JEE Main · Maths · Conic Sections
Shortest Distance via Common Normal
JEE Main asked Shortest Distance via Common Normal once in the 108 shifts Lumi analysed, on 3 Apr 2025, Shift 1. It belongs to Normals to Conics, in Conic Sections (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.
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.
How JEE Main framed it
Single correct is the usual form. Skill tested: multi-step.
- Smallest circle touching two parabolas
Difficulty
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.
Shift: 3 Apr 2025, Shift 1.
Same topic
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- Hyperbola Normal Point Form6× · 2023
- Ellipse Normal Point Form3× · 2020
- Parabola Normal Point Form2× · 2022
- Hyperbola Normal Parametric Form2× · 2021
- Shortest Distance from Point to Parabolaonce · 2024
- Parabola Normal Parametric Formonce · 2022