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Three-Dimensional Geometry PYQs (previous year questions) for JEE Advanced: Three-Dimensional Geometry (Mathematics) had 21 questions across the 22 official JEE Advanced papers we tagged (2016–2026), and appeared in 17 of them. Asked in 11 of 11 years. The concepts asked in the most papers: Lines and Planes, Lines in Space, Image in a Plane.
Year-wise question count
Asked in 11 of 11 years, with 2 papers each year.
Most-asked concepts
Sorted by the number of papers a concept appeared in.
| Concept | Questions | Papers | Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lines and Planes | 9 | 9 | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2016 |
| Image in a Plane | 3 | 3 | 2020, 2018, 2016 |
| Lines in Space | 3 | 3 | 2026, 2019 |
| Planes | 2 | 2 | 2026, 2017 |
| Distance from Plane | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Locus in 3D | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Reflection in a Plane | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Skew Lines | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
How to practise Three-Dimensional Geometry PYQs
- Start with the concepts at the top of the table. They have come back the most.
- Solve one year’s Three-Dimensional Geometry questions from the official PDF against the clock, then check the answer listed below.
- Log every miss as a concept gap, a calculation slip or a misread. Each needs a different fix.
- Once a concept is clean in two papers, move to the next. Then sit a full paper from the year pages.
Questions by year
Each line gives the question number and paper, type, concept, our one-line summary and the official answer, with a link to the official PDF.
JEE Advanced2026
JEE Advanced2025
- Q.5 (Paper 1) · MSQ · Lines and Planes: Distances for a line parallel to a plane-intersection line meeting another plane (official answer: A, C) PDF
JEE Advanced2024
- Q.7 (Paper 1) · MSQ · Locus in 3D: Sets of points with fixed difference of squared distances to two points (official answer: A, B, C, D) PDF
- Q.16 (Paper 1) · Matching · Lines and Planes: Intersecting lines: intersection point, plane normal and distances (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.6 (Paper 2) · MSQ · Lines and Planes: Points from line-plane intersections and related distances (official answer: A, C) PDF
JEE Advanced2023
JEE Advanced2022
JEE Advanced2021
- Q.8 (Paper 1) · Numerical · Distance from Plane: Squared distance of a point from the plane of consistent parameters PDF
JEE Advanced2020
JEE Advanced2019
- Q.12 (Paper 1) · MSQ · Lines in Space: Line perpendicular to and cutting two given lines (official answer: A, B, C) PDF
- Q.18 (Paper 1) · Numerical · Lines and Planes: Area of triangle formed where three lines meet a plane (official answer: 0.75) PDF
- Q.8 (Paper 2) · MSQ · Lines in Space: Points on one line giving collinear points on three lines (official answer: A, C) PDF
JEE Advanced2018
JEE Advanced2017
- Q.37 (Paper 2) · MCQ · Planes: Plane through a point perpendicular to two given planes (official answer: C) PDF
JEE Advanced2016
Three-Dimensional Geometry in other exams
The same chapter in other official papers we tagged: JEE Main (21 questions).
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FAQ
How many Three-Dimensional Geometry questions come in JEE Advanced?
In the official papers we tagged: 2 in 2026, 1 in 2025, 3 in 2024, 2 in 2023, 2 in 2022, 1 in 2021, 2 in 2020, 3 in 2019, 2 in 2018, 1 in 2017 and 2 in 2016 (2 papers each year). That is 21 questions in all, about 5% of Mathematics.
Which Three-Dimensional Geometry topics repeat in JEE Advanced?
Asked in the most papers: Lines and Planes, Lines in Space, Image in a Plane. The concept table lists every one with its count.
Are these official JEE Advanced questions?
Yes. Every question is from an official JEE Advanced paper hosted on our year pages. The one-line summaries are ours; open the PDF linked beside each question for the full text.