Straight Lines has 130 questions in JEE Main papers from 2020 to 2026, about 19 per year across all shifts. The free PDF has 123 of them, each with its answer. The most asked topic is Distance and Section Formula (50 questions), followed by Forms of a Line (27) and Distance from a Point to a Line (21).
Asked in JEE Main
1302020–2026, all shifts
In this free PDF
123with answers
Asked in 2026
14Latest paper: 2026 Apr S2
Most asked topic
Distance and Section Formula50 Qs · 38% of the chapter
Difficulty mix
4% easy · 89% medium · 7% hardof the questions in the PDF
1 of this chapter's questions came back in a later paper (2021–2026). See the most repeated.
How often it's asked in JEE Main
Straight Lines had about 1 question per shift in recent JEE Main papers (2024–26). Most asked topic: Distance and Section Formula. About 14 questions in the 2026 papers. (Some topics were cut in 2024; see what changed.)
It came up in most 2024–26 shifts in our bank (about 46 shifts). Question types in 2020–2026: about 103 MCQs and about 27 numerical.
How many questions from Straight Lines in JEE Main, year by year
Year
Questions
Per shift
MCQ
Numerical
2026
14
0.7
12
2
2025
19
1.0
17
2
2024
27
1.4
21
6
2023
15
0.6
11
4
2022
19
0.8
16
3
2021
23
0.9
16
7
2020
13
0.8
10
3
2020–2026
130
0.9
103
27
Most asked Straight Lines topics, 2020–2026
Topic
Questions
Distance and Section Formula
50
Forms of a Line
27
Distance from a Point to a Line
21
Angle Between Lines
15
Locus
14
Every topic, year by year, is in the topic-wise table further down.
Counted from PrepWiser's question bank of JEE Main papers, 2020–2026. Per shift = questions that year ÷ shifts in our bank. Updated .
in the free PDF asked, not in the PDFThe PDF only has questions we can print in full with a checked answer, so it holds 123 of the 130 asked.
Topic-wise weightage by year
How many Straight Lines questions each topic had in every JEE Main year (all shifts), counting every question asked, including ones not in the PDF. Darker cells mean more questions.
Topic
Asked
Share
2026
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
Distance and Section Formula
50
38%
3
9
4
6
14
9
5
Forms of a Line
27
21%
2
2
8
2
2
7
4
Distance from a Point to a Line
21
16%
3
5
7
1
1
1
3
Angle Between Lines
15
12%
4
1
6
2
·
2
·
Locus
14
11%
·
1
2
4
2
4
1
Family of Lines
3
2%
2
1
·
·
·
·
·
All topics
130
100%
14
19
27
15
19
23
13
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Newest questions (2026)
The 12 newest of the 14 JEE Main 2026 Straight Lines questions in the free PDF, latest shift first.
JEE Main 2026 · 8 Apr · Shift 2 · Family of Lines
If a straight line drawn through the point of intersection of the lines 4x+3y−1=0 and 3x+4y−1=0, meets the co-ordinate axes at the points P and Q , then the locus of the mid point of PQ is :
JEE Main 2026 · 5 Apr · Shift 1 · Distance and Section Formula
In an equilateral triangle PQR, let the vertex P be at (3,5) and the side QR be along the line x+y=4. If the orthocentre of the triangle PQR is (α,β), then 9(α+β) is equal to:
From the point (−1,−1), two rays are sent making angles of 45∘ with the line x+y=0. These rays get reflected from the mirror x+2y=1. If the equations of the reflected rays are ax+by=9 and cx+dy=7,a,b,c,d∈Z, then the value of ad+bc is ____ .
JEE Main 2026 · 4 Apr · Shift 1 · Angle Between Lines
Let the line L1:x+3=0 intersect the lines L2:x−y=0 and L3:3x+y=0 at the points A and B , respectively. Let the bisector of the obtuse angle between the lines L2 and L3 intersect the line L1 at the point C. Then BC2:AC2 is equal to:
JEE Main 2026 · 4 Apr · Shift 2 · Angle Between Lines
Let A,B be points on the two half-lines x−3∣y∣=α,α>0 at a distance of α from their point of intersection P. The line segment AB meets the angle bisector of the given half-lines at the point Q. If PQ=29 and R is the radius of the circumcircle of △PAB, then Rα2 is equal to ____
JEE Main 2026 · 4 Apr · Shift 1 · Distance and Section Formula
Let the vertex A of a triangle ABC be (1,2), and the mid-point of the side AB be (5,−1). If the centroid of this triangle is (3,4) and its circumcenter is (α,β), then 21(α+β) is equal to :
JEE Main 2026 · 28 Jan · Shift 1 · Distance from a Point to a Line
Let ABC be an equilateral triangle with orthocenter at the origin and the side BC on the line x+22y=4. If the co-ordinates of the vertex A are (α,β), then the greatest integer less than or equal to ∣α+2β∣ is
JEE Main 2026 · 24 Jan · Shift 2 · Angle Between Lines
Let the angles made with the positive x-axis by two straight lines drawn from the point P(2,3) and meeting the line x+y=6 at a distance 32 from the point P be θ1 and θ2. Then the value of (θ1+θ2) is:
JEE Main 2026 · 23 Jan · Shift 1 · Distance from a Point to a Line
A rectangle is formed by the lines x=0,y=0,x=3 and y=4. Let the line L be perpendicular to 3x+y+6=0 and divide the area of the rectangle into two equal parts. Then the distance of the point (21,−5) from the line L is equal to :
JEE Main 2026 · 23 Jan · Shift 2 · Forms of a Line
Let A(1,2) and C(−3,−6) be two diagonally opposite vertices of a rhombus, whose sides AD and BC are parallel to the line 7x−y=14. If B(α,β) and D(γ,δ) are the other two vertices, then ∣α+β+γ+δ∣ is equal to :
JEE Main 2026 · 21 Jan · Shift 1 · Distance from a Point to a Line
Let a point A lie between the parallel lines L1 and L2 such that its distances from L1 and L2 are 6 and 3 units, respectively. Then the area (in sq. units) of the equilateral triangle ABC , where the points B and C lie on the lines L1 and L2, respectively, is :
A line passing through the point P(a, 0) makes an acute angle α with the positive x-axis. Let this line be rotated about the point P through an angle 2α in the clockwise direction. If in the new position, the slope of the line is 2−3 and its distance from the origin is 21, then the value of 3a2tan2α−23 is :
If A and B are the points of intersection of the circle x2+y2−8x=0 and the hyperbola 9x2−4y2=1 and a point P moves on the line 2x−3y+4=0, then the centroid of ΔPAB lies on the line :
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