Learn

Saturday, 31 October

JEE Main · Maths · Three Dimensional Geometry

Line Parallel to Vector Intersecting Two Lines

JEE Main asked Line Parallel to Vector Intersecting Two Lines 2 times in 2 of the 108 shifts Lumi analysed, in 2024 and 2026. It belongs to Lines in 3D, in Three Dimensional Geometry (Maths). The longest wait between two years asking it was 2 years.

Updated 2026-10-24

Times asked
2
in 2 shifts
Years
2 of 8
First asked
2024
last in 2026
Pattern
New since 2024
across the analysed shifts

Questions on this idea a shift, by year

2017–2026. Asked in 2024 and 2026. Years differ in how many shifts Lumi analysed, so each year is scaled to one shift of 25 Maths questions.

00.10.20’170’200’210’220’230.05’240’250.11’26

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: 1 in 18 shifts · 2025: 0 in 8 shifts · 2026: 1 in 9 shifts.

Shift by shift

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

  • 20261 of 9
  • 20250 of 8
  • 20241 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

Numerical value is the usual form. Skill tested: calculation.

  • Line with given direction meeting two lines

Difficulty

Easy 0Medium 1Hard 1

1 of the 2 questions had a numerical answer.

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. 4 Apr 2026, Shift 1 · Q14A line with direction ratios 1,−1,21,-1,2 intersects the lines x2=y3=z+13\frac{x}{2}=\frac{y}{3}=\frac{z+1}{3} and…MediumSingle correct
  2. 29 Jan 2024, Shift 1 · Q29A line with direction ratios 2,1,22,1,2 meets the lines x=y+2=zx=y+2=z and x+2=2y=2zx+2=2y=2z respectively at the points P and Q. If the length of the…HardNumerical value

Shifts: 29 Jan 2024, Shift 1, 4 Apr 2026, Shift 1.

Same topic

Other ideas in Lines in 3D

Lines in 3D has 18 ideas JEE Main has asked; 10 of them came up in more than one question. The 12 most asked are below.

Topic analysisChapter analysisStudy this chapterAll repeated ideas