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TOPIC: THREE DIMENSIONAL GEOMETRY

x2 y3 z 4
1. What are the coordinates of a point A on the line which is 3 units away from
1 2 2
the point B (2,-3, 2)?
10 43 20
(A) (2,3,4) (B) , ,
9 9 9
10 11 20 10 43 20
(C) (2,-3,4) and , , (D) (2,-3,4) and , ,
9 9 9 9 9 9

x 1 y 3 z
2. What is distance of the point A (2,-1, 3) from the point of inter section of the line
2 1 2
x y 1 z 2
and ?
4 2 1
(A) Not feasible
(B) Not feasible as lines are not coplanar
(C) Not feasible as there is no point of intersection
(D) None of the above

3. What is the perpendicular distance from the origin to the plane 3x+4y-5z =5?
1 1 1
(A) (B) (C) (D) 1
5 3 2

x1 y3 z4
4.
The image of the line in the plane 2x y z 3 0 is the line
3 1 5
x3 y5 z2 x3 y5 z2
(A) (B)
3 1 5 3 1 5
x3 y5 z2 x3 y5 z2
(C) (D)
3 1 5 3 1 5

5. The angle between the lines whose direction cosines satisfy the equations mn 0 &
2
m 2 n 2 is

(A) (B) (C) (D)
3 4 6 2

6. An equation of a plane parallel to the plane x 2y 2z 5 0 and at a unit distance from the origin
is
(A) x 2y 2z 3 0 (B) x 2y 2z 1 0
(C) x 2y 2z 1 0 (D) x 2y 2z 5 0

x1 y1 z1 x3 yk z
7. If the line and intersect, then k is equal to
2 3 4 1 2 1
(A) 1 (B) 2/9 (C) 9/2 (D) 0

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8. What is the relationship between the point A 8, 5, 4 , B 5,3,8 and C 1,19,16 ?
(A) AB and BC are parallel lines (B) Points are collinear
(C) Points are non-collinear (D) Points are vertices of a triangle.

9. Are the points A(4,2,5), B(2,-1,6) and C( 3,0,-2) are vertices of a triangle? If the answer is yes, find
the direction cosine of the three sides of the triangle ABC.
2 3 1 1 1 8
(A) Yes, direction cosine of AB are , , . Direction cosine of BC are , , .
14 14 14 66 66 66
1 2 7
direction cosine of AC are , , .
54 54 54
2 3 1 1 1 8
(B) Yes, direction cosine of AB are , , . Direction cosine of BC are , , .
14 14 14 66 66 66
1 2 7
direction cosine of AC are , , .
54 54 54
2 3 1 1 1 8
(C) Yes, direction cosine of AB are , , . Direction cosine of BC are , , .
14 14 14 66 66 66
1 2 7
Direction cosine of AC are , , .
54 54 54
2 3 1 1 1 8
(D) Yes, direction cosine of AB are , , . Direction cosine of BC are , , .
14 14 14 66 66 66
1 2 7
Direction cosine of AC are , , .
54 54 54

10. What are the coordinates of the point which lies on the line joining the points A (4,5,7) and B (7, 3,2)
and also on the line which is perpendicular to AB and passes through the point C (2,-1,3)?
115 68 68 115 69 68
(A) , , (B) , ,
19 19 19 19 19 19
115 68 69 114 69 68
(C) , , (D) , ,
19 19 19 19 19 19

11. What is the distance of the point A(2,0,1 ) from the line joining the points B ( 0, 1, 2) and C(1,2, 0)?
3 7 11 13
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2 2 2 2

12. In the adjoin figure a cube of edge length a unit is given, Find the direction cosines of its 4
diagonals.

2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
(A) D.C.s of all 4 diagonals are , , , , , , , , , ,
3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3

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 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
(B) D.C.s of all 4 diagonals are , , , , , , , , , , ,
3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
(C) D.C.s of all 4 diagonals are
3, 3, 3 , 3, 3, 3 ,
3, 3, 3 , 3, 3, 3
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
(D) D.C.s of all 4 diagonals are , , , , , , , , , , ,
3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3

x y z
13. A variable plane + + = 1 at a unit distance from origin cuts the coordinate axes at A, B and C.
a b c
1 1 1
Centroid (x, y, z) satisfies the equations 2 + 2 + 2 = K , the value of K is
x y z
1 1
(A) 4 (B) 9 (C) (D)
9 4

14. A plane passes through (1, 2, 1) and is perpendicular to two planes 2x - 2y + z = 0 and
x - y + 2z = 4 , then the distance of the plane from the point (1, 2, 2) is
17
(A) 2 (B) (C) 2 2 (D) None of these
2

x- 1 y- 3 z- 4
15. =
The image of the line = in the plane 2x - y + z + 3 = 0 is the line
3 1 - 5
x+ 3 y- 5 z- 2 x+ 3 y- 5 z + 2
(A) = = (B) = =
3 1 - 5 - 3 - 1 5
x- 3 y + 5 z- 2 x + 3 y + 5 z- 2
(C) = = (D) = =
3 1 - 5 - 3 - 1 5

16. Incorrect, we are getting quadratic equation after solving can have two values only.
(A) exactly one value (B) exactly two values
(C) exactly two values (D) exactly three values

17. Find the perpendicular distance of the point A(2,1,2) from the line which makes equal angles with
the positive direction of x, y and z axis and passes through the point B( 2,0,3).
95 93
(A) (B) (C) 27 (D) 28
3 3

18. Find the distance of the point A( 1,0.3) from the line joining the points B(1, -1, 2) and C(3,4,2)
33 117 1079 1037
(A) (B) (C) (D)
29 841 32 32

19. Find the shortest distance between the lines joining points A (5, 2, 1), B (3, 2, 0) and the points
C (4, 5, 2), D( 8, 3, 4)
230 30 230 30
(A) (B) (C) (D)
21 21 21 21

x- 4 y- 2 K- Z
20. The value of K such that = = lies in the plane 2x - 4y + z = 7 is,
1 1 2
(A) 7 (B) 7 (C) 7 + 4 (D) None of these

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 x- 1 y + 1 z- 1 x- 3 y- k z
21. If the lines = = and = = intersect, then value of K is
2 2 4 1 2 1
3 9
(A) - (B) 5 (C) 9 (D)
2 2

22. Write the equation of the line 3x-2=5y +4 =1-z in the vector from
(A) x yj zk (15 2) / 3 (15 4) / 5 j (15 1)k
(B) x yj zk (15 2) / 3i (15 3) / 5 j (15 1)k
(C) x yj zk (15 3) / 3i (15 4) / 5 j (15 1)k
(D) x yj zk (15 2) / 3 (15 5) / 5 j (15 1)k

23. What are direction ratios of the line 2 x 1 3 y 3 4 z 1 ?

(A) 2, 3 ,4 (B) 6, 4, 2 (C) 6, 4, 3 (D) 5, 4, 3

24. What are the direction cosines of a line which makes equal angles with the three coordinates axis?
1 1 1 1 1 1
(A) , , (B) , ,
3 3 3 3 3 3
1 1 1 1 1 1
(C) , , (D) , ,
3 3 3 2 2 2

25. A line makes an angle of 60 with the positive direction of x-axis, an angle of 150 with positive
direction of y-axis. What angle does it make with the z-axis ?
(A) 60 (B) 30 (C) 0 (D) 90

26. If , and are angles which a line makes with the x, y and zaxis, respectively, then what is value
the value of cos 2 cos 2 cos 2 ?
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 5

27.
Find the direction cosine of line r 2i 4i 3k 3i 2 j 2k
3 2 2 3 2 2
(A) , , (B) , ,
17 17 17 17 17 17
3 2 2
(C) , , (D) None of these
17 17 17

28. The equation of the plane through (2, 3, 4) and parallel to the plane x +2y+4z = 5 is
(A) x + 2y +4z = 24 (B) x + y + 2z = 2
(C) x + 2y + 4z = 3 (D) x + 2y + 4z = 10

x x1 y y1 z z1
29. If line is parallel to the plane ax+by+cz+d= 0, then
m n
a b c a b c
(A) (B) al bm cn 0 (C) 0 (D) None of these
m n m n

30. If a straight line makes an angle of with each of x-axis and y-axis, then the angle made by the line
4
with z-axis is

(A) (B) (C) (D) None of these
4 3 2

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31. The length of the perpendicular from the origin to the plane passing through three non-collinear
points a, b, c is

(A)
a b c (B)
2 a b c
a b c a b c a b c a b c
(C) a b c (D) None of these

32. The equation of the plane which contains the origin and the line of intersection of the planes r.a = p
and r.b= q is
(A) r. (pa qb) = 0 (B) r. (pa + qb) = 0
(C) r. (qa + pb) = 0 (D) r. (qa pb) = 0

33. A plane passes through a fixed point (a, b, c). The locus of the foot of the perpendicular to it from the
origin is the sphere
(A) x2+y2+z2ax-bycz = 0 (B) x2+y2+z22ax-2by2cz = 0
(C) x +y +z 3ax-3by3cz = 0
2 2 2
(D) None of these

34. The intercepts of the plane 2x 3y + 4z = 12 on the coordinate axis are given by
(A) 3, 2, 1.5 (B) 6, 4, 3 (C) 6, 4, 3 (D) 2, 3, 4

35. The shortest distance between the z-axis and the line x+y+2z3 = 0, 2x+3y+4z4 = 0 is
(A) 2 (B) 1/2 (C) 0 (D) 1

1 1 1
36. If the direction cosines of a line are , , , then
c c c
(A) 0 < c <1 (B) c > 2 (C) c > 0 (D) c 3

x1 y1 z1 x3 yk z
37. If the lines and intersect, then the value of k is
2 3 4 1 2 1
(A) 3/2 (B) 9/2 (C) 2/9 (D) 3/2

38. In a three-dimensional xyz space, the equation x25x+6=0 represents

(A) Point (B) Plane (C) Curve (D) Pair of straight lines

x3 y4 z5
39. Let the equations of a line and a plane be and 4x 2y z = 1, respectively, then
2 3 2
(A) the line is parallel to the plane (B) the line is perpendicular to the plane
(C) the line lies in the plane (D) none of these

40. Cartesian equation of the plane r 1 i 2 j 3 2 2 k is

(A) 2x + y = 5 (B) 2x y = 5 (C) 2x + z = 5 (D) 2x z = 5

x1 y2 z3
41. For the line , which one of the following is incorrect?
1 2 3
x y z
(A) It lies in the plane x2y + z = 0 (B) It is same as line
1 2 3
(C) It passes through (2, 3, 5) (D) It is parallel to the plane x2y + z6 = 0

42. The value of m for which straight line 3x 2y + z + 3 = 0 = 4x 3y + 4z + 1 is parallel to the plane
2x y + mz 2 = 0 is
(A) 2 (B) 8 (C) 18 (D) 11

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43. If the foot of the perpendicular from the origin to a plane is P (a, b, c), the equation of the plane is
x y z
(A) 3 (B) ax +by + cz = 3
a b c
(C) ax + by + cz = a2 + b2 + c2 (D) ax + by + cz = a + b + c

44.
Let A a and B b be points on two skew lines r a p and r b uq and the shortest distance
between the skew lines is 1, where p and q are unit vectors forming adjacent sides of a
1
parallelogram enclosing an area of units. If an angle between AB and the line of shortest distance
2
is 60, then AB =
1
(A) (B) 2 (C) 1 (D) R 0
2

x2 y3 z5
45. The point on the line at a distance of 6 from the point (2, 3, 5) is
1 2 2
(A) (3, 5, 3) (B) (4, 7, 9) (C) (0,2, 1) (D) (3,5,3)

46. If P1 : r.n 1 d1 0 , P2 : r.n 2 d2 0 and P3 : r.n 3 d3 0 are three planes and n 1 , n 2 and n 3 are
three non-coplanar vectors, then three lines P1 = 0, P2 = 0; P2 = 0, P3 = 0 and P3 = 0, P1 = 0 are
(A) parallel lines (B) coplanar lines (C) coincident lines (D) concurrent lines

47. A plane passing through (1, 1, 1) cuts positive direction of co-ordinate axes at A, Band C, then the
volume of tetrahedron OABC satisfies
9 9 9
(A) V (B) V (C) V (D) none of these
2 2 2

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ASSINGMENT
TOPIC: THREE DIMENSIONAL GEOMETRY (ANSWER KEY)

1. (C) 2. (B) 3. (C) 4. (A) 5. (A)

6. (A) 7. (C) 8. (B) 9. (A) 10. (B)

11. (A) 12. (D) 13. (B) 14. (C) 15. (A)

16. (C) 17. (B) 18. (A) 19. (A) 20. (B)

21. (D) 22. (A) 23. (C) 24. (A) 25. (D)

26. (B) 27. (A) 28. (A) 29. (B) 30. (C)

31. (A) 32. (D) 33. (A) 34. (B) 35. (D)

36. (B) 37. (B) 38. (B) 39. (A) 40. (C)

41. (C) 42. (A) 43. (C) 44. (B) 45. (B)

46. (D) 47. (B)

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