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JEE Main · Maths · Three Dimensional Geometry

Direction Cosines Squares Identity

JEE Main asked Direction Cosines Squares Identity once in the 108 shifts Lumi analysed, on 3 Apr 2025, Shift 2. It belongs to Lines in 3D, in Three Dimensional Geometry (Maths).

Updated 2026-10-24

Times asked
1
in 1 shift
Years
1 of 8
First asked
2025
the only year
Pattern
New since 2024
asked once so far

Questions on this idea a shift, by year

2017–2026. Asked in 2025. Years differ in how many shifts Lumi analysed, so each year is scaled to one shift of 25 Maths questions.

00.10.20’170’200’210’220’230’240.13’250’26

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: 0 in 18 shifts · 2025: 1 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
  • 20251 of 8
  • 20240 of 18
  • 20230 of 12
  • 20220 of 24
  • 20210 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.

  • Angles of line with axes using direction cosines

Difficulty

Easy 0Medium 1Hard 0

The question was multiple choice.

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.

  1. 3 Apr 2025, Shift 2 · Q14Each of the angles β\beta and γ\gamma that a given line makes with the positive yy- and zz-axes, respectively, is half of the angle…MediumSingle correct

Shift: 3 Apr 2025, Shift 2.

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