Experimental Skills has 42 questions in JEE Main papers from 2020 to 2025, about 7 per year across all shifts. The most asked topic is Vernier Callipers and Screw Gauge (36 questions), followed by Optics Experiments (4) and p-n Junction Characteristics (1).
JEE Main 2025 · 4 Apr · Shift 2 · Vernier Callipers and Screw Gauge
For the determination of refractive index of glass slab, a travelling microscope is used whose main scale contains 300 equal divisions equals to 15 cm . The vernier scale attached to the microscope has 25 divisions equals to 24 divisions of main scale. The least count (LC) of the travelling microscope is (in cm ) :
In an experiment to measure focal length (f) of convex lens, the least counts of the measuring scales for the position of object (u) and for the position of image (v) are Δu and Δv, respectively. The error in the measurement of the focal length of the convex lens will be:
Which of the following will NOT be observed when a multimeter (operating in resistance measuring
mode) probes connected across a component, are just reversed?
(A)Multimeter shows NO deflection in both cases i.e. before and after reversing the probes if the
chosen component is metal wire.
(B)Multimeter shows a deflection, accompanied by a splash of light out of connected component in one direction and NO deflection on reversing the probes if the chosen component is LED.
(C)Multimeter shows an equal deflection in both cases i.e. before and after reversing the probes if
the chosen component is resistor.
(D)Multimeter shows NO deflection in both cases i.e. before and after reversing the probes if the
chosen component is capacitor.
JEE Main 2020 · 8 Jan · Shift 2 · Pendulum and g Measurement
A simple pendulum is being used to determine
th value of gravitational acceleration g at a
certain place. Th length of the pendulum is
25.0 cm and a stop watch with 1s resolution
measures the time taken for 40 oscillations to
be 50 s. The accuracy in g is :
How many questions come from Experimental Skills in JEE Main?
42 questions from 2020 to 2025, about 7 per year. In 2025 it had 3.
Which Experimental Skills topics are most important for JEE Main?
By past papers: Vernier Callipers and Screw Gauge (86%), Optics Experiments (10%) and p-n Junction Characteristics (2%) of all Experimental Skills questions.
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