The Drill: 26 Questions, Exam Rules
Note: These are original questions written to the board and CUET pattern for Linear Programming — single-correct MCQs at exam difficulty. (Linear Programming no longer appears in the JEE Main syllabus, so this drill targets the exams that DO ask it.) They are practice items, not past-paper reproductions.
Simulate the exam:
- Time budget: 26 questions in 50 minutes — LP questions are fast once the corner table is second nature.
- Marking: score +4 for each correct answer, −1 for each wrong one, for unattempted.
- Attempt everything in one sitting before reading any explanation.
Self-scoring table:
| Result | Marks |
|---|---|
| Correct answer | +4 |
| Wrong answer | −1 |
| Not attempted | 0 |
| Maximum score | 104 |
Interpreting your score: 85+ — exam-ready on LP; 65-84 — vocabulary is fine, drill the unbounded-region and tie cases from Section 3; 40-64 — revisit Section 2's method, then retake; below 40 — go back through the solved examples first.
Speed habits: test half-planes with the origin, simplify constraints before graphing, evaluate only at listed feasible corners, and reach for the half-plane test the moment a region is unbounded.