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Practise 202 MHTCET previous year questions on Electrostatics, compiled from papers spanning 2007 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 MHTCET tests.

Electrostatics has been asked in 13 of the 17 years of MHTCET papers analysed (2007–2026), with 202 questions in all. 50% of them were easy, 44% moderate and 6% tough. Most of its questions came from 2024, with 42 questions that year. In the last three years (2024–2026) it had 115 questions across 59 papers, about 1.9 per paper.

The chapter's 5 topics are not weighted equally: Electric Potential and Potential Energy (73 questions, 36%), Electric Charge and Coulomb's law (42 questions, 21%), and Electric Flux and Gauss Law (35 questions, 17%) have been asked the most. Electric Potential and Potential Energy has also led over the last five years, with 61 questions. Electric Potential and Potential Energy has produced the most tough questions (8).

  1. 1Two point charges and are ' ' distance apart. If one of the charges is doubled and the distance between them is halved. The magnitude of the20 Apr, 2026 (M)Electric Charge and Coulomb's law
  2. 2Four electric charges , , , and are placed in order at the corners of a square of side ' '. The electric potential at a point midway between20 Apr, 2026 (M)Electric Potential and Potential Energy
  3. 3Two point charges placed in air separated by distance exert a force on each other. Now the space between those charges is filled with dielec20 Apr, 2026 (E)Electric Charge and Coulomb's law
  4. 4Select the 'WRONG' statement about polar molecules.20 Apr, 2026 (E)Electric Dipole
  5. 5A charge is placed at each corner of a cube of side . The potential at the centre of the cube is ( = permittivity of free space)20 Apr, 2026 (E)Electric Potential and Potential Energy
  6. 6If charge is taken from one point to another over an equipotential surface, then20 Apr, 2026 (E)Electric Potential and Potential Energy
  7. 7Two electric dipoles of moment and are placed in opposite directions on a line at a distance of cm. The electric field will be zero at the p19 Apr, 2026 (M)Electric Dipole
  8. 8' ' small spherical drops of the same size which are charged to 'V' volt each coalesce to form a single big drop. The potential of a big dro19 Apr, 2026 (M)Electric Potential and Potential Energy
  9. 9A particle of mass 'm' and charge 'q', initially at rest, is accelerated by a uniform electric field 'E' through a distance 'D' and is then 19 Apr, 2026 (E)Electric Potential and Potential Energy
  10. 10Two equal positive charges each of value 'q' are placed at points A and B, where . A third charge is placed at point C at a distance from A 19 Apr, 2026 (E)Electric Potential and Potential Energy
  11. 11An uniformly charged thin spherical shell of radius 'R' has uniform surface charge density ' '. It is made of two hemispherical identical sh19 Apr, 2026 (E)Electric Field and Electric Field Lines
  12. 12The point charges , , , , and are placed at the vertices of a regular hexagon ABCDEF as shown in the figure. The electric field at the centr18 Apr, 2026 (M)Electric Field and Electric Field Lines
  13. 13When a dipole placed parallel to electric field is rotating through , the work done is W. The work done in rotating the dipole through is ( 18 Apr, 2026 (M)Electric Dipole
  14. 14Two equal point charges exert a force F on each other when they are placed distance 'd' apart in air. When they are placed distance 'D' apar18 Apr, 2026 (E)Electric Charge and Coulomb's law
  15. 15Three point charges Q, and are placed at the vertices of a right-angled isosceles triangle of length as shown in figure. The net electrostat18 Apr, 2026 (E)Electric Potential and Potential Energy
  16. 16An electric dipole of length is placed with its axis making an angle of with a uniform electric field of N/C. It experiences a torque of Nm.17 Apr, 2026 (M)Electric Dipole
  17. 17Select the WRONG statement about polar molecules.17 Apr, 2026 (M)Electric Dipole
  18. 18Two point charges +e and +4e are kept at a distance 'd' units apart. Third point charge +q is placed between the two charges at a distance '17 Apr, 2026 (E)Electric Charge and Coulomb's law
  19. 19Three point charges +q, +2q and +Q are placed at the vertices of an equilateral triangle. If the potential energy of the system of three cha17 Apr, 2026 (E)Electric Potential and Potential Energy
  20. 20Two point charges and are kept at points A and B in air where distance cm. What is the increase in potential energy of the system when is mo16 Apr, 2026 (M)Electric Potential and Potential Energy
  21. 21The electric field in the region is where 'a' and 'b' are constants. The net electric flux passing through a square area of side 'l' paralle16 Apr, 2026 (M)Electric Flux and Gauss Law
  22. 22Two charges and are separated by a distance of 30cm. A third charge initially at point C is shown in figure, is moved along the circular pat16 Apr, 2026 (E)Electric Potential and Potential Energy
  23. 23An electric dipole of length is placed with its axis making an angle of with uniform electric field . If it experiences a torque of , the ma16 Apr, 2026 (E)Electric Dipole
  24. 24Two spherical hollow spheres of radii ' ' and ' ' are charged with same charge. Let ' ' and ' ' are their respective charge densities, then 16 Apr, 2026 (E)Electric Charge and Coulomb's law
  25. 25The number of lines of force originating from a point charge of C in a medium of dielectric constant is ( SI unit)15 Apr, 2026 (M)Electric Flux and Gauss Law
  26. 26A point charge 'Q' is placed at the centre of the line joining two equal charges '+q' and '+q'. The value of 'Q' when the system is in equil15 Apr, 2026 (E)Electric Charge and Coulomb's law
  27. 27For a uniformly charged plane sheet, the variation of electric field (E) with distance (d) is correctly shown graphically in graph15 Apr, 2026 (E)Electric Flux and Gauss Law
  28. 28A charge 'Q' C is placed at the centre of a cube. The electric flux through two opposite faces of the cube is ( = permittivity of free space13 Apr, 2026 (M)Electric Flux and Gauss Law
  29. 29Two isolated metallic spheres of radii and are charged such that both have the same charge density . The spheres are then connected by a thi13 Apr, 2026 (E)Electric Potential and Potential Energy
  30. 30If two charges and are separated with distance 'd' and placed in a medium of dielectric constant . What will be the equivalent distance betw13 Apr, 2026 (E)Electric Charge and Coulomb's law
  31. 31The electric potential at the center of two concentric half rings of radii and , having same linear charge density is ( = permittivity of fr13 Apr, 2026 (E)Electric Potential and Potential Energy
  32. 32Following figure indicates the electric potential V as a function through 4 regions on x-axis. Which of the following is correct for the ele11 Apr, 2026 (M)Electric Potential and Potential Energy
  33. 33Three charges , and are placed in a straight line of length at points at distance , , respectively. In order to make the net force on be zer11 Apr, 2026 (M)Electric Charge and Coulomb's law
  34. 34Two metal sphere of radius and have same surface charge density . If they are brought in contact and then separated, the surface charge dens11 Apr, 2026 (M)Electric Potential and Potential Energy
  35. 35Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE? a. Work done to move a charge on an equipotential surface is not zero. b. Equipotential surfa11 Apr, 2026 (M)Electric Potential and Potential Energy
  36. 36If the radius of the spherical Gaussian surface is increased then the electric flux due to a point charge enclosed by the surface11 Apr, 2026 (E)Electric Flux and Gauss Law
  37. 37The electric flux through the surface05 May, 2025 (E)Electric Flux and Gauss Law
  38. 38An electric dipole of length 2 cm is placed with its axis making an angle of to a uniform electric field of . If it experiences a torque of 05 May, 2025 (E)Electric Dipole
  39. 39A charge is uniformly distributed on the surface of a spherical rubber balloon. As it is blown up, the total electric flux coming out of the05 May, 2025 (E)Electric Flux and Gauss Law
  40. 40Two conducting spheres of radii ' ' and ' ' are equally charged. The ratio of their potentials is (potential of to potential )27 Apr, 2025 (E)Electric Potential and Potential Energy
  41. 41Two-point charges +2 C and +6 C separated by distance ' r ' repel each other with a force of 18 N . If negative charge of 4 C is added to ea27 Apr, 2025 (E)Electric Charge and Coulomb's law
  42. 42Out of the following statements which is NOT the characteristics of electric lines of force?26 Apr, 2025 (M)Electric Field and Electric Field Lines
  43. 43Charges of and are placed at two points and separated by distance of 1 m . The distance of the point from where net potential is zero is26 Apr, 2025 (M)Electric Potential and Potential Energy
  44. 44The point charges and -q are placed at the vertices of a regular hexagon ABCDEF as shown in figure. The electric field at the centre of hexa26 Apr, 2025 (E)Electric Field and Electric Field Lines
  45. 45Three charges Q, (-2q) and (-2q) are placed at the vertices of an isosceles right angled triangle as shown in figure. The net electrostatic 25 Apr, 2025 (M)Electric Potential and Potential Energy
  46. 46Two point charges and are ' ' distance apart. If one of the charges is doubled and distance between them is halved. The magnitude of force b25 Apr, 2025 (M)Electric Charge and Coulomb's law
  47. 47'n' identical small spherical drops of water, each of radius 'r' and charged to the same potential ' ' are combined to form a big drop. The 25 Apr, 2025 (M)Electric Potential and Potential Energy
  48. 48Assuming the drops to be spherical, 27 identical drops of mercury are charged simultaneously to the same potential of 20 volt . If all the c25 Apr, 2025 (E)Electric Potential and Potential Energy
  49. 49Two equally charged small balls placed at a fixed distance experience a force 'F'. A similar uncharged ball after touching one of them is pl25 Apr, 2025 (E)Electric Charge and Coulomb's law
  50. 50The electric field intensity near a conducting surface having uniform surface charge density ' ' is given by ( permittivity of free space)23 Apr, 2025 (M)Electric Flux and Gauss Law

Frequently Asked Questions

1.How many questions are available for Electrostatics?

This chapter includes 202 questions compiled from MHTCET papers spanning 2007 to 2026.

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

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

3.Is Electrostatics an important chapter for MHTCET Physics?

Electrostatics has appeared in 13 of the 17 years of MHTCET papers covered here, with 202 questions across 95 papers - about 2 per paper it appears in.

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

Of the 202 questions analysed for this chapter, 50% are easy, 44% moderate and 6% tough. 2024 had the most, with 42 questions.

5.Which topics in Electrostatics should I focus on?

These topics have carried the most weightage in Electrostatics:

  • Electric Potential and Potential Energy - 73 questions (36%)
  • Electric Charge and Coulomb's law - 42 questions (21%)
  • Electric Flux and Gauss Law - 35 questions (17%)
  • Electric Potential and Potential Energy has produced the most tough questions (8).
6.Is Electrostatics's weightage in MHTCET going up or down?

Across all 95 papers analysed, Electrostatics has averaged about 2.1 questions per paper. In the last three years (2024–2026), that average has stayed about the same, at about 1.9 questions per paper. Use the year-wise numbers on this page for the exact trend before you decide how much time to give it.