Three Dimensional Geometry JEE Main PYQs (2020–2026)

Solved Three Dimensional Geometry PYQs

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1. JEE Main 2026HardAngle between two lines
   Q1

   Let the direction cosines of two lines satisfy the equations : $4l+m-n=0$ and $2mn+10nl+3lm=0$ .
   
   Then the cosine of the acute angle between these lines is :

   • A$\frac{10}{7\sqrt{38}}$
   • B$\frac{10}{\sqrt{38}}$
   • C$\frac{10}{3\sqrt{38}}$
   • D$\frac{20}{3\sqrt{38}}$

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   Correct answer: (C)

   $$\begin{array}{rl}& n=4I+m\\ & n(2m+10I)+3Im=0\\ & \Rightarrow 2(4I+m)(m+5I)+3Im=0\\ & \Rightarrow 8Im+2m^2+10ml+40l^2+3Im=0\end{array}$$
   
   $$\begin{array}{rl}& \Rightarrow 40l^2+21ml+2m^2=0\\ & \Rightarrow 40l^2+16ml+5ml+2m^2=0\\ & \Rightarrow (8l+m)(5l+2m)=0\end{array}$$
   
   $$m=-8I;2m=-5I$$
   
   $$n=-4i\Rightarrow m=\frac{-5l}{2}$$
   
   $$\begin{array}{rl}& \begin{array}{rl}D\cdot R_1& =\left(l_1,m_1,n_1\right)\\ & =(-1,-8,-4)\\ D{R}_2& =\left(l_2,m_2,n_2\right)\\ & =\left(l_2,\frac{-5l_2}{2},\frac{3l_2}{2}\right)\\ =(2,-5,3)& \\ \cos \theta & =\left|\frac{2+40-12}{9\cdot \sqrt{38}}\right|\\ \cos \theta & =\frac{10}{3\sqrt{38}}\end{array}\\ & \text{ i.e. option (1) is correct }\end{array}$$
2. JEE Main 2026MediumEquation of a line in different forms (vector and Cartesian)
   Q2

   Let L be the line $\frac{x+1}{2}=\frac{y+1}{3}=\frac{z+3}{6}$ and let S be the set of all points $(a,b,c)$ on L , whose distance from the line $\frac{x+1}{2}=\frac{y+1}{3}=\frac{z-9}{0}$ along the line $L$ is 7 . Then ${\sum }_{(a,b,c)\in S}^{}(a+b+c)$ is equal to :

   • A28
   • B6
   • C40
   • D34

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   Correct answer: (D)

   M is the point of intersection of $L_1\&L_2$
   
   $$\begin{array}{rl}& \Rightarrow 2\lambda -1=2\mu -1,3\lambda -1=3\mu -1,6\lambda -3=9\Rightarrow \lambda =2=\mu \\ & M(3,5,9)\end{array}$$
   
   Now let point P be $(2K-1,3K-1,6K-3)$ on $L_2$
   
   Such that $PM=7$
   
   $$\begin{array}{rl}& \begin{array}{rl}& \Rightarrow \sqrt{(2K-4{)}^2+(3K-6)+(6K-12{)}^2}=7\\ & \Rightarrow 49K^2+196-196K=49\\ & \Rightarrow K^2+4-4K=1\Rightarrow K^2-4K+3=0\Rightarrow K=1,3\end{array}\\ & \end{array}$$
   
   $$\text{So points }P\&Q\text{ are }(1,2,3)\&(5,8,15)$$
   
   $$\text{So sum of all co-ordinates of }P\&Q=34$$
3. JEE Main 2026HardShortest distance between two skew lines
   Q3

   Let $P(\alpha ,\beta ,\gamma )$ be the point on the line $\frac{x-1}{2}=\frac{y+1}{-3}=z$ at a distance $4\sqrt{14}$ from the point $(1,-1,0)$ and nearer to the origin. Then the shortest distance, between the lines $\frac{x-\alpha }{1}=\frac{y-\beta }{2}=\frac{z-\gamma }{3}$ and $\frac{x+5}{2}=\frac{y-10}{1}=\frac{z-3}{1}$ , is equal to

   • A$4\sqrt{\frac{7}{5}}$
   • B$7\sqrt{\frac{5}{4}}$
   • C$4\sqrt{\frac{5}{7}}$
   • D$2\sqrt{\frac{7}{4}}$

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   Correct answer: (A)

   $$\frac{x-1}{2}=\frac{y+1}{-3}=\frac{z}{1}=t$$
   
   $$\begin{array}{rl}& (1+2t,-1-3t,t)\\ & 4t^2+9t^2+t^2=16\times 14\\ & t=\pm 4\\ & \text{ Points are }(9,-13,4),(-7,11,-4)\\ & (\alpha ,\beta ,\gamma )=(-7,11,-4)\\ & \bar{a}=(-7,11,-4),\bar{c}=(-5,10,3)\\ & \bar{c}-\bar{a}=(2,-1,7)\\ & b\times d=(-1,5,-3)\\ & S.D=\left|\frac{-2-5-21}{\sqrt{1+25+9}}\right|=\frac{28}{\sqrt{35}}\end{array}$$

Topic-wise question count

Where JEE Main has asked from Three Dimensional Geometry, most frequent first.

• Equation of a line in different forms (vector and Cartesian)108
• Equation of a plane in different forms (vector and Cartesian)60
• Shortest distance between two skew lines49
• Distance of a point from a plane48
• Angle between two lines13
• Direction cosines and direction ratios of a line10
• Angle between a line and a plane6
• Angle between two planes3

Year-wise Three Dimensional Geometry questions in JEE Main

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