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JEE Main · Maths · Three Dimensional Geometry

Shortest Distance Between Cube Diagonals

JEE Main asked Shortest Distance Between Cube Diagonals once in the 108 shifts Lumi analysed, on 6 Apr 2023, 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
2023
the only year
Pattern
Occasional
asked once so far

Questions on this idea a shift, by year

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

00.050.10’170’200’210’220.07’230’240’250’26

Raw count: 2017: 0 in 1 shift · 2020: 0 in 12 shifts · 2021: 0 in 24 shifts · 2022: 0 in 24 shifts · 2023: 1 in 12 shifts · 2024: 0 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
  • 20240 of 18
  • 20231 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: calculation.

  • Shortest distance between diagonal and edge of cuboid

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. 6 Apr 2023, Shift 1 · Q14One vertex of a rectangular parallelopiped is at the origin O and the lengths of its edges along xx, yy and zz axes are 3, 4 and 5…MediumSingle correct

Shift: 6 Apr 2023, Shift 1.

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