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PREVIOUS YEAR EXERCISE

1. What is the cosine of angle between the planes 7. What are the direction cosines of a line which
x + y + z + 1 = 0 and 2x – 2y + 2z + 1 = 0 ? is equally inclined to the positive directions of
the axes ? (2012-II)
1 1
(a) (b) (2012-I) 1 1 1
2 3 , ,
(a)
2 3 3 3
(c) (d) None of the above
3 1 1 1
2. What is the sum of the squares of direction (b)  , ,
3 3 3
cosines of the line joining the points (1,2,–3)
and (–2, 3, 1) ? (2012-I) 1 1 1
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c)  , ,
3 3 3
2
(c) 3 (d) 1 1 1
26 (d) , ,
3. What is the diameter of the sphere 3 3 3

x 2  y 2  z 2  4 x  6 y  8z  7  0 ? 8. What is the angle between the lines

(2012-I) x 2 y 1 z 2 x 1 2y 3 z 5
  &   ?
(a) 4 units (b) 5 units 1 2 1 1 3 2
(c) 6 units (d) 12 units  
(a) (b) (2012-II)
2 3
4. If the distance between the points (7, 1, –3)

and (4, 5,  ) is 13 units, then what is one of (c) (d) None of these
6
the values of  ? (2012-II)
(a) 20 (b) 10 9. What is the equation to the plane through (1,
(c) 9 (d) 8 2, 3) parallel to 3x + 4y – 5z = 0 ?
5. If a line OP of length r (where ‘O’ is the origin) (a) 3x + 4y + 5z + 4 = 0 (2012-II)
makes an angle  with x-axis and lies in the xz-
(b) 3x + 4y – 5z + 14 = 0
plane, then what are the coordinates of P?
(2012-II) (c) 3x + 4y – 5z + 4 = 0
(a) (r cos  , 0, r sin  ) (b) (0,0,r sin  ) (d) 3x + 4y – 5z – 4 = 0
(c) (r cos  ,0,0) (d) (0,0,rcos  )
6. What is the distance of the point (1, 2, 0) from 10. What are the direction ratios of the line of in-
yz-plane is: (2012-II) tersection of the planes x = 3z + 4 and y = 2z
(a) 1 unit –3? (2012-II)
(b) 2 units (a) 1,2 ,3 (b) 2 ,1,3
(c) 3 units (c) 3,2,1 (d) 1,3,2
(d) 4 units
1. (b) 2. (b) 3. (d) 4. (c) 5. (a) 6. (a) 7. (a) 8. (d)
9. (c) 10. (c)
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11. What is the equation to the straight line pass- 15. What should be the value of k for which the
ing through (a,b,c) and parallel to z-axis? equation 3x2  3y2  (k 1)  z2  x  y  z  0
x  a y b z c represents the sphere? (2013-I)
(a)   (2012-II)
1 0 0 (a) 3 (b) 2
x  a y b z  c (c) 1 (d) –1
(b)  
0 0 1
x  a y b z c 16. What is the angle between the planes 2x – y –
(c)   2z + 1 = 0 and 3x – 4y + 5z – 3 = 0
0 1 0
x  a y b z c 
(d)   (a)
0 1 1 6

12. What is the area of the triangle whose vertices (b) (2013-I)
4
are (0,0,0) (1,2,3) and (–3,–2,1) ? 
(2013-I) (c)
3
(a) 3 5 square unit (b) 6 5 square unit 
(d)
(c) 6 square unit (d) 12 square unit 2
x  x0 y  y0 z  z0
13. What is the distance between the planes x – 17. If the straight line l  m  n is

2y + z –1 = 0 and –3x + 6y – 3z + 2 = 0 ? parallel to the plane ax + by + cz + d = 0 then

which one of the following is correct ?
(2013-I) (2013-I)
(a) 3 unit (b) 1 unit (a) l  m  n  0 (b) a + b + c =0
a b c
(c) 0 (d) None of the above (c)    0 (d) al + bm + cn = 0
l m n
14. If a line makes 30o with the positive direction For the next three (03) items that follow:
A straight line passes through (1, –2, 3) and
of x-axis, angle  with the positive direction
perpendicular to the plane 2x + 3y – z = 7.

of y-axis and angle with the positive direc- 18. What are the direction ratios of normal to

tion of z-axis, then what is cos 2   cos 2  plane? (2014-I)

(a) <2, 3, –1> (b) < 2, 3, 1 >
equal to? (2013-I)
(c) < –1, 2, 3> (d) None of the above
1 1
(a) (b) 19. Where does the line meet the plane?
4 2
3 (a) (2, 3, –1) (b) (1, 2, 3) (2014-I)
(c) (d) 1 (c) (2, 1, 3) (d) (3, 1, 2)
4
11. (b) 12. (a) 13. (d) 14. (a) 15. (b) 16. (d) 17. (d) 18. (a)
19. (d)
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20. What is the image of the point (1, –2, 3) in the 1

plane? (2014-I) (a) unit (b) 1 unit
2
(a) (2, –1, 5) (b) (–1, 2, –3)
3
(c) (5, 4, 1) (d) None of the above (c) unit (d) 2 unit
2
For the next (02) items that follow: For the next three (03) items that follow:
Consider the spheres x2 + y2 + z2 –4y + 3 = 0 Consider a sphere passing through the origin
and x2 + y2 + z2 + 2x + 4z –4 = 0. and the points (2, 1, –1), (1, 5, –4), (–2, 4, –
21. What is the distance between the centres of 6).
the two spheres? (2014-I) 26. What is the radius of the sphere? (2014-II)
(a) 5 unit (b) 4 unit (a) 12 (b) 14
(c) 3 unit (d) 2 unit (c) 12 (d) 14
27. What is the centre of the sphere ? (2014-II)
22. Consider the following statements: (2014-I) (a) (–1, 2, –3) (b) (1, –2, 3)
1. The two spheres intersect each other. (c) (1, 2, –3) (d) (–1, –2, –3)
2. The radius of first sphere is less than that of 28. Consider the following statements: (2014-II)
second sphere. 1. The sphere passes through the point (0, 4,
Which of the above statements is/are correct? 0).
(a) 1 only (b) 2 only 2. The point (1, 1, 1) is at a distance of 5 unit
(c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2 from the centre of the sphere.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
For the next three (03) item that follow: (a) 1 only (b) 2 only
The vertices of a triangle ABC are A(2, 3, 1),
(c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2
B(–2, 2, 0) and C(0, 1, –1).
For the next two (02) items that follow:
23. What is the cosine of angle ABC ?
(2014-I) The line joining the points (2, 1, 3) and (4, –2,
1 1 5) cuts the plane 2x + y – z = 3
(a) (b)
3 2
2 29. Where does the line cut the plane ? (2014-II)
(c) (d) None of the above (a) (0, –4, –1) (b) (0, –4, 1)
6
(c) (1, 4, 0) (d) (0, 4, 1)
24. What is the area of the triangle ? (2014-I)
(a) 6 2 square unit (b) 3 2 square unit 30. What is the ratio in which the plane divides
(c) 10 3 square unit (d) None of the above the line? (2014-II)

25. What is the magnitude of the line joining mid (a) 1 : 1 (b) 2 : 3
points of the sides AC and BC ? (2014-I) (c) 3 : 4 (d) None of the above
20. (c) 21. (c) 22. (c) 23. (a) 24. (b) 25. (c) 26. (b) 27. (a)
28. (a) 29. (d) 30. (d)
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For the next two (02) items that follow: (c)  1,  6, 4 (d) 2,  6, 4
Consider the plane passing through the points 36. What is the length of the line segment PQ?
A(2, 2, 1), B (3, 4, 2) and C (7, 0, 6).
(a) 47 units (b) 7 units (2015-I)
31. Which one of the following points lies on
(c) 53 units (d) 8 units
plane? (2014-II)
(a) (1, 0, 0) Direction: For the next two (2) items that follow:
(b) (1, 0, 1) A triangular plane ABC with centroid (1, 2, 3)
cuts the coordinate axes at A, B, C respectively.
(c) (0, 0, 1)
37. What are the intercepts made by the plane ABC
(d) None of the above
on the axes? (2015-I)
32. What are the direction ratios of the normal to (a) 3, 6, 9 (b) 1, 2, 3
the plane? (2014-II) (c) 1, 4, 9 (d) 2, 4, 6
(a) <1, 0, 1> (b) <0, 1, 0> 38. What is the equation of the plane ABC?
(c) <1, 0, –1> (d) None of the above (a) x  2 y  3 z  1 (2015-I)
For the next two (02) items that follow: (b) 3 x  2 y  z  3
The projections of a directed line segment on (c) 2 x  3 y  6 z  1 8
the coordinate exes are 12, 4, 3 respectively. (d) 6 x  3 y  2 z  1 8
33. What is the length of the line segment ? For the next two (02) items that follow:
(a) 19 units (b) 17 units (2015-I) A point P (1, 2, 3) is one vertex of a cuboid
(c) 15 units (d) 13 units formed by the coordinate planes and the planes
34. What are the direction cosines of the line passing through P and parallel to the coordinate
segment (2015-I) planes.
(a) 1 2 / 1 3 , 4 / 1 3 , 3 / 1 3 39. What is the length of one of the diagonals of the
cuboid ? (2015-I)
(b) 1 2 / 1 3 ,  4 / 1 3 , 3 / 1 3
(c) 1 2 / 1 3,  4 / 1 3,  3 / 1 3 (a) 10 units (b) 14 units
(d)  1 2 / 1 3,  4 / 1 3, 3 / 1 3 (c) 4 units (d) 5 units
For the next two (02) items that follow: 40. What is the equation of the plane passing
From the point P(3, -1, 11), a perpendicular is through P(1, 2, 3) and parallel to xy-plane ?
drawn on the line L given by the equation (2015-I)
x y2 z3 . (a) x  y  3 (b) x  y   1
  (c) z3 (d) x  2 y  3 z  14
2 3 4
Let Q be the foot of the perpendicular. 41. The radius of the sphere
35. What are direction ratios of the line segment 3x2  3y2  3z2  8x  4 y  8z 15  0 is
PQ? (2015-I) (a) 2 (b) 3 (2015-II)
(a) 1, 6, 4 (b)  1, 6,  4 (c) 4 (d) 5

31. (a) 32. (c) 33. (d) 34. (a) 35. (b) 36. (c) 37. (a) 38. (d)
39. (b) 40. (c) 41. (b)
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42. The direction ratios of the line perpendicular 5
(c) (d) 1
to the lines with direction ratios <1, –2, –2> 29
and <0, 2, 1> are (2015-II) 48. Consider the following : (2016-II)
(a) <2, –1, 2> (b) <–2, 1, 2> 1. The coordinates of Q are (4, –3, –1)
(c) <2, 1, –2> (d) <–2, –1, –2> 2. PQ is of length more than 8 units.
3. The point (1, –1, –3) is the mid-point of
43. What are the co-ordinates of the foot of the
the line segment PQ and lies on the given
perpendicular drawn from the point (3, 5, 4) plane.
on plane z = 0? (2015-II) Which of the above statements are correct?
(a) (0, 5, 4) (b) (3, 5, 0) (a) 1 and 2 only (b) 2 and 3 only
(c) (3, 0, 4) (d) (0, 0, 4) (c) 1 and 3 only (d) 1, 2 and 3
44. The lengths of the intercepts on the co-ordi- 49. Consider the following: (2016-II)
nate axes made by the plane 5x + 2y + z – 13 1. The direction ratios of the line segment PQ
are < 3, –2, 2 >.
= 0 are (2015-II)
2. The sum of the squares of direction cosines
13 13 of the line segment PQ is unity.
(a) 5, 2, 1 unit (b) , , 13 unit
5 2 Which of the above statements is/are correct?
5 2 1 (a) 1 only (b) 2 only
(c) , , unit (d) 1, 2, 5 unit
13 13 13 (c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2
For the next three (03) items that follow: For the next two (02) items that follow:
A plane P passes through the line of intersection A line L passes through the point P(5, –6, 7)
of the planes 2x – y + 3z = 2, x + y – z = 1 and is parallel to the planes x + y + z = 1 and
2x – y –2z = 3.
and the point (1, 0, 1).
50. What are the direction ratios of the line of
45. What are the direction ratios of the line of intersection of the given planes? (2016-II)
intersection of the given planes? (2016-I) (a) < 1, 4, 3 > (b) < –1, –4, 3 >
(a) 2, 5, 3 (b) 1, 5, 3 (c) < 1, –4, 3 > (d) < 1, –4, –3 >
(c) 2,5,3 (d) 1,3,5 51. What is the equation of the line L? (2016-II)
46. What is the equation of the plane P? (2016-I) x 5 y6 z7
(a)  
1 4 3
(a) 2x + 5y – 2 = 0 (b) 5x + 2y – 5 = 0
x 5 y6 z7
(c) x + z – 2 = 0 (d) 2x – y – 2z = 0 (b)  
1 4 3
47. If the plane P touches the sphere x + y + z
2 2 2
(c) x  5  y  6  z  7
= r2, then what is r equal to? (2016-I) 1 4 3
2 4 x 5 y6 z7
(a) (b) (d)  
29 29 1 4 3
42. (a) 43. (b) 44. (b) 45. (a) 46. (b) 47. (c) 48. (d) 49. (c)
50. (c) 51. (a)
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52. A straight line with direction cosines ( 0, 1, 0) (a) ae + cg –1 = 0 (b) ae + bf –1 = 0
is 2017 (I) (c) ae + cg + 1 = 0 (d) ag + ce + 1 = 0
(a) parallel to x - axis  
57. Let   î  2ˆj  k̂ ,   2î  ĵ  3k̂ and 
(b) parallel to y-axis  
  2 î  ĵ  6k̂ be three vectors. If  and

(c) parallel to z-axis are
 both perpendicular to the vector  and 
(d) equally inclined to all the axes     10 , then what is the magnitude of  ?
2017 (II)
53. (0, 0, 0), (a, 0, 0), (0, b, 0) and (0, 0, c) are
four distinct points. What are the coordinates (a) 3 units (b) 2 3 units
3 1
of the point which is equidistant from the four (c) unit (d) unit
2 3
points 2017 (I) 
a bc a bc a bc 58. A force F  î  3 ĵ  2k̂ acts on a particle to
(a)  , , 
 3 3 3  displace it from the point A( î  2ˆj  3k̂ ) to
the point B(3î  ˆj  5k̂ ) . Work done by the
(b)  a, b,c 
force will be 2017 (II)
a b c (a) 5 units (b) 7 units
(c)  , , 
 2 2 2  (c) 9 units (d) 10 units
a b c  
(d)  , ,   
 3 3 3 59. For any vector a | a  î |2  | a  ĵ |2  | a  k̂ |2
is equal to 2017 (II)
54. The points P (3, 2, 4), Q(4, 5, 2) R (5, 8, 0) 2  2
and S(2, –1, 6) are 2017 (I) (a) | a | (b) 2 | a |
2 
(a) vertices of a rhombus which is not a square (c) 3 | a | (d) 4 | a |2
(b) non- coplanar 60. The point of intersection of the line joining the
(c) collinear points (–3, 4, –8) and (5, –6, 4) with the XY
(d) coplanar but not collinear plane is 2017 (II)
55. The line passing through the points (1, 2, – 7 8   7 8 
1) and (3, –1, 2) meets the yz- plane at which (a)  , – , 0  (b)   , – , 0 
3 3   3 3 
one of the following points? 2017 (I)
 7 8  7 8 
 7 5  7 1 (c)   , , 0  (d)  , , 0 
(a)  0,  ,  (b)  0, ,   3 3  3 3 
 2 2  2 2
 7 5  7 5 61. If the angle between the lines whose direction
(c)  0,  ,   (d)  0, ,   
 2 2  2 2 ratios are 2, – 1, 2 and x , 3, 5 is , then
4
56. Under which one of the following conditions the smaller value of x is 2017 (II)
are the lines x = ay + b ; z = cy + d and x = ey (a) 52 (b) 4
= f ; z = gy + h perpendicular ? 2017 (I) (c) 2 (d) 1
52. (b) 53. (c) 54. (c) 55. (d) 56. (c) 57. (b) 58. (c) 59. (b)
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62. A variable plane passes through a fixed point (c) 9  x 2  y 2  z 2   4r 2
(a, b, c) and cuts the axes in A, B and C re- (d) 3  x 2  y2  z 2   2r 2
spectively. The locus of the centre of the sphere 67. The coordinates of the vertices P, Q and R of
OABC, O being the origin, is 2017 (II) triangle PQR are (1, –1, 1), (3, –2, 2) and (0,
x y z a b c 2, 6) respectively. If  RQP   , then what is
(a)    1 (b)    1  P RQ equal to ? 2018 (I)
a b c x y z
a b c (a) 30o   (b) 45o – 
x y z
(c)    2 (d)    2 (c) 60 – 
o (d) 90o – 
x y z a b c 68. What is the distance of the point (2, 3,4) from
63. The equation of the plane passing through the the plane 3x  6 y  2 z  11  0? 2018 (II)
line of intersection of the planes x + y + z = 1, (a) 1 unit (b) 2 units
2x + 3y + 4z = 7, and perpendicular to the (c) 3 units (d) 4 units
plane x – 5y + 3z = 5 is given by 69. Coordinates of the points O, P, Q and R are
2017 (II) respectively (0, 0,0), ( 4, 6, 2m), (2, 0, 2n)
(a) x + 2y + 3z - 6 =0 and (2, 4, 6), Let L, M, N and K be points on
the sides OR, OP, PQ and QR respectively
(b) x + 2y + 3z + 6 = 0
such that LMNK is a parallelogram whose
(c) 3x + 4y + 5z – 8= 0 two adjacent sides LK and LM are each of
(d) 3x + 4y + 5z + 8 = 0 length 2. What are the values of m and n
64. Let the coordinates of the points A, B, C be respectively? 2018 (II)
(1, 8, 4), (0, –11, 4) and (2, –3, 1 ) (a) 6, 2 (b) 1, 3
respectively.What are the coordinates of the (c) 3,1 (d) None of the above
point D which is the foot of the perpendicular
x 1 y  2 z  3
from A on BC ? 2018 (I) 70. The line   is given by
2 3 4
(a) (3, 4, –2) (b) (4, –2, 5)
(a) x  y  z  6, x  2 y  3z   4 2018 (II)
(c) (4, 5, –2) (d) (2, 4, 5)
(b) x  2 y  2 z  1, 4 x  4 y  5 z  3  0
65. What is the equation of the plane passing
through the points (–2, 6, –6), (–3, 10, –9) (c) 3x  2 y  3z  0, 3x  6 y  3z   2
and (–5, 0, –6) 2018 (I) (d) 3x  2 y  3z  2, 3x  6 y  3z  0
(a) 2x – y – 2z  2 (b) 2x  y  3z  3 71. Consider the following statements : 2018 (II)
(c) x  y  z  6 (d) x – y – z  3 1.The angle between the planes

2 x  y  z  1 and x  y  2 z  3 is .
66. A sphere of constant radius r through the origin 3
intersects the coordinate axes in A, B and C. 2.The distance between the planes
10
What is the locus of the centroid of the triangle 6x  3y  6z  2  0 and 2x  y  2z  4  0 is .
9
ABC ? 2018 (I) Which of the above statements is/are correct?
(a) x 2  y2  z 2  r 2 (a) 1 only (b) 2 only
(b) x 2  y2  z 2  4r 2 (c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2
62. (a) 63. (a) 64. (c) 65. (a) 66. (c) 67. (d) 68. (a) 69. (c)
70. (d) 71. (c)

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72. The centroid of the triangle with vertices A (2, (a) (3, 5, 4) (b) (2, 5, 5)
- 3, 3), B (5, - 3, - 4) and C (2, - 3, - 2) is the (c) (-1, -1, 5) (d) (2, -1, 0)
point. 2019 (I)
(a) (- 3, 3, - 1) (b) (3, - 3, - 1) x4 y2 zk
79. If the line   lies on the
(c) (3, 1, - 3) (d) (- 3, - 1, - 3) 1 1 2
73. W hat is the radius of the sphere x 2+ y2 + z2 - plane 2x - 4y + z =7, then what is the value of
6x + 8y - 10z + 1 = 0 ? 2019 (I) k? 2019 (II)
(a) 5 (b) 2 (a) 2 (b) 3
(c) 7 (d) 3 (c) 5 (d) 7
74. The equation of the plane passing through the 80. A straight line passes through the point (1, 1,
intersection of the planes 2x + y + 2z = 9, 4x
1) makes an angle 600 with the positive direc-
- 5y - 4z = 1 and the point (3, 2, 1) is
tion of z-axis, and the cosine of angles made
2019 (I)
(a) 10x - 2y + 2z = 28 (b) 10x + 2y + 2z = 28 by it with the positive directions of the y-axis
(c) 10x + 2y - 2z = 28 (d) 10x - 2y - 2z = 24 and the x-axis are in the ratio 3 :1 .What is
75. The distance between the parallel plances 4x- the acute angle between the two possible po-
2y + 4z + 9 = 0 and 8x - 4y + 8z + 21 = 0 is sitions of the line? 2019 (II)
(a) 90 0
(b) 60 0
1 1
(a) (b) 2019 (I) (c) 45 0
(d) 300
4 2
3 7 81. If the point (x, y, -3), (2, 0, -1) and (4, 2, 3)
(c) (d) lie on a straight line, then what are the values
2 4
of x and y respectively? 2019 (II)
76. What are the direction cosines of z- axis ?
(a) <1, 1, 1> (b) <1, 0, 0> 2019 (I) (a) 1, -1 (b) -1, 1
(c) <0, 1, 0> (d) <0, 0, 1> (c) 0, 2 (d) 3, 4
77. A point on a line has coordinates (p + 1, p - 3, 82. What is the length of the diameter of the sphere
2 p) where p is any real number. What are whose centre is at (1, -2, 3) and which touches
the direction cosines of the line? 2019 (II) the plane 6x - 3y + 2z - 4 =0?(2020-I & II)
1 1 1 1 1 1 (a) 1 unit (b) 2 units
(a) , , (b) , ,
(c) 3 units (d) 4 units
2 2 2 2 2 2
1 1 1 83. What is the perpendicualr distance from the
(c) , ,
2 2 2 point (2, 3, 4) to the line
(d) Cannot be determined due to insufficient x 0 y0 z0
  ? (2020-I & II)
data 1 0 0
x 1 y  3 z  2
78. A point of the line   has (a) 6 units (b) 5 units
1 2 7 (c) 3 units (d) 2 units
coordinates 2019 (II)
72. (b) 73. (c) 74. (a) 75. (a) 76. (d) 77. (d) 78. (b) 79. (d)
80. (b) 81. (a) 82. (d) 83. (b)

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84. If a line has direction ratios (a) 2 (b) 4

<a + b, b + c, c + a>, then what is the sum of (c) 8 (d) 16
the squares of its direction cosines?
86. What si the equation of the plane which cuts
(2020-I & II)
an intercept 5 units on the z-axis and is paral-
(a) (a + b + c)2 (b) 2(a + b + c)
lel to xy-plane? (2020-I & II)
(c) 3 (d) 1
(a) x + y = 5 (b) z = 5
85. Into how many compartments do the coordi- (c) z = 0 (d) x + y + z = 5
nate planes divide the space? (2020-I & II)

84. (d) 85. (c) 86. (b)

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