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Physics - Electrostatics

Practise 34 JIPMER previous year questions on Electrostatics, compiled from papers spanning 2004 to 2019. Each question is pulled directly from the actual exam paper it appeared in, so you're practising in the exact style and difficulty JIPMER tests.

Electrostatics has been asked in 0 of the 19 years of JIPMER papers analysed (2001–2019), with 34 questions in all. 32% of them were easy, 50% moderate and 18% tough. Most of its questions came from 2019, with 0 questions that year. In the last three years (2017–2019) it had 0 questions across 5 papers, about 0 per paper.

The chapter's 5 topics are not weighted equally: Electric Field and Electric Field Lines (10 questions, 29%), Electric Charge and Coulomb's law (10 questions, 29%), and Electric Potential and Potential Energy (9 questions, 26%) have been asked the most. Electric Field and Electric Field Lines has produced the most tough questions (2).

  1. 1Find the correct diagram of electric lines of forces for negative charge.2019Electric Field and Electric Field Lines
  2. 2Van De graff generator is used to2019Electric Charge and Coulomb's law
  3. 3If same charge is placed inside a sphere and cube having radius 1 m and side 2 m respectively. What will be the ratio of flux passing throug2019Electric Flux and Gauss Law
  4. 4If point charges and are at 30 cm separation, then find electrostatic force between them2018Electric Charge and Coulomb's law
  5. 5The force of attraction between two charges and is 0.2 N . Find the distance of separation2018Electric Charge and Coulomb's law
  6. 6A non-conducting ring of radius 0.5 m carries a total charge of distributed non-uniformly on its circumference producing on its circumferenc2017Electric Potential and Potential Energy
  7. 7A certain charge is divided into two parts and . How the charge and must be related so that when and is placed at a certain distance apart e2017Electric Charge and Coulomb's law
  8. 8A charged particle ' ' is shot with speed towards another fixed charged particle . It approaches upto a closest distance and then returns. I2017Electric Potential and Potential Energy
  9. 9Two identical conducting balls and have positive charges and respectively. But . The balls are brought together so that they touch each othe2017Electric Charge and Coulomb's law
  10. 10A positively charged ball hangs from a silk thread. We put a positive test charge at a point and measure , then it can be predicted that the2017Electric Field and Electric Field Lines
  11. 11A cylinder of radius and length is placed in a uniform electric field parallel to the cylinder axis. The total flux for the surface of the c2016Electric Flux and Gauss Law
  12. 12The concentric, conducting spherical shells and with radii and , respectively. and are connected by a conducting wire and is uniformly charg2016Electric Potential and Potential Energy
  13. 13The charges on two spheres are and respectively. They experience a force . If each of them is given an additional charge of , then the new f2016Electric Charge and Coulomb's law
  14. 14Three equal charges, each having a magnitude of , are placed at the three corners of a right angled triangle of sides and 5 cm . The force (2015Electric Charge and Coulomb's law
  15. 15Two charges of and are separated by a distance 2 cm . The net potential (electric) due to the pair at the middle point of the line joining t2015Electric Potential and Potential Energy
  16. 16Two small balls, each carrying a charge are suspended by equal insulator strings of length 1 m from the hook of a stand. This arrangement is2015Electric Charge and Coulomb's law
  17. 17A charged particle is accelerated by a potential of 200 V . If its velocity is , then value of for that particle is2014Electric Potential and Potential Energy
  18. 18If axy, then electric field at a point will be proportional t02014Electric Potential and Potential Energy
  19. 19Electric field at point 20 cm away from the centre of dielectric sphere is , radius of sphere is 10 cm , then the value of electric field at2014Electric Field and Electric Field Lines
  20. 20If the electric flux entering and leaving an enclosed surface respectively are , and , the electric charge inside the surface will be2014Electric Flux and Gauss Law
  21. 21Three points charges and are placed at points and , respectively. The magnitude and direction of the electric dipole moment vector of this c2014Electric Dipole
  22. 22A charge is located at the centre of a cube. The electric flux through any face is2010Electric Flux and Gauss Law
  23. 23Figure shows three spherical and equipotential surfaces and round a point charge . The potential difference . If and be the distances betwee2010Electric Potential and Potential Energy
  24. 24Two spherical conductors and having equal radii and carrying equal charges in them repel each other with a force when kept apart at some dis2009Electric Charge and Coulomb's law
  25. 25A charged oil drop is suspended in unifor m field of so that it neither falls nor rises. The charge on the drop will be (Take the mass of th2009Electric Field and Electric Field Lines
  26. 26What is not true for equipotential surface for uniform electric field?2008Electric Potential and Potential Energy
  27. 27As per this diagram a point charge is placed at the origin . Work done in taking another point charge from the point [coordinates to another2007Electric Potential and Potential Energy
  28. 28Two similar charges having mass and are placed in an electric field. The ratio of their kinetic energy is :2006Electric Field and Electric Field Lines
  29. 29A charge is distributed uniformly in a sphere (solid). Then, the electric field at any point , where, ( is the radius of sphere) varies as :2006Electric Field and Electric Field Lines
  30. 30Two equal -ve charges are fixed at the point and on the -axis. A positive charge is released from rest at the poin on the -axis. The charge 2006Electric Field and Electric Field Lines
  31. 31A conducting sphere of radius is given a charge . What is at centre?2005Electric Field and Electric Field Lines
  32. 32If an insulated non-conducting sphere of radius has charge density . The electric field at a distance from the centre of sphere will be2005Electric Field and Electric Field Lines
  33. 33A charged particle is suspended in equilibrium in a uniform vertical electric field of intensity . If mass of the particle is , the charge o2004Electric Field and Electric Field Lines
  34. 34The ratio of electrostatic and gravitational forces acting between electron and proton separated by a distance , will be (Charge on electron2004Electric Charge and Coulomb's law

Frequently Asked Questions

1.How many questions are available for Electrostatics?

This chapter includes 34 questions compiled from JIPMER papers spanning 2004 to 2019.

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

These are JIPMER questions specifically for the Electrostatics chapter. Questions from other exams like NEET or AIIMS are organised separately under their respective exam sections.

3.Is Electrostatics an important chapter for JIPMER Physics?

Electrostatics has appeared in 13 of the 16 years of JIPMER papers covered here, with 34 questions across 13 papers - about 3 per paper it appears in.

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

Of the 34 questions analysed for this chapter, 32% are easy, 50% moderate and 18% tough. 2019 had the most, with 0 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 - 10 questions (29%)
  • Electric Charge and Coulomb's law - 10 questions (29%)
  • Electric Potential and Potential Energy - 9 questions (26%)
  • Electric Field and Electric Field Lines has produced the most tough questions (2).
6.Is Electrostatics's weightage in JIPMER going up or down?

Across all 13 papers analysed, Electrostatics has averaged about 2.6 questions per paper. In the last three years (2017–2019), that average has fallen, at about 0.0 questions per paper. Use the year-wise numbers on this page for the exact trend before you decide how much time to give it.