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Practise 306 JEE Main previous year questions on Electrostatics, compiled from papers spanning 2002 to 2026. Each question is pulled directly from the actual exam paper it appeared in, so you're practising in the exact style and difficulty JEE Main tests.

Electrostatics has been asked in 25 of the 25 years of JEE Main papers analysed (2002–2026), with 306 questions in all. 28% of them were easy, 45% moderate and 27% tough. Most of its questions came from 2025, with 36 questions that year. In the last three years (2024–2026) it had 84 questions across 49 papers, about 1.7 per paper.

The chapter's 5 topics are not weighted equally: Electric Field and Electric Field Lines (95 questions, 31%), Electric Potential and Potential Energy (87 questions, 28%), and Electric Charge and Coulomb's law (47 questions, 15%) have been asked the most. Electric Field and Electric Field Lines has also led over the last five years, with 45 questions. Electric Field and Electric Field Lines has produced the most tough questions (37).

  1. 1Two point charges and are placed at points and respectively. Force on charge is ________ N.08 Apr, 2026 (E)Electric Charge and Coulomb's law
  2. 2A thin half ring of radius cm is uniformly charged with a total charge of coulomb. If the magnitude of the electric field at centre of the h06 Apr, 2026 (M)Electric Field and Electric Field Lines
  3. 3A three coulomb charge moves from the point to the point in an electric field expressed as N/C. The work done in moving the charge is ______06 Apr, 2026 (M)Electric Potential and Potential Energy
  4. 4The electric potential as a function of is given by V. The electric field at a point m is __________ V/m.06 Apr, 2026 (E)Electric Potential and Potential Energy
  5. 5A particle of charge and mass is projected from origin with an initial velocity . There exists a uniform magnetic field and a space varying 05 Apr, 2026 (E)Electric Field and Electric Field Lines
  6. 6A rigid dipole undergoes a simple harmonic motion about its centre in the presence of an electric field . If another electric field is intro04 Apr, 2026 (E)Electric Dipole
  7. 7Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R Assertion A: In electrostatics, a condu04 Apr, 2026 (E)Electric Field and Electric Field Lines
  8. 8Two charged conducting spheres and of radii cm and cm are connected to each other by a wire. After equilibrium is established, the ratio of 02 Apr, 2026 (M)Electric Potential and Potential Energy
  9. 9Two short electric dipoles and having dipole moment and respectively are placed with their axis mutually perpendicular as shown in the figur02 Apr, 2026 (M)Electric Dipole
  10. 10Two metal plates are kept horizontally with separation of cm, with plate A on the top. An atomizer jet sprays oil (density g/cm ) droplets o02 Apr, 2026 (E)Electric Field and Electric Field Lines
  11. 11Two point charges and are located at cm and cm, respectively on the -axis. The ratio of electric flux due to these charges through two spher02 Apr, 2026 (E)Electric Flux and Gauss Law
  12. 12Two 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 of28 Jan, 2026 (M)Electric Potential and Potential Energy
  13. 13Identify the correct statements : A. Electrostatic field lines form closed loops. B. The electric field lines point radially outward when ch28 Jan, 2026 (E)Electric Field and Electric Field Lines
  14. 14There are three co-centric conducting spherical shells and of radii and respectively and they are charged with charge and respectively. The 24 Jan, 2026 (M)Electric Potential and Potential Energy
  15. 15Three charges and are situated at and respectively in the plane. The resultant dipole moment about origin is .24 Jan, 2026 (M)Electric Dipole
  16. 16The electrostatic potential in a charged spherical region of radius varies as , where and are constants. The total charge in the sphere of u24 Jan, 2026 (M)Electric Potential and Potential Energy
  17. 17A point charge is located at a distance 2 cm from one end of a thin insulating wire of length 10 cm having a charge , distributed uniformly 24 Jan, 2026 (E)Electric Charge and Coulomb's law
  18. 18Two point charges and are placed at vertex and centre of face of the cube as shown in figure. The electric flux passing through the cube is 23 Jan, 2026 (M)Electric Flux and Gauss Law
  19. 19Two shorts dipoles having charges and length 1 cm and having charges and length 1 cm are placed with their centres 80 cm apart as shown in t23 Jan, 2026 (E)Electric Dipole
  20. 20Two charges and are placed at and respectively in an external field , where . Considering the potential at infinity is 0, the electrostatic 23 Jan, 2026 (E)Electric Potential and Potential Energy
  21. 21Six point charges are kept apart from each other on the circumference of a circle of radius as shown in figure. The net electric field at th22 Jan, 2026 (M)Electric Field and Electric Field Lines
  22. 22A simple pendulum has a bob with mass and charge . The pendulum string has negligible mass. When a uniform and horizontal electric field is 22 Jan, 2026 (M)Electric Field and Electric Field Lines
  23. 23Electric field in a region is given by , where and . If the electric potential at a point is 500 V, then the electric potential at origin is22 Jan, 2026 (M)Electric Potential and Potential Energy
  24. 24Five positive charges each having charge are placed at the vertices of a pentagon as shown in the figure. The electric potential and the ele22 Jan, 2026 (E)Electric Potential and Potential Energy
  25. 25Three small identical bubbles of water having same charge on each coalesce to form a bigger bubble. Then the ratio of the potentials on one 22 Jan, 2026 (E)Electric Potential and Potential Energy
  26. 26A point charge of is placed at origin. The work done in moving a point charge from point to is J. in SI units21 Jan, 2026 (M)Electric Potential and Potential Energy
  27. 27Consider two identical metallic spheres of radius each having charge and mass . Their centers have an initial separation of . Both the spher21 Jan, 2026 (E)Electric Potential and Potential Energy
  28. 28Two metal spheres of radius and have same surface charge density . If they are brought in contact and then separated, the surface charge den08 Apr, 2025 (E)Electric Charge and Coulomb's law
  29. 29Given below are two statements : one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason Assertion A : Work done in moving a test08 Apr, 2025 (E)Electric Potential and Potential Energy
  30. 30An infinitely long wire has uniform linear charge density . The net flux through a Gaussian cube of side length , if the wire passes through08 Apr, 2025 (E)Electric Flux and Gauss Law
  31. 31Electric charge is transferred to an irregular metallic disk as shown in figure. If and are charge densities at given points then, choose th08 Apr, 2025 (E)Electric Field and Electric Field Lines
  32. 32An electron is released from rest near an infinite non-conducting sheet of uniform charge density ' '. The rate of change of de-Broglie wave08 Apr, 2025 (E)Electric Field and Electric Field Lines
  33. 33Two charges and are separated by a distance of 30 cm. A third charge initially at ' C ' as shown in the figure, is moved along the circular 07 Apr, 2025 (M)Electric Potential and Potential Energy
  34. 34The electric field in a region is given by . The flux of the field through a rectangular surface parallel to plane is . The area of the surf07 Apr, 2025 (E)Electric Flux and Gauss Law
  35. 35Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R). Assertion (A) : The outer body of 07 Apr, 2025 (E)Electric Field and Electric Field Lines
  36. 36A dipole with two electric charges of magnitude each, with separation distance , is placed between the plates of a capacitor such that its a07 Apr, 2025 (E)Electric Dipole
  37. 37Two small spherical balls of mass 10 g each with charges and , are attached to two ends of very light rigid rod of length 20 cm. The arrange04 Apr, 2025 (M)Electric Potential and Potential Energy
  38. 38Two infinite identical charged sheets and a charged spherical body of charge density ' ' are arranged as shown in figure. Then the correct r04 Apr, 2025 (M)Electric Field and Electric Field Lines
  39. 39A metallic ring is uniformly charged as shown in figure. AC and BD are two mutually perpendicular diameters. Electric field due to to ' O ' 04 Apr, 2025 (E)Electric Potential and Potential Energy
  40. 40The electrostatic potential on the surface of uniformly charged spherical shell of radius is 120 V. The potential at the centre of shell, at03 Apr, 2025 (M)Electric Potential and Potential Energy
  41. 41A point charge +q is placed at the origin. A second point charge +9 q is placed at in Cartesian coordinate system. The point in between them02 Apr, 2025 (M)Electric Field and Electric Field Lines
  42. 42A small bob of mass 100 mg and charge is connected to an insulating string of length 1 m. It is brought near to an infinitely long nonconduc02 Apr, 2025 (M)Electric Charge and Coulomb's law
  43. 43Consider two infinitely large plane parallel conducting plates as shown below. The plates are uniformly charged with a surface charge densit02 Apr, 2025 (M)Electric Field and Electric Field Lines
  44. 44Given below are two statements : one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R). Assertion (A) : Net dipole moment02 Apr, 2025 (E)Electric Dipole
  45. 45Two large plane parallel conducting plates are kept 10 cm apart as shown in figure. The potential difference between them is . The potential02 Apr, 2025 (E)Electric Potential and Potential Energy
  46. 46Consider a circular loop that is uniformly charged and has a radius . Find the position along the positive z -axis of the cartesian coordina02 Apr, 2025 (E)Electric Potential and Potential Energy
  47. 47An electric dipole of mass m, charge q, and length \(l\) is placed in a uniform electric field \( { {E}}= {E}_0 {i}\). When the dipole is ro29 Jan, 2025 (M)Electric Dipole
  48. 48Match List - I with List - II. \( {array}{l|l} { List - I } & { List - II } \\ { (A) } {array}{l} { Electric field inside (distance } r 0 { 29 Jan, 2025 (M)Electric Potential and Potential Energy
  49. 49A point charge causes an electric flux of to pass through a spherical Gaussian surface of 8.0 cm radius, centred on the charge. The value of29 Jan, 2025 (E)Electric Flux and Gauss Law
  50. 50An electric dipole is placed at a distance of 2 cm from an infinite plane sheet having positive charge density . Choose the correct option f29 Jan, 2025 (E)Electric Dipole

Frequently Asked Questions

1.How many questions are available for Electrostatics?

This chapter includes 306 questions compiled from JEE Main papers spanning 2002 to 2026.

2.Are these questions only from JEE Main, or from other exams too?

These are JEE Main questions specifically for the Electrostatics chapter. Questions from other exams like NTA Abhyas (JEE Main) or JEE Advanced are organised separately under their respective exam sections.

3.Is Electrostatics an important chapter for JEE Main Physics?

Electrostatics has appeared in 25 of the 25 years of JEE Main papers covered here, with 306 questions across 186 papers - about 2 per paper it appears in.

4.What is the difficulty level of Electrostatics questions in JEE Main?

Of the 306 questions analysed for this chapter, 28% are easy, 45% moderate and 27% tough. 2025 had the most, with 36 questions.

5.Which topics in Electrostatics should I focus on?

These topics have carried the most weightage in Electrostatics:

  • Electric Field and Electric Field Lines - 95 questions (31%)
  • Electric Potential and Potential Energy - 87 questions (28%)
  • Electric Charge and Coulomb's law - 47 questions (15%)
  • Electric Field and Electric Field Lines has produced the most tough questions (37).
6.Is Electrostatics's weightage in JEE Main going up or down?

Across all 186 papers analysed, Electrostatics has averaged about 1.6 questions per paper. In the last three years (2024–2026), that average has stayed about the same, at about 1.7 questions per paper. Use the year-wise numbers on this page for the exact trend before you decide how much time to give it.