List of top Mathematics Questions asked in JEE Main

Let $\alpha, \beta$ be roots of $x^2 + \sqrt{2}x - 8 = 0$. If $U_n = \alpha^n + \beta^n$, then \[ \frac{U_{10} + \sqrt{12} U_9}{2 U_8} \] is equal to ________.

If the shortest distance between the lines \[ \frac{x - \lambda}{3} = \frac{y - 2}{-1} = \frac{z - 1}{1} \] and \[ \frac{x + 2}{-3} = \frac{y + 5}{2} = \frac{z - 4}{4} \] is \[ \frac{44}{\sqrt{30}}, \] then the largest possible value of $|\lambda|$ is equal to ________.

Let $[t]$ denote the largest integer less than or equal to $t$. If \[ \int_0^1 \left(\left[x^2\right] + \left\lfloor \frac{x^2}{2} \right\rfloor\right) dx = a + b\sqrt{2} - \sqrt{3} - \sqrt{5} + c\sqrt{6} - \sqrt{7}, \] where $a, b, c \in \mathbb{Z}$, then $a + b + c$ is equal to ________.

The length of the latus rectum and directrices of a hyperbola with eccentricity $e$ are 9 and $x = \pm \frac{4}{\sqrt{3}}$, respectively. Let the line $y - \sqrt{3}x + \sqrt{3} = 0$ touch this hyperbola at $(x_0, y_0)$. If $m$ is the product of the focal distances of the point $(x_0, y_0)$, then $4e^2 + m$ is equal to ________.

If P(6, 1) be the orthocentre of the triangle whose vertices are A(5, –2), B(8, 3) and C(h, k), then the point C lies on the circle.

A software company sets up m number of computer systems to finish an assignment in 17 days. If 4 computer systems crashed on the start of the second day, 4 more computer systems crashed on the start of the third day and so on, then it took 8 more days to finish the assignment. The value of m is equal to :

If the locus of the point, whose distances from the point $(2, 1)$ and $(1, 3)$ are in the ratio $5 : 4$, is \[ ax^2 + by^2 + cxy + dx + ey + 170 = 0, \] then the value of $a^2 + 2b + 3c + 4d + e$ is equal to:

The number of real solutions of the equation x |x + 5| + 2|x + 7| – 2 = 0 is _____.

Let a line perpendicular to the line \( 2x - y = 10 \) touch the parabola \( y^2 = 4(x - 9) \) at the point \( P \). The distance of the point \( P \) from the centre of the circle \[ x^2 + y^2 - 14x - 8y + 56 = 0 \] is _____.

Let the maximum and minimum values of \[\left( \sqrt{8x - x^2 - 12 - 4} \right)^2 + (x - 7)^2, \quad x \in \mathbb{R} \text{ be } M \text{ and } m \text{ respectively}.\] Then \( M^2 - m^2 \) is equal to _____.

If \( f(t) = \int_0^{\pi} \frac{2x \, dx}{1 - \cos^2 t \sin^2 x} \), \( 0 < t < \pi \), then the value of \[ \int_0^{\frac{\pi}{2}} \frac{\pi^2 \, dt}{f(t)} \] equals _____.

Let \( a > 0 \) be a root of the equation \( 2x^2 + x - 2 = 0 \). If \[ \lim_{x \to \frac{1}{a}} \frac{16 \left( 1 - \cos(2 + x - 2x^2) \right)}{1 - ax^2} = \alpha + \beta \sqrt{17}, \] where \( \alpha, \beta \in \mathbb{Z} \), then \( \alpha + \beta \) is equal to _____.

Let the point \((-1, \alpha, \beta)\) lie on the line of the shortest distance between the lines \[\frac{x + 2}{-3} = \frac{y - 2}{4} = \frac{z - 5}{2} \quad \text{and} \quad \frac{x + 2}{-1} = \frac{y + 6}{2} = \frac{z - 1}{0}.\] Then \((\alpha - \beta)^2\) is equal to ______.

The number of solutions of \[\sin^2 x + (2 + 2x - x^2) \sin x - 3(x - 1)^2 = 0, \quad \text{where } -\pi \leq x \leq \pi,\] is

Let the mean and the standard deviation of the probability distribution be be $\mu$ and $\sigma$, respectively. If $\sigma - \mu = 2$, then $\sigma + \mu$ is equal to ________.

For $x \geq 0$, the least value of $K$, for which $4^{1+x}, 4^{1-x}, \frac{K}{2}, 16^{x}, 16^{-x}$ are three consecutive terms of an A.P. is equal to:

Let ABCD and AEFG be squares of side 4 and 2 units, respectively. The point E is on the line segment AB and the point F is on the diagonal AC. Then the radius r of the circle passing through the point F and touching the line segments BC and CD satisfies :

The values of $m, n$, for which the system of equations
$x + y + z = 4,$
$2x + 5y + 5z = 17,$
$x + 2y + mz = n$
has infinitely many solutions, satisfy the equation :

Let the circle $C_{1}: x^{2}+y^{2}-2(x+y)+1=0$ and $C_{2}$ be a circle having centre at $(-1, 0)$ and radius 2. If the line of the common chord of $C_{1}$ and $C_{2}$ intersects the y-axis at the point P, then the square of the distance of P from the centre of $C_{1}$ is:

Let $(\alpha, \beta, \gamma)$ be the point $(8, 5, 7)$ in the line $\frac{x-1}{2} = \frac{y+1}{3} = \frac{z-2}{5}$. Then $\alpha + \beta + \gamma$ is equal to

The area enclosed between the curves $y = x|x|$ and $y = x - |x|$ is:

Let $f: [-1, 2] \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ be given by $f(x) = 2x^2 + x + [x^2] - [x]$, where $[t]$ denotes the greatest integer less than or equal to $t$. The number of points, where $f$ is not continuous, is:

Consider a line \( L \) passing through the points \( P(1, 2, 1) \) and \( Q(2, 1, -1) \). If the mirror image of the point \( A(2, 2, 2) \) in the line \( L \) is \( (\alpha, \beta, \gamma) \), then \( \alpha + \beta + 6\gamma \) is equal to .

Consider a triangle \( \triangle ABC \) having the vertices \( A(1, 2) \), \( B(\alpha, \beta) \), and \( C(\gamma, \delta) \) and angles \( \angle ABC = \frac{\pi}{6} \) and \( \angle BAC = \frac{2\pi}{3} \). If the points \( B \) and \( C \) lie on the line \( y = x + 4 \), then \( \alpha^2 + \gamma^2 \) is equal to \( \dots \).

Let \( A \) be a \( 2 \times 2 \) symmetric matrix such that \[ A \begin{bmatrix} 1 \\ 1 \end{bmatrix} = \begin{bmatrix} 3 \\ 7 \end{bmatrix} \] and the determinant of \( A \) be 1. If \( A^{-1} = \alpha A + \beta I \), where \( I \) is the identity matrix of order \( 2 \times 2 \), then \( \alpha + \beta \) equals \( \dots \).