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JEE Main · Maths · Straight Lines

Distance from Origin to a Line

JEE Main asked Distance from Origin to a Line 2 times in 2 of the 108 shifts Lumi analysed, all in 2021. It belongs to Straight Line Distance, in Straight Lines (Maths). In 2021 it came in more than one shift of the same year.

Updated 2026-10-24

Times asked
2
in 2 shifts
Years
1 of 8
First asked
2021
the only year
Pattern
Gone quiet
across the analysed shifts

Questions on this idea a shift, by year

2017–2026. Asked in 2021. Years differ in how many shifts Lumi analysed, so each year is scaled to one shift of 25 Maths questions.

00.050.10’170’200.07’210’220’230’240’250’26

Raw count: 2017: 0 in 1 shift · 2020: 0 in 12 shifts · 2021: 2 in 24 shifts · 2022: 0 in 24 shifts · 2023: 0 in 12 shifts · 2024: 0 in 18 shifts · 2025: 0 in 8 shifts · 2026: 0 in 9 shifts.

Shift by shift

Each square is one analysed shift, in date order. Open a filled one for that paper.

  • 20260 of 9
  • 20250 of 8
  • 20240 of 18
  • 20230 of 12
  • 20220 of 24
  • 20212 of 24
  • 20200 of 12
  • 20170 of 1

Asked in that shift More than once Not asked

How JEE Main framed it

Single correct is the usual form. Skill tested: multi-step.

  • Perpendicular distance from origin to lines
  • Inradius and circumradius of equilateral triangle from line

Difficulty

Easy 0Medium 2Hard 0

Every question was multiple choice.

Every question

All 2 questions

From the official JEE Main shift papers, newest first. Open one for the full question, the options and the official answer.

  1. 18 Mar 2021, Shift 2 · Q67Let the centroid of an equilateral triangle ABC be at the origin. Let one of the sides of the equilateral triangle be along the straight…MediumSingle correct
  2. 31 Aug 2021, Shift 1 · Q73If p and q are the lengths of the perpendiculars from the origin on the lines,…MediumSingle correct

Shifts: 18 Mar 2021, Shift 2, 31 Aug 2021, Shift 1.

Same topic

Other ideas in Straight Line Distance

Straight Line Distance has 23 ideas JEE Main has asked; 16 of them came up in more than one question. The 12 most asked are below.

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