JEE Main Current Electricity weightage 2022–2026
Physics
Current Electricity contributed 192 of the 2,905 JEE Main Physics questions asked across all shifts between 2022 and 2026 — 6.6% of the subject. In 2024–2026 its share was 6.2%, which makes it the #5 chapter of 20 in the current syllabus by recent weightage (about 2.1% of the whole paper).
Year by year it was asked 44 in 2022, 52 in 2023, 50 in 2024, 22 in 2025 and 24 in 2026. It appeared in 5 of 5 years, with its highest count in 2023.
Its share has stayed fairly steady: 6% of the Physics paper on average in 2024–2026, against 7.3% in 2022–2023.
The most repeated concepts from this chapter in the dataset are Parallel Grouping of Resistance (38 questions), Heat and Power Developed in a Resistor (20 questions) and Resistance and Resistivity (18 questions).
Questions
192
6.6% of Physics
Share 2024–2026
6.2%
2022–2023: 7.3% avg
Rank in subject
#5
of 20 chapters
Years asked
5 of 5
Questions per year
Share of the Physics paper by year: 2022 7% · 2023 7.6% · 2024 8.3% · 2025 4.6% · 2026 5.1%
What the JEE Main syllabus covers
Drift velocity, Ohm's law, resistivity, series and parallel combinations, temperature dependence of resistance, cells with internal resistance, Kirchhoff's laws, Wheatstone bridge, metre bridge.
Most repeated concepts in Current Electricity
| # | Concept | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Parallel Grouping of ResistanceCurrent Electricity | 8 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 38 |
| 2 | Heat and Power Developed in a ResistorCurrent Electricity | 7 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 20 |
| 3 | Resistance and ResistivityCurrent Electricity | 5 | 5 | 6 | – | 2 | 18 |
Higher weightage
Magnetic Effects of Current and Magnetism
Next in ranking
Electromagnetic Induction and Alternating Currents
Frequently asked questions
How many questions come from Current Electricity in JEE Main?
Current Electricity had 192 questions across all JEE Main shifts from 2022 to 2026, which is 6.6% of Physics. Year by year: 44 in 2022, 52 in 2023, 50 in 2024, 22 in 2025 and 24 in 2026.
Is Current Electricity important for JEE Main?
It ranks #5 of 20 Physics chapters by share of questions in 2024–2026 (6.2% of the subject). Its share has been steady.
Which Current Electricity concepts are asked most in JEE Main?
Parallel Grouping of Resistance (38 questions), Heat and Power Developed in a Resistor (20 questions) and Resistance and Resistivity (18 questions) are the most repeated concepts from this chapter in the dataset.
What does the JEE Main syllabus cover in Current Electricity?
Drift velocity, Ohm's law, resistivity, series and parallel combinations, temperature dependence of resistance, cells with internal resistance, Kirchhoff's laws, Wheatstone bridge, metre bridge.
Does a high weightage mean Current Electricity will be asked again?
No. Weightage shows past frequency, not a promise. Use it to prioritise, and practise previous-year questions to see how the chapter is tested.
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Counts are compiled from Edurack's JEE Main last five-year analysis (2022–2026) and count questions across all shifts and sessions of each year. Because the number of shifts changes every year, trends compare each chapter's share of the paper among chapters still in the syllabus, not raw counts. Past frequency is a trend guide, not a prediction. Chapters marked "not in syllabus" are absent from NTA's JEE Main 2026 syllabus; always check the latest NTA syllabus before skipping a chapter.