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Electromagnetic Induction and AC PYQs (previous year questions) for JEE Main: Electromagnetic Induction and AC (Physics) had 15 questions across the 11 official JEE Main papers we tagged (2016–2026), and appeared in 10 of them. Asked in 3 of 3 years. The concepts asked in the most papers: Faraday’s Law, LCR Circuit, Mutual Inductance.
Year-wise question count
Asked in 3 of 3 years.
| Year | Papers | Questions | Per paper |
|---|---|---|---|
| JEE Main 2026 | 9 | 13 | 1.4 |
| JEE Main 2017 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| JEE Main 2016 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Most-asked concepts
Sorted by the number of papers a concept appeared in.
| Concept | Questions | Papers | Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Faraday's Law | 4 | 4 | 2026, 2017 |
| LCR Circuit | 3 | 3 | 2026 |
| AC Circuits | 1 | 1 | 2016 |
| Energy in Inductors | 1 | 1 | 2026 |
| LCR Resonance | 1 | 1 | 2026 |
| LR Circuit | 1 | 1 | 2026 |
| Motional EMF | 1 | 1 | 2026 |
| Mutual Inductance | 1 | 1 | 2026 |
| RC Circuit | 1 | 1 | 2026 |
| Self Inductance | 1 | 1 | 2026 |
How to practise Electromagnetic Induction and AC PYQs
- Start with the concepts at the top of the table. They have come back the most.
- Solve one year’s Electromagnetic Induction and AC questions from the official PDF against the clock, then check the answer listed below.
- Log every miss as a concept gap, a calculation slip or a misread. Each needs a different fix.
- Once a concept is clean in two papers, move to the next. Then sit a full paper from the year pages.
Questions by year
Each line gives the question number and paper, type, concept, our one-line summary and the official answer, with a link to the official PDF.
JEE Main2026
- Q.38 (2 April, shift 1) · MCQ · Faraday's Law: Power dissipated in a coil in changing B when turns, area and wire radius change (official answer: option 1) PDF
- Q.42 (2 April, shift 2) · MCQ · LCR Circuit: Find 3L1 - L2 from phase differences with two switch settings (official answer: option 2) PDF
- Q.43 (2 April, shift 2) · MCQ · Mutual Inductance: Mutual inductance of a small circular loop inside a large square loop (official answer: option 4) PDF
- Q.50 (4 April, shift 1) · Numerical · LCR Circuit: Difference of reactances in a series LCR circuit with power factor 0.5 (official answer: 100) PDF
- Q.44 (5 April, shift 1) · MCQ · RC Circuit: Ratio of resistance to reactance from current change with frequency (official answer: option 3) PDF
- Q.50 (5 April, shift 1) · Numerical · Energy in Inductors: Ratio of total magnetic energy to energy in one inductor of a network (official answer: 6) PDF
- Q.36 (5 April, shift 2) · MCQ · Motional EMF: EMF in rotating rod in radially decaying magnetic field (official answer: option 1) PDF
- Q.48 (5 April, shift 2) · Numerical · LCR Resonance: Inductive reactance at resonance of a series LCR circuit (official answer: 200) PDF
- Q.50 (5 April, shift 2) · Numerical · Faraday's Law: Induced current in a loop in a time-varying magnetic field (official answer: 44) PDF
- Q.43 (6 April, shift 1) · MCQ · LR Circuit: Ratio of inductor voltages at two currents during growth (official answer: option 1) PDF
- Q.45 (6 April, shift 1) · MCQ · LCR Circuit: Power factor of series LCR circuit with given reactances (official answer: option 1) PDF
- Q.39 (6 April, shift 2) · MCQ · Faraday's Law: Maximum emf in square loop in sinusoidal magnetic field (official answer: option 4) PDF
- Q.40 (8 April, shift 2) · MCQ · Self Inductance: Emf induced in a solenoid as its current changes (official answer: option 2) PDF
JEE Main2017
- Q.20 · MCQ · Faraday's Law: Change in flux from induced current-time graph PDF
JEE Main2016
- Q.17 · MCQ · AC Circuits: Series inductor needed to run a DC arc lamp on AC mains PDF
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The same chapter in other official papers we tagged: JEE Advanced (29 questions), NEET (2 questions).
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FAQ
How many Electromagnetic Induction and AC questions come in JEE Main?
In the official papers we tagged: 13 in 2026 (9 papers), 1 in 2017 (1 paper) and 1 in 2016 (1 paper). That is 15 questions in all, about 5% of Physics.
Which Electromagnetic Induction and AC topics repeat in JEE Main?
Asked in the most papers: Faraday’s Law, LCR Circuit, Mutual Inductance. The concept table lists every one with its count.
Are these official JEE Main questions?
Yes. Every question is from an official JEE Main paper hosted on our year pages. The one-line summaries are ours; open the PDF linked beside each question for the full text.