Ellipse JEE Main PYQs, 2020 to 2025

Ellipse has 53 questions in JEE Main papers from 2020 to 2025, about 8.8 per year across all shifts. The most asked topic is Standard Equation (31 questions), followed by Tangent and Normal (22).

Updated 26 Sep 2026

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53Total PYQs

6Years covered

2Topics

2025 Apr S2Latest paper

Ellipse questions per year

Year	Questions
2025	8
2024	4
2023	9
2022	13
2021	9
2020	10

Topic-wise weightage

Topic	Questions	Share of chapter	Last asked
Standard Equation	31	58%	2025
Tangent and Normal	22	42%	2025

Sample questions from recent papers

JEE Main 2025 · 8 Apr · Shift 2 · Standard Equation

Let the ellipse $3x^2 + py^2 = 4$ pass through the centre $C$ of the circle $x^2 + y^2 - 2x - 4y - 11 = 0$ of radius $r$ . Let $f_1, f_2$ be the focal distances of the point $C$ on the ellipse. Then $6f_1f_2 - r$ is equal to

(A)
78
(B)
68
(C)
70
(D)
74

Answer: (C)

Step-by-step solution

JEE Main 2025 · 24 Jan · Shift 2 · Tangent and Normal

The equation of the chord, of the ellipse $\frac{x^2}{25}+\frac{y^2}{16}=1$ , whose mid-point is $(3,1)$ is :

(A) $5 x+16 y=31$
(B) $48 x+25 y=169$
(C) $4 x+122 y=134$
(D) $25 x+101 y=176$

Answer: (B)

Step-by-step solution

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Frequently asked

How many questions come from Ellipse in JEE Main?

53 questions from 2020 to 2025, about 8.8 per year. In 2025 it had 8.

Which Ellipse topics are most important for JEE Main?

By past papers: Standard Equation (58%) and Tangent and Normal (42%) of all Ellipse questions.

Is the Ellipse PYQ PDF free?

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