JEE Physics
Electric Current & Drift Velocity: JEE Questions & Solutions
9 previous-year JEE Physics questions on Electric Current & Drift Velocity, each with a worked step-by-step solution.
Previous-year questions
- 01A cylindrical conductor of length 2 m and area of cross-section 0.2 mm² carries an electric current of 1.6 A when its ends are connected to…NVAMediumJEE 2026
- 02A motor operating on 100 V draws a current of 1 A. If the efficiency of the motor is 91.6%, then the loss of power in units of cal/s isMCQEasyJEE 2025
- 03Current passing through a wire as function of time is given as I(t)=0.02t+0.01~A. The charge that will flow through the wire from t=1 ~s to…MCQEasyJEE 2025
- 04A current of 200 μ A deflects the coil of a moving coil galvanometer through 60^°. The current to cause deflection through π/10 radians is:MCQEasyJEE 2024
- 05The electric current through a wire varies with time as I = I₀ + β t, where I₀ = 20 A and β = 3 A/s. The amount of electric charge that…MCQEasyJEE 2024
- 06The charge flowing in a conductor changes with time as Q(t) = α t - β t² + γ t³, where α, β, γ are constants. The minimum value of current…MCQEasyJEE 2023
- 07The drift velocity of electrons for a conductor connected in an electrical circuit is V_d. The conductor is now replaced by another…MCQEasyJEE 2023
- 08A current of 2 A through a wire of cross-sectional area 25.0 mm². The number of free electrons in a cubic meter is 2.0 × 10²⁸. The drift…NVAEasyJEE 2023
- 09In a metallic conductor, under the effect of applied electric field, the free electrons of the conductor:MCQEasyJEE 2023
Frequently asked questions
Our bank has 9 previous-year JEE Physics questions tagged to Electric Current & Drift Velocity, drawn from JEE papers between 2023 and 2026, including 1 from 2026 alone. Each comes with a full step-by-step solution.
Electric Current & Drift Velocity is rated Intermediate overall for JEE Physics. The PYQs on this page break down as 8 easy, 1 medium.
Of the 9 previous-year questions on Electric Current & Drift Velocity, 7 are multiple-choice (MCQ) and 2 are numerical-value (NVA) questions.
Based on recent paper analysis, Electric Current & Drift Velocity is worth about 1 mark in JEE Main. It sits in Current Electricity, a Class 12 Physics chapter.
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