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JEE Main · Maths · Three Dimensional Geometry

Unknown Parameter from Distance

JEE Main asked Unknown Parameter from Distance once in the 108 shifts Lumi analysed, on 2 Apr 2017 (offline). It belongs to Point-Plane Distance, in Three Dimensional Geometry (Maths).

Updated 2026-10-24

Times asked
1
in 1 shift
Years
1 of 8
First asked
2017
the only year
Pattern
Gone quiet
asked once so far

Questions on this idea a shift, by year

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

00.510.86’170’200’210’220’230’240’250’26

Raw count: 2017: 1 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: 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
  • 20230 of 12
  • 20220 of 24
  • 20210 of 24
  • 20200 of 12
  • 20171 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.

  • Distance from plane with normal from two lines

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. 2 Apr 2017 (offline) · Q82The distance of the point (1,3,−7)(1,3,-7) from the plane passing through the point (1,−1,−1)(1,-1,-1), having normal perpendicular to both the lines…MediumSingle correct

Shift: 2 Apr 2017 (offline).

Same topic

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Point-Plane Distance has 7 ideas JEE Main has asked; 4 of them came up in more than one question.

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