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Physics - Current Electricity

Practise 22 MHT-CET (PCB) previous year questions on Current Electricity, compiled from papers in 2026. Each question is pulled directly from the actual exam paper it appeared in, so you're practising in the exact style and difficulty MHT-CET (PCB) tests.

Current Electricity has been asked in 1 of the 1 years of MHT-CET (PCB) papers analysed (2026), with 22 questions in all. 36% of them were easy, 64% moderate and 0% tough. Most of its questions came from 2026, with 22 questions that year. In 2026 it had 22 questions across 11 papers, about 2 per paper.

The chapter's 5 topics are not weighted equally: Electric Instruments (11 questions, 50%), Wheatstone Bridge (8 questions, 36%), and Electric Current and Drift of Electrons (1 question, 5%) have been asked the most.

  1. 1A galvanometer can be converted into a voltmeter of certain range by connecting a resistance of in series with it. When the resistance of is26 Apr, 2026 (M)Electric Instruments
  2. 2In a Wheatstone's bridge, three resistance 'Q', 'R' and 'S' are connected in three arms and first arm is formed by three resistances ' ', ' 26 Apr, 2026 (M)Wheatstone Bridge
  3. 3When a galvanometer is shunted with a resistance, the deflection is reduced to one-fourth. If the galvanometer is further shunted with a res25 Apr, 2026 (M)Electric Instruments
  4. 4An unknown resistance wire in the left gap of a meter bridge balances a resistance in the right gap at a point that divides the bridge wire 25 Apr, 2026 (M)Wheatstone Bridge
  5. 5A closed loop consists of a battery, a battery (opposing the first), and a resistor. The current through the loop is25 Apr, 2026 (E)Electric Current and Drift of Electrons
  6. 6A potentiometer wire of length has a resistance of . It is connected in series with a resistance of and a accumulator of EMF (negligible int25 Apr, 2026 (E)Electric Instruments
  7. 7A resistance is to be measured using a meter bridge; the student chooses the standard resistance R to be . The student finds the null point 24 Apr, 2026 (M)Wheatstone Bridge
  8. 8A potentiometer wire has length 4 m and resistance . The resistance that must be connected in series with the wire and the driving battery o24 Apr, 2026 (M)Electric Instruments
  9. 9In the following figure current I equal to24 Apr, 2026 (E)Kirchoffs Laws
  10. 10The range of voltmeter is and its resistance is . To convert it to a voltmeter of range , how much resistance is to be added?24 Apr, 2026 (E)Electric Instruments
  11. 11In a potentiometer experiment, the balancing with a cell is at length cm. On shunting the cell with a resistance of , the balancing length b23 Apr, 2026 (M)Electric Instruments
  12. 12In Wheatstone bridge, resistance P is formed by a parallel combination of and . The Q resistance is formed by a parallel combination of and 23 Apr, 2026 (M)Wheatstone Bridge
  13. 13Which of the following statements is FALSE? A. In a balanced Wheatstone bridge, if the cell and the galvanometer are exchanged, the null poi23 Apr, 2026 (E)Wheatstone Bridge
  14. 14A galvanometer having a coil resistance of gives a full scale deflection when a current of mA is passed through it. The value of the resista23 Apr, 2026 (E)Electric Instruments
  15. 15The equivalent resistance of the following circuit is nearly22 Apr, 2026 (M)Wheatstone Bridge
  16. 16When a galvanometer is shunted by a resistance S, its current capacity increases n times. If the same galvanometer is shunted by another res22 Apr, 2026 (M)Electric Instruments
  17. 17In a Wheatstone's metre bridge, resistances and are connected in left and right gap, null point is obtained as . After interchanging the res22 Apr, 2026 (E)Wheatstone Bridge
  18. 18A galvanometer of resistance ' ', is shunted by a resistance ' ' ohm. To keep the main current in the circuit unchanged, the resistance to b22 Apr, 2026 (E)Combination of Resistances
  19. 19In a Wheatstone's network , the reading of the galvanometer is the same with a switch 'S' open or closed. Then21 Apr, 2026 (M)Wheatstone Bridge
  20. 20A galvanometer of resistance is shunted by a resistance of . The fraction of main current that passes through shunt is21 Apr, 2026 (M)Electric Instruments
  21. 21An ammeter of resistance give a full scale deflection when a current of passes through it. If it is to measure maximum current of , the shun21 Apr, 2026 (E)Electric Instruments
  22. 22Let ' ' be the cross-sectional area and ' ' be the specific resistance of a potentiometer wire. If ' ' is the current passing through the wi21 Apr, 2026 (E)Electric Instruments

Frequently Asked Questions

1.How many questions are available for Current Electricity?

This chapter includes 22 questions compiled from MHT-CET (PCB) papers in 2026.

2.Are these questions only from MHT-CET (PCB), or from other exams too?

These are MHT-CET (PCB) questions specifically for the Current Electricity chapter. Questions from other exams like NEET or AIIMS are organised separately under their respective exam sections.

3.Is Current Electricity an important chapter for MHT-CET (PCB) Physics?

Current Electricity has appeared in 1 of the 1 year of MHT-CET (PCB) papers covered here, with 22 questions across 11 papers - about 2 per paper it appears in.

4.What is the difficulty level of Current Electricity questions in MHT-CET (PCB)?

Of the 22 questions analysed for this chapter, 36% are easy, 64% moderate and 0% tough. 2026 had the most, with 22 questions.

5.Which topics in Current Electricity should I focus on?

These topics have carried the most weightage in Current Electricity:

  • Electric Instruments - 11 questions (50%)
  • Wheatstone Bridge - 8 questions (36%)
  • Electric Current and Drift of Electrons - 1 question (5%)
6.Is Current Electricity's weightage in MHT-CET (PCB) going up or down?

Across all 11 papers analysed, Current Electricity has averaged about 2.0 questions per paper. In 2026, that average has stayed about the same, at about 2.0 questions per paper. Use the year-wise numbers on this page for the exact trend before you decide how much time to give it.