean
free time is 25 fs (femto second), it’s approximate resistivity is: (me = 9.1 × 10–31 kg)
[JEE(Main)-2019]
(1) 10 m
–5
(2) 10 m
–6
(3) 10 m
–7
(4) 10 m
–8

34. Space between two concentric conducting spheres of radii a and b (b > a) is filled with a medium
of resistivity . The resistance between the two spheres will be: [JEE(Main)-2019]
  1 1   1 1
(1)  −  (2)  − 
4  a b  2  a b 

  1 1   1 1
(3)  +  (4)  + 
2  a b  4  a b 

35. A current of 5 A passes through a copper conductor (resistivity = 1.7 × 10–8 m) of radius of
cross section 5 mm. Find the mobility of the charges if their drift velocity is 1.1 × 10 –3 m/s.
[JEE(Main)-2019]
(1) 1.3 m /Vs
2
(2) 1.5 m /Vs
2

(3) 1.8 m2/Vs (4) 1.0 m2/Vs

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 36. In an experiment, the resistance of a material is plotted as a function of temperature (in some
range). As shown in the figure, it is straight line. One may conclude that: [JEE(Main)-2019]

R0 2
/T02 2 2 2
/T02
(1) R(T) = 2
(2) R(T) = R0e−T (3) R(T) = R0e−T0 /T (4) R(T) = R0e−T
T

37. A moving coil galvanometer, having a resistance G, produces full scale deflection when a current
Ig flows through it. This galvanometer can be converted into (i) an ammeter of range 0 to I0 (I0
> Ig) by connecting a shunt resistance RA to it and (ii) into a voltmeter of range 0 to V (V = GI0)
by connecting a series resistance RV to it. Then, [JEE(Main)-2019]
2 2
 Ig  R  I0 − Ig   Ig RA 
(1) RARV = G  2
 and A =   (2) RARV = G and
2
= 
I −I  RV  Ig  RV  I0 − Ig 
0 g   
2
RA Ig  I0 − Ig  R  Ig 
(3) RARV = G and 2
= (4) RARV = G 2
 and A =  
RV I0 − Ig  I  RV  I0 − Ig 
 g  

38. A galvanometer of resistance 100 has 50 divisions on its scale and has sensitivity of 20
A/division. It is to be converted to a voltmeter with three ranges, of 0-2 V, 0-10 V and 0 – 20
V. The appropriate circuit to do so is: [JEE(Main)-2019]

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

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39. The series combination of two batteries, both of the same emf 10 V, but different internal
resistance of 20 and , is connected to the parallel combination of two resistors 30 and
R. The voltage difference across the battery of internal resistance 20 is zero, the value of R
(in ) is: ________ [JEE(Main)-2020]

40. A potentiometer wire PQ of 1 m length is connected to a standard cell E1. Another cell E2 of emf
1.02 V is connected with a resistance ‘r’ and switch S (as shown in figure). With switch S open,
the null position is obtained at a distance of 49 cm from Q. The potential gradient in the
potentiometer wire is: [JEE(Main)-2020]

(1) 0.02 V/cm (2) 0.04 V/cm (3) 0.01 V/cm (4) 0.03 V/cm

41. Model a torch battery of length I to be made up of a thin cylindrical bar of radius ‘a’ and a
concentric thin cylindrical shell of radius ‘b’ filled in between with an electrolyte of resistivity
 (see figure). If the battery is connected to a resistance of value R, the maximum Joule heating
in R will take place for: [JEE(Main)-2020]

2  b   b  b  b

(1) R = ln   (2) R = ln   (3) R =   (4) R = ln  
l  a  l  a  2l  a  2l  a 

42.

Four resistances 40, 60, 90 and 110 make the arms of a quadrilateral ABCD. Across AC is
a battery of emf 40V and internal resistance negligible. The potential difference across BD in V
is ________. [JEE(Main)-2020]

43. A galvanometer is used in laboratory for detecting the null point in electrical experiments. If,
on passing a current of 6mA it produces a deflection of 2°, its figure of merit is close to:
[JEE(Main)-2020]
(1) 3 × 10 A/div.
–3
(2) 333° A/div. (3) 6 × 10 A/div.
–3
(4) 666° A/div.

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 44. Five equal resistances are connected in a network as shown in figure. The net resistance
between the points A and B is : [JEE(Main)-2021]

R 3R
(1) 2R (2) (3) (4) R
2 2

45. In an electrical circuit, a battery is connected to pass 20 C of charge through it in a certain

given time. The potential difference between two plates of the battery is maintained at 15 V.
The work done by the battery is ______J. [JEE(Main)-2021]

46. A cell E1 of emf 6V and internal resistance 2 is connected with another cell E2 of emf 4V and
internal resistance 8 (as shown in the figure). The potential difference across points X and Y
is :

(1) 10.0 V (2) 3.6 V (3) 5.6 V (4) 2.0 V

47. A cylindrical wire of radius 0.5 mm and conductivity 5 × 107 S/m is subjected to an electric field
of 10 mV/m. The expected value of current in the wire will be x3 mA. The value of x is ____.
[JEE(Main)-2021]

48. In the given circuit of potentiometer, the potential difference E across AB (10m length) is larger
than E1 and E2 as well. For key K1(closed), the jockey is adjusted to touch the wire at point J1 so
that there is no deflection in the galvanometer. Now the first battery (E1) is replaced by second
battery (E2) for working by making K1 open and K2 closed. The galvanometer gives then null
E1
deflection at J2. The value of is, where a = ___. [JEE(Main)-2021]
E2

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49. A wire of 1 has a length of 1m. It is stretched till its length increases by 25%. The percentage
change in resistance to the nearest integer is :- [JEE(Main)-2021]
(1) 56% (2) 25 % (3) 12.5 % (4) 76 %

50. In the figure given, the electric current flowing through the 5 k resistor is 'x' mA.

The value of x to the nearest integer is _______. [JEE(Main)-2021]

51. A resistor develops 500 J of thermal energy in 20s when a current of 1.5 A is passed through it.
If the current is increased from 1.5 A to 3A, what will be the energy developed in 20 s.
[JEE(Main)-2021]
(1) 1500 J
(2) 1000 J
(3) 500 J
(4) 2000 J

52. Two identical cells each of emf 1.65 V are connected in parallel across a parallel combination
of two resistor each of resistance 20. A voltmeter connected in the circuit measures 1.2 V.
The internal resistance of each cell is [JEE(Main)-2022]
(1) 2.5
(2) 4
(3) 5
(4) 10

53. In a potentiometer arrangement, a cell gives a balancing point at 75 cm length of wire. This cell
is now replaced by another cell of unknown emf. If the ratio of the emf’s of two cells
respectively is 3 : 2, the difference in the balancing length of the potentiometer wire in above
two cases will be _________cm. [JEE(Main)-2022]

54. What will be the most suitable combination of three resistors A = 2, B = 4, C = 6 so that
 22 
   is equivalent resistance of combination? [JEE(Main)-2022]
 3 
(1) Parallel combination of A and C connected in series with B.
(2) parallel combination of A and B connected in series with C
(3) Series combination of A and C connected in parallel with b
(4) Series combination of b and C connected in parallel with A.

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 55. A teacher in his physics laboratory allotted an experiment to determine the resistance (G) of a
1
galvanometer. Students took the observations for deflection in the galvanometer. Which of
3
the below is true for measuring value of G? [JEE(Main)-2022]
1
(1) deflection method cannot be used for determining the resistance of the galvanometer.
3
1
(2) deflection method can be used and in this case the G equals to twice the value of shunt
3
resistance (s).
1
(3) deflection method can be used and in this case the G equals to three times the value of
3
shunt resistance (s)
1
(4) deflection method can be used and in this case the G value equals to the shunt
3
resistance(s)

56. A resistor develops 300 J of thermal energy in 15s, when a current of 2A is passed through it. If
the current increases to 3A, the energy developed in 10s ______J. [JEE(Main)-2022]

57. The total current supplied to the circuit as shown in figure by the 5V battery is _______A.
[JEE(Main)-2022]

58. if n represents the actual number of deflections in a converted galvanometer of resistance G

and shunt resistance S. Then the total current I when its figure of merit is K will be :
[JEE(Main)-2022]
KS (G + S) nKS nK(G + S)
(1) (2) (3) (4)
(S + G) nKS (G + S) S

ANSWER KEY

1. (2) 2. (3) 3. (1) 4. (4) 5. (2) 6. (4) 7. (4)

8. (4) 9. (4) 10. (2) 11. (3) 12. (4) 13. (4) 14. (1)
15. (3) 16. (4) 17. (3) 18. (1) 19. (2) 20. (3) 21. (4)
22. (2) 23. (4) 24. (3) 25. (2) 26. (2) 27. (4) 28. (4)
29. (2) 30. (4) 31. (1) 32. (2) 33. (4) 34. (1) 35. (4)
36. (3) 37. (2) 38. (4) 39. 30 40. (1) 41. (4) 42. 2
43. (1) 44. (4) 45. 300 46. (3) 47. 5 48. (1) 49. (1)
50. (3) 51. (4) 52. (3) 53. 25 54. (2) 55. (2) 56. 450
57. 2 58. (4)

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 JEE-Advanced (Previous Year Questions)

1. Incandescent bulbs are designed by keeping in mind that the resistance of their filament
increases with the increase in temperature. If at room temperature, 100 W, 60 W and 40 W
bulbs have filament resistance R100, R60 and R40, respectively, the relation between these
resistances is [IIT JEE- 2010]
1 1 1
(A) = + (B) R100 = R40 + R60
R100 R40 R60

1 1 1
(C) R100 > R60 > R40 (D)  
R100 R60 R40

2. To verify Ohm’s law, a student is provided with a test resistor R T, a high resistance R1, a small
resistance R2, two identical galvanometers G1 and G2, and a variable voltage source V. The correct
circuit to carry out the experiment is: [IIT JEE- 2010]

(A) (B)

(C) (D)

3. Consider a thin square sheet of side L and thickness t, made of a material of resistivity . The
resistance between two opposite faces, shown by the shaded areas in the figure is
[IIT JEE- 2010]

(A) directly proportional to L (B) directly proportional to t

(C) independent of L (D) independent of t

4. When two identical batteries of internal resistance 1 each are connected in series across a
resistor R, the rate of heat produced in R is J 1. When the same batteries are connected in
parallel across R, the rate is J2. If J1 = 2.25 J2 then the value of R in  is:
[IIT JEE- 2010]

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 5. Two batteries of different emfs and different internal resistances are connected as shown. The
voltage across AB in volts is: [IIT JEE- 2011]
6V 1

A B

3V 2
6. A meter bridge is set-up as shown, to determine an unknown resistance ‘X’ using a standard 10
ohm resistor. The galvanometer shows null point when tapping-key is at 52 cm mark. The end-
corrections are 1 cm and 2 cm respectively for the ends A and B. The determined value of ‘X’ is:
[IIT JEE- 2011]

X 10

A B

(A) 10.2 ohm (B) 10.6 ohm (C) 10.8 ohm (D) 11.1 ohm

7. For the resistance network shown in the figure, choose the correct option(s). [IIT JEE- 2012]
P I2 2 S
2 2
1 1
4 4
4
Q T
I1

12V
(A) the current through PQ is zero (B) I1 = 3A
(C) The potential at S is less than that at Q (D) I2 = 2A

8. Heater of an electric kettle is made of a wire of length L and diameter d. It takes 4 minutes to
raise the temperature of 0.5 kg water by 40 K. This heater is replaced by a new heater having
two wires of the same material, each of length L and diameter 2d. The way these wires are
connected is given in the options. How much time in minutes will it take to raise the
temperature of the same amount of water by 40K?
[JEE(Advanced)-2014]
(A) 4 if wires are in parallel (B) 2 if wires are in series
(C) 1 if wires are in series (D) 0.5 if wires are in parallel.

9. Two ideal batteries of emf V1 and V2 and three resistances R1, R2 and R3 are connected as shown
in the figure. The current in resistance R2 would be zero if: [JEE(Advanced)-2014]

V1 R1
R2

R3

(A) V1 = V2 and R1 = R2 = R3 (B) V1 = V2 and R1 = 2R2 = R3

(C) V1 = 2V2 and 2R1 = 2R2 = R3 (D) 2V1 = V2 and 2R1 = R2 = R3

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10. A galvanometer gives full scale deflection with 0.006 A current. By connecting it to a 4990
2n
resistance, it can be converted into a voltmeter of range 0 –30 V. If connected to a  resistance,
249
it becomes an ammeter of range 0 – 1.5 A. The value of n is: [JEE(Advanced)-2014]

11. During an experiment with a metre bridge, the galvanometer shows a null point when the jockey
is pressed at 40.0 cm using a standard resistance of 90W, as shown in the figure. The least
count of the scale used in the metre bridge is 1 mm. The unknown resistance is:
[JEE(Advanced)-2014]

R 90

40.0cm
(A) 60 ± 0.15 (B) 135 ± 0.56 (C) 60 ± 0.25 (D) 135 ± 0.23

12. In an aluminium (Al) bar of square cross section, a square hole is drilled and is filled with iron
(Fe) as shown in the figure. The electrical resistivities of Al and Fe are 2.7 × 10–8 m and
1.0 × 10–7 m, respectively. The electrical resistance between the two faces P and Q of the
composite bar is [JEE(Advanced)-2015]

A1 50 mm
Fe
2 mm P
7 mm
2475 1875 1875 2475
(A)  (B)  (C)  (D) 
64 64 49 132

13. In the following circuit, the current through the resistor R = (2) is I Amperes. The value of I is:
[JEE(Advanced)-2015]

14. An infinite line charge of uniform electric charge density  lies along the axis of an electrically
conducting infinite cylindrical shell of radius R. At time t = 0, the space inside the cylinder is
filled with a material of permittivity  and electrical conductivity . The electrical conduction in
the material follows Ohm's law. Which one of the following graphs best describes the
subsequent variation of the magnitude of current density j(t) at any point the material?
[JEE(Advanced)-2016]

j(t) j(t) j(t)

j(t)

(A) (B) (C) (D)

t t t t
(0,0) (0,0) (0,0) (0,0)

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 15. An incandescent bulb has a thin filament of tungsten that is heated to high temperature by
passing an electric current. The hot filament emits black-body radiation. The filament is
observed to break up at random locations after a sufficiently long time of operation due to non-
uniform evaporation of tungsten from the filament. If the bulb is powered at constant voltage,
which of the following statement(s) is(are) true? [JEE(Advanced)-2016]
(A) The temperature distribution over the filament is uniform
(B) The resistance over small sections of the filament decreases with time
(C) The filament emits more light at higher band of frequencies before it breaks up
(D) The filament consumes less electrical power towards the end of the life of the bulb

16. Consider two identical galvanometers and two identical resistors with resistance R. If the
internal resistance of the galvanometers RC < R/2, which of the following statement(s) about
any one of the galvanometers is(are) true? [JEE(Advanced)-2016]
(A) The maximum voltage range is obtained when all the components are connected in series
(B) The maximum voltage range is obtained when the two resistors and one galvanometer are
connected in series, and the second galvanometer is connected in parallel to the first
galvanometer
(C) The maximum current range is obtained when all the components are connected in parallel
(D) The maximum current range is obtained when the two galvanometers are connected in
series and the combination is connected in parallel with both the resistors

Paragraph for Questions No. 17 and 18

Consider an evacuated cylindrical chamber of height h having rigid conducting plates at the
ends and an insulating curved surface as shown in the figure. A number of spherical balls made
of a light weight and soft material and coated with a conducting material are placed on the
bottom plate. The balls have a radius r <<h. Now a high voltage source (HV) is connected across
the conducting plates such that the bottom plate is at +V0 and the top plate at –V0. Due to
their conducting surface, the balls will get charged, will become equipotential with the plate
and are repelled by it. The balls will eventually collide with the top plate, where the coefficient
of restitution can be taken to be zero due to the soft nature of the material of the balls. The
electric field in the chamber can be considered to be that of a parallel plate capacitor. Assume
that there are no collision between the balls and the interaction between them is negligible.
(Ignore gravity) [JEE(Advanced)-2016]

17. Which of the following statements is correct?

(A) The balls will bounce back to the bottom plate carrying the opposite charge they went up
with
(B) The balls will execute simple harmonic motion between the two plates
(C) The balls will bounce back to the bottom plate carrying the same charge they went up with
(D) The balls will stick to the top plate and remain there

18. The average current in the steady state registered by the ammeter in the circuit will be:
(A) Proportional to V01/2 (B) Proportional to V02
(C) Proportional to the potential V0 (D) Zero

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19. Two identical moving coil galvanometer have 10 resistance and full scale deflection at 2A
current. One of them is converted into a voltmeter of 100 mV full scale reading and the other
into an Ammeter of 1 mA full scale current using appropriate resistors. These are then used to
measure the voltage and current in the Ohm’s law experiment with R = 1000  resistor by using
an ideal cell. Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct? [JEE(Advanced)-2019]
(A) The measured value of R will be 978  < R < 982 .
(B) The resistance of the Voltmeter will be 100 k.
(C) The resistance of the Ammeter will be 0.02  (round off to 2nd decimal place)
(D) If the ideal cell is replaced by a cell having internal resistance of 5  then the measured
value of R will be more than 1000 .

20. Shown in the figure is a semicircular metallic strip that has thickness t and resistivity . Its
inner radius is R1 and outer radius is R2. If a voltage V0 is applied between its two ends, a current
I flows in it. In addition, it is observed that a transverse voltage V develops between its inner
and outer surfaces due to purely kinetic effects of moving electrons (ignore any role of the
magnetic field due to the current). Then (figure is schematic and not drawn to scale)-
[JEE(Advanced)-2020]

V0 tR 
(A) I = ln  2 
  R1 
(B) the outer surface is at a higher voltage than the inner surface
(C) the outer surface is at a lower voltage than the inner surface
(D) V  I2

21. In the balanced condition, the values of the resistances of the four arms of a Wheatstone bridge
are shown in the figure below. The resistance R3 has temperature coefficient 0.0004°C–1. If the
temperature of R3 is increased by 100°C, the voltage developed between S and T will be _______
volt. [JEE(Advanced)-2020]

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 22. In order to measure the internal resistance r1 of a cell of emf E, a meter bridge of wire resistance
R0 = 50, a resistance R0/2, another cell of emf E/2 (internal resistance r) and a galvanometer
G are used in a circuit, as shown in the figure. If the null point is found at  = 72 cm, then the
value of r1 = _________ . [JEE(Advanced)-2021]

23. The figure shows a circuit having eight resistances of 1Ω each, labelled R 1 to R8, and two ideal
batteries with voltages 1 = 12V and 2 = 6V. [JEE(Advanced)-2022]

Which of the following statement(s) is(are) correct?

(A) The magnitude of current flowing through R1 is 7.2 A.
(B) The magnitude of current flowing through R2 is 1.2 A.
(C) The magnitude of current flowing through R3 is 4.8 A.
(D) The magnitude of current flowing through R5 is 2.4 A.

24. Two resistances R1 = X  and R2 = 1  are connected to a wire AB of uniform resistivity, as

shown in the figure. The radius of the wire varies linearly along its axis from 0.2 mm at A to 1
mm at B. A galvanometer (G) connected to the center of the wire, 50 cm from each end along
its axis, shown zero deflection when A and B are connected to a battery. The value of X
is________. [JEE(Advanced)-2022]

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25. In Circuit-1 and Circuit-2 shown in the figures, R1 = 1 , R2 = 2  and R3 = 3 . P1 and P2 are the
power dissipations in Circuit-1 and Circuit-2 when the switches S1 and S2 are in open conditions,
respectively. Q1 and Q2 are the power dissipations in Circuit-1 and Circuit-2 when the switches
S1 and S2 are in closed conditions, respectively. [JEE(Advanced)-2022]

Which of the following statement(s) is(are) correct?

(A) When a voltage source of 6 V is connected across A and B in both circuits, P1 < P2.
(B) When a constant current source of 2 Amp is connected across A and B in both circuits,
P1 > P2.
(C) When a voltage source of 9 V is connected across A and B in Circuit-1, Q1 > P1.
(D) When a constant current source of 2 Amp is connected across A and B in both circuits,
Q2 < Q1.

ANSWER KEY

1. (D) 2. (C) 3. (C) 4. 4 5. 5 6. (B) 7. (ABCD)

8. (BD) 9. (ABD) 10. 5 11. (C) 12. (B) 13. 1 14. (C)
15. (CD) 16. (BC) 17. (A) 18. (B) 19. (AC) 20. (ACD)
21. 0.26 to 0.28 22. 3 23. (ABCD) 24. 5 25. (ABC)

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