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JEE Main · Maths · Straight Lines

Section Ratio by a Line

JEE Main asked Section Ratio by a Line 4 times in 4 of the 108 shifts Lumi analysed, in 2022, 2023 and 2024. It belongs to Straight Line Distance, in Straight Lines (Maths). The longest wait between two years asking it was 1 year. In 2022 it came in more than one shift of the same year.

Updated 2026-10-24

Times asked
4
in 4 shifts
Years
3 of 8
First asked
2022
last in 2024
Pattern
Comes in cycles
across the analysed shifts

Questions on this idea a shift, by year

2017–2026. Asked in 2022, 2023 and 2024. Years differ in how many shifts Lumi analysed, so each year is scaled to one shift of 25 Maths questions.

00.050.10’170’200’210.07’220.07’230.05’240’250’26

Raw count: 2017: 0 in 1 shift · 2020: 0 in 12 shifts · 2021: 0 in 24 shifts · 2022: 2 in 24 shifts · 2023: 1 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.

  • 20260 of 9
  • 20250 of 8
  • 20241 of 18
  • 20231 of 12
  • 20222 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.

  • Lines through trisection points and intersection
  • Angle between lines through trisection points

Difficulty

Easy 0Medium 4Hard 0

Every question was multiple choice.

Every question

All 4 questions

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

  1. 27 Jan 2024, Shift 1 · Q15The portion of the line 4x+5y=204x+5y=20 in the first quadrant is trisected by the lines L1L_1 and L2L_2 passing through the origin. The tangent…MediumSingle correct
  2. 6 Apr 2023, Shift 1 · Q12The straight lines l1l_1 and l2l_2 pass through the origin and trisect the line segment of the line L:9x+5y=45L: 9x+5y=45 between the axes. If…MediumSingle correct
  3. 28 Jun 2022, Shift 2 · Q12Let a triangle be bounded by the lines L1:2x+5y=10L_1 : 2x+5y=10; L2:−4x+3y=12L_2 : -4x+3y=12 and the line L3L_3, which passes through the point P(2, 3),…MediumSingle correct
  4. 27 Jul 2022, Shift 1 · Q18Let A(1,1)A(1, 1), B(−4,3)B(-4, 3), C(−2,−5)C(-2, -5) be vertices of a triangle ABCABC, PP be a point on side BCBC, and Δ1\Delta_1 and Δ2\Delta_2 be the…MediumSingle correct

Shifts: 28 Jun 2022, Shift 2, 27 Jul 2022, Shift 1, 6 Apr 2023, Shift 1, 27 Jan 2024, Shift 1.

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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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