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LEVEL - I
2. The points A(5, –1, 1), B(7, – 4, 7), C(1, – 6, 10) and D(–1, –3, 4) are the vertices of a
(A) parallelogram (B) rectangle
(C) rhombus (D) square
3. Perpendicular is drawn from the point (0, 3, 4) to the plane 2x - 2y + z = 10. The coordinates of
the foot of the perpendicular are
(A) (-8/3, 1/3, 16/3) (B) (8/3, 1/3, 16/3)
(C) (8/3, -1/3, 16/3) (D) (8/3, 1/3, -16/3)
5. The ratio in which the plane x - 2y + 3z = 17 divides the line joining the points (2, - 4, 7) and
(3, - 5, 8) is
(A) –3 : 10 (B) –7 : 10
(C) –10 : 7 (D) –10 : 3
x 1 y 3 z 2
6. The equation of the plane containing the line and the point (0, 7, - 7) is
3 2 1
(A) 7x – 8y + 5z + 21 = 0 (B) 7x + 8y – 5z + 21 = 0
(C) 7x – 8y – 5z + 21 = 0 (D) none of these
7. The equation of a plane which is at a distance of 6 units from the origin and has 2, -1, 2 as the
direction ratios of normal to it is
2 1 ˆ 2
(A) r ( 2î ˆj 2k̂ ) 6 (B) r î j k̂ 1
3 3 3
2 1 2
(C) r î ĵ k̂ 6 (D) none of these
3 3 3
x 6 y7 z7
8. The perpendicular distance of the point P(1, 2, 3) from the line is
3 2 2
34 9
(A) (B)
19 2
33
(C) (D) 33
17
9. The straight lines whose direction cosines are given by a bm cn 0, fmn gn hm 0
are perpendicular if
f g h
(A) 0 (B) ( a / f ) ( b / g) ( c / h) 0
a b c
(C) (af ) ( bg) (ch) (D) ( a / f ) ( b / g) ( c / h)
Multiple Choice Questions with one or more than one correct Answers:
1. Consider the planes r .n1 d1 and r .n 2 d 2 then
(A) they are perpendicular if n1.n 2 = 0
(B) intersect in a line parallel to n1 n 2 if n1 is not parallel to n 2
n1.n 2
(C) angle between then is cos–1 | n | | n |
1 2
2. If the points (1, 1, k) and (–3, 0, 1) be equidistant from the plane 3x + 4y – 12z + 13 = 0
then k =
(A) 0 (B) 1
(C) 2 (D) none of these
3. If p1, p2, p3 denotes the perpendicular distances of the plane 2x – 3y + 4z + 2 = 0 from the
parallel planes, 2x – 3y + 4z + 6 = 0, 4x – 6y + 8z + 3 = 0 and 2x – 3y + 4z – 6 = 0
respectively, then
(A) p1 + 8p2 – p3 = 0 (B) p3 = 16p2
(C) 8p2 = p1 (D) p1 + 2p2 + 3p3 = 29
5. The plane containing the lines, r a ta ' and r a 'sa
(A) must be parallel to a a ' (B) must be the perpendicular to a a '
(C) must be [ r , a , a ' ] (D) ( r a ).(a a ' ) 0
6. The length of projection of the segment joining (x1, y1, z1) and (x2, y2, z2) on the line
x y z
= is
l m n
(A) |l(x2 – x1) + m(y2 – y1) + n(z2 – z1)| (B) |(x2 – x1) + (y2 – y1) + (z2 – z1)|
x 2 x1 y 2 y1 z 2 z1
(C) (D) none of these
l m n
7. Equation of the plane passing through A(x1, y1, z1) and containing the line
x x 2 y y2 z z 2
d1 d2 d3
x x1 y y1 z z1 x x2 y y2 z z2
x 2 x1 y 2 y1 z 2 z1 0 x1 x 2 y1 y 2 z1 z 2
(A) (B) =0
d1 d2 d3 d1 d2 d3
x d1 y d2 z d3 x y z
x1 y1 z1 x1 x 2 y1 y 2 z1 z 2 0
(C) =0 (D)
x2 y2 z2 d1 d2 d3
9. The point dividing the line joining the points (1, 2, 3) and (3, –5, 6) in the ratio 3 : –5 is
25 3 25 3
(A) 2, , (B) 2, ,
2 2 2 2
25 3
(C) 2, , (D) none of these
2 2
10. Direction ratios of the normal to the plane passing through the points (2, 1, 3) and the point of
intersection of the planes x + 2y + z = 3 and 2x – y – z = 5 are
(A) 13, 6, 1 (B) 4, 3, 2
(C) 4, 3, 2 (D) none of these
Multiple Choice Questions with Single Answer from other Engg. Exams.
1. A line makes the same angle , with each of the x and z axis. If the angle which it makes with
y-axis,
is such that sin2 = 3sin2 , then cos2 equals
(A) 3/5 (B) 1/5 (C) 2/3 (D) 2/5
2. Distance between two parallel planes 2x + y + 2z = 8 and 4x + 2y + 4z + 5 = 0 is
(A) 7/2 (B) 5/2 (C) 3/2 (D) 9/2
3. A line with direction co sines proportional to 2, 1, 2 meets each of the lines
x = y + a = z and x + a = 2y = 2z. The co-ordinates of each of the points of intersection are
given by
(A) (3a, 2a, 3a) (a, a, 2a) (B) (3a, 2a, 3a) (a, a, a)
(C) (3a, 3a, 3a) (a, a, a) (D) (2a, 3a, 3a) (2a, a, a)
t
4. If the straight line x = 1 + s, y = – 3–s, z = 1 + s, and x , y 1 t , z 2 t with parameters
2
s and t respectively, are co-planar, then equals
(A) –1/2 (B) –1 (C) – 2 (D) 0
5. The intersection of the spheres x + y + z + 7x – 2y – z = 13 and x + y2 + z2 – 3x + 3y + 4z = 8
2 2 2 2
is the same as the intersection one of the sphere and the plane
(A) x – y – 2z = 1 (B) x – 2y – z = 1 (C) x – y – z = 1 (D) 2x – y – z = 1
6. If the plane 2ax - 3ay + 4az +6 = 0 passes through the midpoint of the line joining the centres of the
spheres x 2 y 2 z 2 6 x 8 y 2 z 13 and x 2 y 2 z 2 10 x 4 y 2 z 8 then a equals
7. The distance between the line r 2iˆ 2 ˆj 3kˆ (iˆ ˆj 4kˆ) and the plane r.(iˆ 5 ˆj kˆ) 5 is
10 3 10 10
(A) (B) (C) (D)
3 10 3 3 9
x 1 y 1 z 2
8. If the angle between the line and the plane
1 2 2
2x - y + z 4 0 is such that sin = 1/3 the value of is
4 3 5
(A) (B) 3/4 (C) (D)
3 5 3
9. The two lines x = ay + b, z = cy + d; and x = ay + b, z = c + d are perpendicular to each other
of
a c a c
(A) aa + cc = 1 (B) a c 1 (C) a c 1 (D) aa + cc = – 1
LEVEL - I
1. If the product of distances of the point (1, 1, 1) from the origin and the plane x – y + z + k = 0
be 5, then find the value of k.
2. A plane meets the coordinate axes in A, B, C and (, , ) is the centroid of the triangle ABC,
x y z
then show that equation of the plane is 3.
3. Show the equation of the line through (, , ) and at right angle to the line
x y z x y z x y z
, is .
1 m1 n1 2 m 2 n 2 m1n 2 n1m 2 n1 2 1n 2 1m 2 2 m1
4. Show that the three lines joining the mid-points of opposite edges of a tetrahedron meet in a point
which bisects them.
5. A line makes angles , , , with the four diagonals of a cube ; prove that :
8
sin 2 sin 2 sin 2 sin 2 .
3
6. Show that the pair of lines whose direction cosines are given by the equations
2m 3n 0, mn 4n 5m 0 , are at right angles.
7*. Find the equation of the plane through the point (2, 2, 1) and parallel to the x + 2y + 3z + k = 0.
x 9 y 5 35
8. Find the reflection of the point (7, –1, 2) in the line .
1 3 5
9. Find the point in which the perpendicular from the origin on the joining the points (–9, 4, 5) and
(11, 0, –1) meets it.
10. The direction cosines of two concurrent lines are 1 , m1 , n1 and 2 , m 2 , n 2 show that the
direction cosines of the lines bisecting the angles between them are proportional to
1 2 , m1 m 2 , n1 n 2 .
LEVEL - II
1. Let PM be the perpendicular from the point (1, 2, 3) to the XY plane. If OP makes angle with
the positive direction of z-axis and OM makes and angle with the positive direction of x-axis
where O is the origin, then find and .
2. Find the vector of the plane that contains the lines r ( î ĵ) ( î 2 ĵ k̂ ) and
r ( î ˆj) ( î ˆj 2k̂ ) .
3. Prove that three concurrent line with direction numbers 1 , m1 , n1 ; 2 , m 2 , n 2 , 3 , m 3 , n 3 are
1 m1 n1
coplanar if 2 m 2 n 2 = 0.
3 m3 n 3
4. From a point P( , , ) , PM is drawn perpendicular to the straight line through the origin whose
direction cosines are , m, n and is produced to P such that PM PM . If P is
(, , ) , show that 2( m n ) .
m n
5. A plane meets the coordinate axes in A, B, C, such that the centroid of the triangle ABC is at the
point (a, b, c). Find the equation of the plane.
6. Find the equation of the plane which passes through the axis and is perpendicular to the
x 1 y 2 z 3
line .
cos sin 0
7. Find the locus of the point whose distance from the line x = y = – z is twice its distance from the
plane x – y + z = 0.
x y z
8. A point ‘P’ moves on the fixed plane = 1. The plane through P perpendicular to OP
a b c
meets the axes in A, B and C. If the planes through A, B and C parallel to co–ordinate planes
1 1 1 1 1 1
intersects in Q, show that the locus of Q IS 2
2 2 .
x y z ax by cz
9. Through a point P( , , ) a plane is drawn at right angles to OP, to meet the axes in A, B,C.
P5
Prove that the area of the triangle ABC is , where OP = p.
2
y z
10. Show that the equation to the plane containing the line 1, x 0 and parallel to the line
b c
x z x y z
1, y 0 is 1 0 . Hence show that, if 2d be the shortest distance between
a c a b c
1 1 1 1
the lines, then 2
2 2 2.
d a b c
SECTION-III-A
Matrix–Match Type p q r s
This section contains 2questions. Each question contains statements A p q r s
given in two column which have to be matched. Statements (A, B, C, D)
in Column I have to be matched with statements (p, q, r, s) in Column II. B p q r s
The answers to these questions have to be appropriately bubbles
C p q r s
as illustrated in the following example.
If the correct matches are A–p, A–s, B–q, B–r, C–p, C–q and D–s, p q r s
D
then the correctly bubbled 4 × 4 matrix should be as follows :
1. Column-I Column-II
(A) Point () lie on the plane x + y + z = 2.
5
Let a î ĵ k̂ , k̂ ( k̂ â ) 0 , then is (p)
3
(B) A line perpendicular to x + 2y + 2z = 0 and passes through
(0, 1, 0). The perpendicular distance of this line from the origin is (q) 2
2. Column-I Column-II
(A) If the points (–1, 3, 2), (–4, 2, 2) and (5, 5, ) (p) 0
are collinear then
(C) The sum of the square of the direction cosines of a line is (r) 5
SECTION-III-B
Linked Comprehension Type
This section contains 3 paragraphs. Based upon each paragraph, 3 multiple choice questions have to be
answered. Each question has 4 choices (A), (B), (C) and (D) out of which ONLY ONE is correct.
I. The vertices of a triangle ABC are A (2, 0, 2), B ( 1, 1, 1) and C (1, 2, 4) . The
points D and E divide the sides AB and CA in the ratio 1 : 2 respectively. Another point F is
taken in space such that perpendicular drawn from F on ABC , meets the triangle at the
point of intersection of the line segment CD and BE, say P. If the distance of F from the plane
of the ABC is 2 units, then
1. The point P, is
(A) (1, 1, –3) (B) (1, –1, 3)
(C) (2, –1, –3) (D) (1, 1, 3)
3. The length PF is
(A) 7 2 (B) 7
(C) 2 (D) none of these
II A tetrahedron is a three dimensional figure bounded by four non coplanar triangular planes.
So, a tetrahedron has four noncoplanar points as its vertices. Suppose a tetrahedron has
points A, B, C, D as its vertices, which have coordinates (x1, y1, z1), (x2, y2, z2), (x3, y3, z3) and
(x4, y4, z4) respectively in a rectangular three dimensional space. Then the coordinates of its
x 1 x 2 x 3 x 4 y1 y 2 y 3 y 4 z 1 z 2 z 3 z 4
centroid are , , .Let a tetrahedron has
4 4 4
three of its vertices represent ed by t he po int s A(0, 0, 0), B(6, –5, –1) and
C(–4, 1, 3) and its centroid lies at the point (1, –2, 5).
5. The coordinate of the fourth vertex of the tetrahedron is
(A) (2, –4, 18) (B) (1, –2, 13)
(C) (–2, 4, –2) (D) (1, –1, 1)
6. The equation of the triangular plane of tetrahedron that contains the given vertices is
(A) x – 2y + z = 0 (B) 5x – 3y – 2z = 0
(C) x + y + z = 0 (D) x + 2y + 3z = 0
III. The vector equation of a plane is a relation satisfied by position vectors of all the points on the
plane. If P is a plane and n̂ is a unit vector through origin which is perpendicular to the plane
P, then vector equation of the plane must be r .n̂ = d, where d represents perpendicular
distance of the plane P from origin.
9. If A is a point with position vector a , then perpendicular distance of A from the plane r .n̂ =d
must be
(A) | d a . n̂ | (B) | d a . n̂ | (C) || a | d | (D) none of these
10. The position vector of the image of the point a in the plane r .n̂ = d must be (d 0)
(A) – a . n̂ (B) a 2(d a . n̂ )n̂ (C) a 2(d a . n̂ )n̂ (D) none of these
11. The distance of the point a from the planer r .n̂ = d measured parallel to the line r = b tc
must be
| d a . n̂ | | d a . n̂ | | d a . n̂ |
(A) |c| (B) |c| (C) |b| (D) [b c n̂ ]
| c.n̂ | | b.n̂ | | c.n̂ |
SECTION-III-C
(Assertion – Reason Type)
Each question contains STATEMENT – 1 (Assertion) and STATEMENT – 2 (Reason). Each question has
4 choices (A), (B), (C) and (D) out of which ONLY ONE is correct.
Instructions:
(A) Statement-1 is True, Statement-2 is True; Statement-2 is a correct explanation for
Statement-1
(B) Statement-1 is True, Statement-2 is True; Statement–2 NOT a correct explanation for
Statement-1.
(C) Statement–1 is True, Statement–2 is False
(D) Statement –1 is False, statement–2 is True.
1. Statement–1 : The direction ratio of line joining origin and point (x, y, z) must be x, y, z.
x y z
Statement–2 : If P is a point (x, y, z) in space and OP = r then directions cosines of OP are , , .
r r r
2. Statement–1 : If the vector a and c are non collinear, then the lines
r 6a c ( 2c a ) and r a c ( a 3c ) are coplanar..
Statement–2 : There exist and such that the two values of r become same.
3. Statement–1 : The length of the line segment whose projections on the coordinate axes are
of magnitudes 12, 4, 3 is 13.
Statement–2: The distance of a point (x, y, z) from origin is x 2 y2 z 2 .
x 1 y 2 z 3
4. Statement–1 : The plane containing the lines = = and
2 3 4
4x – 3y + 1 = 0 = 5x – 3z + 2 passes through the origin.
Statement–2: Equation of plane is x + y + z = 0.
PROBLEMS
OBJECTIVE
x 4 y2 zk
1. The value of k such that = = lies in the plane 2x – 4y + z = 7, is
1 1 2
(A) 7 (B) –7 (C) no real value (D) 4
2. Let A be vector parallel to line of intersection of planes P1 and P2 through origin. P1 is parallel to
the vectors 2ˆj 3k̂ and 4 ĵ 3k̂ and P is parallel to ĵ k̂ and 3î 3ˆj , then the angle between
2
4. A variable plane at a distance of one unit from the origin cuts the coordinates axes at A, B and C.
1 1 1
If the centroid D(x, y, z) of triangle ABC satisfies the relation 2 + 2 + 2 =k, the value of k
x y z
is
1
(A) 3 (B) 1 (C) (D) 9
3
4. P1 and P2 are planes passing through origin. L1 and L2 are two line on P1 and P2 respectively such
that their intersection is origin. Show that there exists points A, B, C, whose permutation A, B, C
can be chosen such that
(i) A is on L1, B on P1 but not on L1 and C not on P1
(ii) A is on L2, B on P2 but not on L2 and C not on P2.
7. Find the equation of the plane passing through the points (2, 1, 0), (5, 0, 1) and (4, 1, 1). If P is the
point (2, 1, 6) then find the point Q such that PQ is perpendicular to the plane in (i) and mid-point
of PQ lies on it.
8. A plane containing two lines with direction ratios (1, –1, 0) and (–1, 0, 1) passes through the point
(1, 1, 1). Find the volume of the tetrahedron whose vertices are origin and the points where the
coordinates axes meet the plane.
9. û is incident on a plane whose unit vector normal to the plane is â . If v̂ is the reflected ray. Find
v̂ in terms of û and â .
10. If the incident ray on a surface is along the unit vector v̂ , the reflected ray is along the unit vector
ŵ and the normal is along unit vector â outwards. Express ŵ in terms of â and v̂ .
ANSWERS
SECTION-I
LEVEL-I
1. (B) 2. (C) 3. (B) 4. (A) 5. (B) 6. (C)
7. (C) 8. (C) 9. (A) 10. (A)
LEVEL-II
1. (ABC) 2. (B) 3. (ABCD) 4. (AB) 5. (BCD) 6. (A)
7. (AB) 8. (ABC) 9. (B) 10. (A)
Multiple Choice Questions with Single Answer from other Engg. Exams.
1. (A) 2. (A) 3. (B) 4. (C) 5. (D) 6. (B)
7. (C) 8. (D) 9. (A) 10. (D)
SECTION-II
LEVEL-I
1. 4 7. x + 2y + 3z – 9 = 0 8. (9, 5, –2) 9. (1, 2, 2)
LEVEL-II
5
1. tan 1 , tan 1 2 2. r .( î ĵ k̂ )
3
6. x cos y sin 0 7. x2 + y2 + z2 – 5yz + 3zx – 3xy = 0
SECTION-III-A
1. (A - q), (B - p) 2. (A - r), (B - r), (C - q)
SECTION-III-B
SECTION-III-C
1. (A) 2. (A) 3. (A) 4. (C)
PROBLEMS
OBJECTIVE
1. (A) 2. (BD) 3. (B) 4. (D) 5. (D)
6. (D) 7. (B) 8. (D) 9. (C)
SUBJECTIVE
1. (a) x + y – 2z = 3 (b) Q (6, 5 – 2) 2. x + y + z = 3; q/2 cubic units
5. 62x + 29y + 19z – 105 = 0 6. E 3i j k or i 3j 3k
7. x + y – 2z = 3; (6, 5, –2) 8. 9/2 ˆ v̂ 2(â, v̂)â
10.