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JEE Main · Maths · Straight Lines

Reflection of a Line in a Line

JEE Main asked Reflection of a Line in a Line 2 times in 2 of the 108 shifts Lumi analysed, in 2022 and 2026. It belongs to Straight Line Distance, in Straight Lines (Maths). The longest wait between two years asking it was 4 years.

Updated 2026-10-24

Times asked
2
in 2 shifts
Years
2 of 8
First asked
2022
last in 2026
Pattern
Occasional
across the analysed shifts

Questions on this idea a shift, by year

2017–2026. Asked in 2022 and 2026. Years differ in how many shifts Lumi analysed, so each year is scaled to one shift of 25 Maths questions.

00.10.20’170’200’210.04’220’230’240’250.11’26

Raw count: 2017: 0 in 1 shift · 2020: 0 in 12 shifts · 2021: 0 in 24 shifts · 2022: 1 in 24 shifts · 2023: 0 in 12 shifts · 2024: 0 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
  • 20240 of 18
  • 20230 of 12
  • 20221 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: multi-step.

  • Reflected rays equations from mirror line
  • Directrix of reflected parabola

Difficulty

Easy 0Medium 1Hard 1

2 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. 5 Apr 2026, Shift 2 · Q22From the point (−1,−1)(-1, -1), two rays are sent making angles of 45∘45^\circ with the line x+y=0x+y=0. These rays get reflected from the mirror…HardNumerical value
  2. 24 Jun 2022, Shift 2 · Q30Let P1P_1 be a parabola with vertex (3,2)(3, 2) and focus (4,4)(4, 4) and P2P_2 be its mirror image with respect to the line x+2y=6x + 2y = 6. Then…MediumNumerical value

Shifts: 24 Jun 2022, Shift 2, 5 Apr 2026, Shift 2.

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