A potentiometer is an accurate and versatile device to make electrical measurements of EMF because the method involves

a condition of no current flow through the galvanometer

a combination of cells, galvanometer and resistances

Current Electricity — NEET Previous Year Questions

51 solved PYQs · 2016–2026 · Physics

Solved PYQs: 51
Years covered: 2016–2026
Avg / year: ~5
Subject: Physics

How many NEET questions come from Current Electricity?

Current Electricity has contributed 51 questions to National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (UG) papers between 2016 and 2026 — an average of about 5 questions a year. That count is measured from EByAi’s bank of 46,150 NEET questions, not estimated from a syllabus. Every one of the 51 questions carries a written, step-by-step solution, and each is tagged to Current Electricity within Physics, so you can drill this chapter across every year at once instead of hunting through paper PDFs. Practising a chapter’s full PYQ history is the fastest way to learn the patterns examiners reuse.

Sample Current Electricity questions from real NEET papers

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Question 1 · NEET 2021
In a potentiometer circuit a cell of EMF 1.5 V gives balance point at 36 cm length of wire. If another cell of EMF 2.5 V replaces the first cell, then at what length of the wire, the balance point occurs?
1. (A) $62 cm$
2. (B) $60 cm$
3. (C) $21.6 cm$
4. (D) $64 cm$
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$Answer: (B) 60 cm$
Question 2 · NEET 2020
The solids which have the negative temperature coefficient of resistance are:
1. (A) $insulators only$
2. (B) $semiconductors only$
3. (C) $insulators and semiconductors$
4. (D) $metals$
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$Answer: (C) insulators and semiconductors$
Question 3 · NEET 2019
Which of the following acts as a circuit protection device?
1. (A) $inductor$
2. (B) $conductor$
3. (C) $switch$
4. (D) $fuse$
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$Answer: (D) fuse$
Question 4 · NEET 2018
A set of n equal resistors, of value R each, are
connected in series to a battery of emf E and
internal resistance R. The current drawn is I. Now,
the n resistors are connected in parallel to the
same battery. Then the current drawn from battery
becomes 10I. The value of n is
1. (A) $10$
2. (B) $11$
3. (C) $20$
4. (D) $9$
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$Answer: (A) 10$
Question 5 · NEET 2017
A potentiometer is an accurate and versatile device to make electrical measurements of EMF because the method involves
1. (A) $potential gradients$
2. (B) $a condition of no current flow through the galvanometer$
3. (C) $a combination of cells, galvanometer and resistances$
4. (D) $cells$
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$Answer: (B) a condition of no current flow through the galvanometer$

Current Electricity questions by year

Year	Questions	Share of chapter questions
2026	5
2025	3
2024	7
2023	8
2022	7
2021	4
2020	5
2019	3
2018	3
2017	2
2016	4

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How many NEET questions have been asked from Current Electricity?

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