JEE Mathematics

Basics: Distance, Section Formula, Locus: JEE Questions & Solutions

8 previous-year JEE Mathematics questions on Basics: Distance, Section Formula, Locus, each with a worked step-by-step solution.

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Previous-year questions

  1. 01Among the statements (S1): If A(5,-1) and B(-2,3) are two vertices of a triangle whose orthocentre is (0,0), then its third vertex is…MCQMediumJEE 2026
  2. 02The number of elements in the relation R={(x,y): 4x²+y²<52, x,y∈ℤ} isMCQEasyJEE 2026
  3. 03Let the triangle PQR be the image of the triangle with vertices (1, 3), (3, 1) and (2, 4) in the line x + 2y = 2. If the centroid of Δ PQR…MCQMediumJEE 2025
  4. 04Let ⁿC_(r-1) = 28, ⁿC_r = 56 and ⁿC_(r+1) = 70. Let A (4cos t, 4sin t), B (2sin t, -2cos t) and C (3r - n, r² - n - 1) be the vertices of a…MCQMediumJEE 2025
  5. 05Let alpha, beta, gamma, delta ∈ ℤ and let A(α, β), B(1, 0), C(γ, δ), and D(1, 2) be the vertices of a parallelogram ABCD. If AB = √10 and…MCQMediumJEE 2024
  6. 06If the locus of the point, whose distances from the point (2, 1) and (1, 3) are in the ratio 5:4, is ax² + by² + cxy + dx + ey + 170 = 0,…MCQMediumJEE 2024
  7. 07The equations of the sides AB, BC, and CA of a triangle Δ ABC are: 2x + y = 0, x + py = 21a (a ≠ 0), x - y = 3, and P(2, a) is the centroid…NVAMediumJEE 2023
  8. 08Let the point (p, p + 1) lie inside the region E = {(x,y): 3 - x ≤ y ≤ √(9 - x²), 0 ≤ x ≤ 3}. If the set of all values of p is the interval…NVAMediumJEE 2023

Frequently asked questions

Our bank has 8 previous-year JEE Mathematics questions tagged to Basics: Distance, Section Formula, Locus, drawn from JEE papers between 2023 and 2026, including 2 from 2026 alone. Each comes with a full step-by-step solution.

Basics: Distance, Section Formula, Locus is rated Basic overall for JEE Mathematics. The PYQs on this page break down as 7 medium, 1 easy.

Of the 8 previous-year questions on Basics: Distance, Section Formula, Locus, 6 are multiple-choice (MCQ) and 2 are numerical-value (NVA) questions.

Based on recent paper analysis, Basics: Distance, Section Formula, Locus is worth about 1 mark in JEE Main. It sits in Coordinate Geometry, a Class 11 Mathematics chapter.

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