JEE Main · Maths · Three Dimensional Geometry
Equation of Shortest Distance Line
JEE Main asked Equation of Shortest Distance Line once in the 108 shifts Lumi analysed, on 1 Feb 2024, Shift 1. It belongs to Skew Lines, in Three Dimensional Geometry (Maths).
Updated 2026-10-24
- Times asked
- 1
- in 1 shift
- Years
- 1 of 8
- First asked
- 2024
- the only year
- Pattern
- New since 2024
- asked once so far
Questions on this idea a shift, by year
2017–2026. Asked in 2024. Years differ in how many shifts Lumi analysed, so each year is scaled to one shift of 25 Maths questions.
Raw count: 2017: 0 in 1 shift · 2020: 0 in 12 shifts · 2021: 0 in 24 shifts · 2022: 0 in 24 shifts · 2023: 0 in 12 shifts · 2024: 1 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.
How JEE Main framed it
Numerical value is the usual form. Skill tested: calculation.
- Foot points of shortest distance line
Difficulty
1 of the 1 question had a numerical answer.
Every question
The question
From the official JEE Main shift papers, newest first. Open one for the full question, the options and the official answer.
Shift: 1 Feb 2024, Shift 1.
Same topic
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- Solve for Parameter Given Shortest Distanceonce · 2025
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- Plane Containing One Line and Parallel to Otheronce · 2021