Three Dimensional Geometry
If the circumcenter of the triangle formed by the points $(1,2,3),(3,-1,5)$ and $(4,0,-3)$ is $(\alpha, \beta, \gamma)$, then $|\alpha|+|\beta|=$
$|\gamma|$
$3|\gamma|$
$4|\gamma|$
$2|\gamma|$
If $\theta$ is the acute angle between the two lines whose direction cosines are connected by the relations $l+m+n=0$ and $2 l m+2 n l-m n=0$, then $\cos \theta=$
$1 / 2$
$\sqrt{3} / 2$
$5 / 6$
$3 / 5$
If the foot of the perpendicular drawn from the point $(1,0,-2)$ to the plane $\pi$ is $(2,0,-1)$ and the equation of the plane $\pi$ is $a x+b y+c z=2$, then $a^2+b^2+c^2=$
2
8
4
9
If $A(1,2,3), B(3,7,-2), C(6,7,7)$ and $D(-1,0,-1)$ are points in a plane, then the vector equation of the line passing through the centroids of $\triangle A B D$ and $\triangle A C D$ is
$\mathbf{r}=(2 \hat{\mathbf{i}}-\hat{\mathbf{j}})+t(\hat{\mathbf{j}}+4 \hat{\mathbf{k}})$
$\mathbf{r}=(1+t) \hat{\mathbf{i}}+3 \hat{\mathbf{j}}+3 t \hat{\mathbf{k}}$
$\mathbf{r}=(2 \hat{\mathbf{i}}+3 \hat{\mathbf{j}}+3 \hat{\mathbf{k}})+t(\hat{\mathbf{i}}+3 \hat{\mathbf{j}})$
$\mathbf{r}=(\hat{\mathbf{i}}+\hat{\mathbf{j}}+\hat{\mathbf{k}})+t(2 \hat{\mathbf{i}}-\hat{\mathbf{j}})$
In a $\triangle A B C$, if the mid-points of sides $A B, B C$ and $C A$ are $(3,0,0),(0,4,0)$ and $(0,0,5)$ respectively, then $A B^2+B C^2+C A^2=$
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200
300
400
If $l, m, n$ and $a, b, c$ are direction cosines of two lines, then
they are parallel when $l a+m b+n c=0$
they are perpendicular when $\frac{1}{a}=\frac{m}{b}=\frac{n}{c}$
the direction ratios of the bisectors of the angles between the two lines are $l \pm a, m \pm b$ and $n \pm c$
the direction ratios of the bisectors of the angles between the two lines are la, $m b$ and $n c$
If $(2,-1,3)$ is the foot of the perpendicular drawn from the origin to a plane, then the equation of that plane is
$2 x+y-3 z+6=0$
$2 x-y+3 z-14=0$
$2 x-y+3 z-13=0$
$2 x+y+3 z-10=0$
$A(1,2,3), B(2,3,1)$ and $C(3,1,2)$ are three points. If the point $P$ divides $A B$ in the ratio $1: 2$ and the point $Q$ divides $B C$ in the ratio $-2: 3$, then the distance between $P$ and $Q$ is
$\sqrt{312}$
13
$\frac{2}{3} \sqrt{78}$
25
If the image of the point $(1,-2,1)$ with respect to the line passing through the points $B(1,1,2)$ and $C(2,2,1)$ is $(l, m, n)$, then $l^2+m^2+n^2=$
1
9
22
26
A plane $\pi$ passing through the point $(1,1,1)$ is perpendicular to the line joining the points $(6,3,2)$ and $(1,-4,-9)$. If $a x+b y+c z-23=0$ is the equation of the plane $\pi$, then $a+b-c=$
1
23
9
13
The point of intersection of the line passing through the point $\hat{\mathbf{i}}-\hat{\mathbf{j}}, \hat{\mathbf{j}}-\hat{\mathbf{k}}$ and the plane passing through the points $2 \hat{\mathbf{i}}+\hat{\mathbf{j}}, 2 \hat{\mathbf{j}}-\hat{\mathbf{k}}, \hat{\mathbf{i}}+2 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$ is
$\frac{1}{6}(-5 \hat{i}+16 \hat{j}-11 \hat{k})$
$\frac{1}{23}(22 \hat{i}-44 \hat{j}+25 \hat{k})$
$\frac{1}{5}(18 \hat{i}+16 \hat{j}-21 \hat{k})$
$\frac{1}{11}(5 \hat{\mathbf{i}}-41 \hat{\mathbf{j}}+21 \hat{\mathbf{k}})$
A plane $\pi$ passing through the point $3 \hat{\mathbf{i}}-4 \hat{\mathbf{j}}+5 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$ is parallel to the plane which passes through the point $\hat{\mathbf{i}}+\hat{\mathbf{j}}-\hat{\mathbf{k}}$ and perpendicular to the vector $\hat{\mathbf{i}}+2 \hat{\mathbf{j}}-3 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$. Then, the cartesian equation of $\pi$ is
$3 x-4 y+5 z+20=0$
$2 x-y+3 z-25=0$
$x+2 y-3 z+20=0$
p>$4 x+5 y-6 z+38=0$
Let the direction cosines of two lines satisfy the equations $3 l+2 m+n=0$ and $2 m n-3 n l+5 l m=0$. If $\theta$ is the angle between these two lines, then $\cos \theta=$
$\sqrt{\frac{19}{28}}$
$\frac{3}{\sqrt{28}}$
$-\frac{25}{\sqrt{2991}}$
$\frac{1}{6}$
$(1,-2,1)$ is a point on a plane $\pi$ and $\pi$ is parallel to the plane $x-y-z=0$. If the equation of $\pi$ is $a x+b y+c z-2=0$, then $b-2 c=$
$-a$
$2 a$
$-2 a$
$a$
If $M$ is the foot of the perpendicular drawn from $P($ -1,2,-1 ) to the plane passing through the point $A(3,-2,1)$ and perpendicular to the vector $4 \hat{\mathbf{i}}+7 \hat{\mathbf{j}}-4 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$, then the length of $P M$ is
If $A=(1,-1,2), B=(3,4,-2), C=(0,3,2)$ and $D=(3$, $5,6)$, then the angle between the lines $\mathbf{A B}$ and $\mathbf{C D}$ is
Consider the following statements:
Assertion (A) : The direction ratios of a line $L_1$ are 2,5, 7 and the direction ratios of another line $L_2$ are $\frac{4}{\sqrt{19}}$, $\frac{10}{\sqrt{19}}, \frac{14}{\sqrt{19}}$. Then, the lines $L_1, L_2$ are parallel.
Reason : ( $\mathbf{R}$ ) If the direction ratios of a line $L_1$ are $a_1, b_1, c_1$ the direction ratios of a line $L_2$ are $a_2, b_2, c_2$ and $a_1 a_2+b_1 b_2+c_1 c_2=0$, then the lines of $L_1, L_2$ are parallel.
A line $L$ is parallel to both the planes $2 x+3 y+z=1$ and $x+3 y+2 z=2$. If line $L$ makes an angle $\alpha$ with the positive direction of $X$-axis, then $\cos \alpha=$
If $\mathbf{r}=(2-\lambda+\mu) \hat{\mathbf{i}}+(1-\mu) \hat{\mathbf{j}}+(2-3 \lambda+2 \mu) \hat{\mathbf{k}}$ is the vector equation of a plane, then the equivalent cartesian equation of the plane is
$3 x+y-z=5$
$3 x-y+z=5$
$-3 x+y+z=5$
$3 x-y-z=5$
Let $\pi_1$ be a plane passing through the point $\hat{\mathbf{i}}+\hat{\mathbf{j}}+\hat{\mathbf{k}}$ and perpendicular to the vector $-\hat{\mathbf{j}}+2 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$. Let the line $L$ passing through the points $3 \hat{\mathbf{i}}-2 \hat{\mathbf{j}}+\hat{\mathbf{k}}$ and $-\hat{\mathbf{i}}+3 \hat{\mathbf{j}}+\hat{\mathbf{k}}$ be a normal to the plane $\pi_2$. If the angle between the planes $\pi_1$ and $\pi_2$ is $\theta$, then $\cos \theta=$
$\sqrt{\frac{5}{41}}$
$\frac{-14}{\sqrt{205}}$
$\frac{\pi}{4}$
$\frac{\pi}{2}$
Let $A=(1,2,0), B=(2,0,-1), C=(0,-2,3)$ and $D=(-1,2,-3)$ be four points in the space. Let $G_1$ be the centroid of $\triangle A B C$ and $G_2$ be the centroid of tetrahedron $A B C D$. If $P$ divides, $G_1 G_2$ in the ratio $4: 3$ internally, then $P=$
$\left(\frac{5}{7}, \frac{2}{7}, \frac{1}{7}\right)$
$\left(\frac{1}{7}, \frac{2}{7}, \frac{3}{7}\right)$
$\left(\frac{4}{7}, \frac{-2}{7}, \frac{1}{7}\right)$
$\left(\frac{1}{7}, \frac{-3}{7}, \frac{5}{7}\right)$
If the d.r.'s of two lines are connected by the relations $a-b+c=0, a^2-b^2+2 c^2=0$ and $\theta$ is the angle between these lines, then $\cos \theta=$
$\frac{2}{\sqrt{7}}$
$\frac{3}{2 \sqrt{7}}$
$\frac{3}{4 \sqrt{2}}$
$\frac{1}{3 \sqrt{2}}$
If $l, m$ and $n$ are the d.c.'s of a normal to the plane passing through the points $(0,1,2)$, $(3,0,2)$ and $(4,5,0)$, then $|I|+|m|+|n|=$
$\frac{13}{\sqrt{91}}$
$\frac{11}{\sqrt{57}}$
$\frac{13}{\sqrt{77}}$
$\frac{12}{\sqrt{74}}$
Let $L$ be a line passing through the points $2 \hat{\mathbf{i}}+3 \hat{\mathbf{j}}+8 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$ and $\hat{\mathbf{i}}+6 \hat{\mathbf{j}}+4 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$. Let $P$ be a plane passing through $-5 \hat{\mathbf{i}}+19 \hat{\mathbf{j}}-14 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$ and parallel to the vectors $\hat{\mathbf{i}}-\hat{\mathbf{j}}+\hat{\mathbf{k}}$ and $\hat{\mathbf{i}}-2 \hat{\mathbf{j}}+3 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$. If $L$ meets the plane $P$ at a point $A$, then the position vector of $A$, is
$-\hat{\mathbf{i}}-12 \hat{\mathbf{j}}+4 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$
$-\hat{\mathbf{i}}+12 \hat{\mathbf{j}}-4 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$
$\hat{i}-12 \hat{j}-4 \hat{k}$
$\hat{i}+12 \hat{j}+4 \hat{k}$
If $\mathbf{r} \cdot(2 \hat{\mathbf{i}}+3 \hat{\mathbf{j}}+4 \hat{\mathbf{k}})=5, \mathbf{r} \cdot(\hat{\mathbf{i}}+\hat{\mathbf{j}}-\hat{\mathbf{k}})=7$ are two planes and $(16,-9,0)$ is a point common to both the planes, then the vector equation of the line of intersection of the planes is $\mathbf{r}=$
$(16+7 \lambda) \hat{\mathbf{i}}+(6 \lambda+9) \hat{\mathbf{j}}+\lambda \hat{\mathbf{k}}$
$(16-7 \lambda) \hat{\mathbf{i}}+(6 \lambda-9) \hat{\mathbf{j}}-\lambda \hat{\mathbf{k}}$
$16 \hat{\mathbf{i}}-9 \hat{\mathbf{j}}+\lambda(\hat{\mathbf{i}}-7 \hat{\mathbf{j}}+6 \hat{\mathbf{k}})$
$16 \hat{\mathbf{i}}-9 \hat{\mathbf{j}}+\lambda(6 \hat{\mathbf{i}}-\hat{\mathbf{j}}-7 \hat{\mathbf{k}})$
$A(1,1,1), B(1,-4,3), C(2,-2,0)$ and $D(8,1,4)$ are the vertices of a tetrahedron. $G_1, G_2, G_3$ and $G_4$ are the centroids of the faces $A B C, B C D, C D A$ and $D A B$. Then, the centroid of the tetrahedron having $G_1, G_2, G_3$ and $G_4$ as its vertices is
$(12,-4,8)$
$\left(4, \frac{-4}{3}, \frac{8}{3}\right)$
$\left(2, \frac{-2}{3}, \frac{4}{3}\right)$
$(3,-1,2)$
Let $A(2,3,-1), B(4,1,0), C(-1,-1,1)$ be the vertices of a $\triangle A B C$. Let $D$ be the point where the bisector of $B A C$ meet the side $B C$. Then, the direction ratios of $A D$ are
$(35,-19,49)$
$(17,-14,49)$
$(17,-38,49)$
$(17,-38,23)$
If a plane passing through the points $(2,3,0),(0,-5,2)$ and ( $-2,0,3$ ) meets the $X, Y$ and $Z$-axes in $A, B$ and $C$ respectively, then $A=$
$\left(\frac{3}{7}, 0,0\right)$
$\left(\frac{7}{3}, 0,0\right)$
$\left(\frac{21}{13}, 0,0\right)$
$(21,0,0)$
The point which lies on the plane passing through the point $\hat{\mathbf{i}}-2 \hat{\mathbf{j}}-3 \hat{\mathbf{k}}, 3 \hat{\mathbf{i}}-\hat{\mathbf{j}}+4 \hat{\mathbf{k}},-3 \hat{\mathbf{i}}+2 \hat{\mathbf{j}}-5 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$ is
$-\hat{\mathbf{i}}+3 \hat{\mathbf{j}}-2 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$
$7 \hat{\mathbf{i}}-5 \hat{\mathbf{j}}-6 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$
$-\hat{\mathbf{i}}+9 \hat{\mathbf{j}}+14 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$
$3 \hat{i}-7 \hat{j}+8 \hat{k}$
If the angle between the planes $\mathbf{r} \cdot(11 \hat{\mathbf{i}}-2 \hat{\mathbf{j}}+\alpha \hat{\mathbf{k}})=7$ and $\mathbf{r} \cdot(2 \hat{\mathbf{i}}+4 \hat{\mathbf{j}}-2 \hat{\mathbf{k}})=5$ is $\frac{\pi}{2}$, then $\alpha=$
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3
5
7
$A(27,-243,81)$ is a point in space, $B, C$ and $D$ are images of $A$ with respect to $X Y, Y Z$ and $Z X$ planes respectively. If the centroid of the $\triangle B C D$ is $(\alpha, \beta, \gamma)$, then $\alpha+\beta+\gamma=$
-25
45
25
-45
Let $A(2,5,7)$ be the image of the point $B(1,-2,3)$ with respect to a plane $\pi$. Let $C$ be the point where $A B$ meets the plane $\pi$. Let $D=(2,1,6)$. Then, the direction cosines of $C D$ are
$\frac{1}{\sqrt{11}}, \frac{3}{\sqrt{11}}, \frac{-1}{\sqrt{11}}$
$\frac{1}{\sqrt{6}}, \frac{-1}{\sqrt{6}}, \frac{2}{\sqrt{6}}$
$\frac{3}{\sqrt{46}}, \frac{-1}{\sqrt{46}}, \frac{6}{\sqrt{46}}$
$\frac{1}{\sqrt{14}}, \frac{2}{\sqrt{14}}, \frac{3}{\sqrt{14}}$
If a plane $x+y+z-5=0$ intersects the line joining $A(1,1,1)$ and $B(2,2,2)$ at $P$, then $A P: P B=$
$1: 2$
$2: 3$
$3: 2$
$2: 1$
Let $L$ be a line passing through a point $A$ and parallel to the vector $2 \hat{\mathbf{i}}+\hat{\mathbf{j}}-2 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$. Let $-7 \hat{\mathbf{i}}-5 \hat{\mathbf{j}}+11 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$ be the position vector of a point $P$ on $L$ such that $|\mathbf{A P}|=12$. Then, the position vector of $\mathbf{A}$ can be
$\hat{i}+\hat{j}+3 \hat{k}$
$15 \hat{\mathbf{i}}+9 \hat{\mathbf{j}}-19 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$
$-\hat{\mathbf{i}}-\hat{\mathbf{j}}+3 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$
$-15 \hat{\mathbf{i}}-9 \hat{\mathbf{j}}+19 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$
A bisector of the angle between the normals of the planes $4 x+3 y=5$ and $x+2 y+2 z=4$ is along the vector
$(17 \hat{\mathbf{i}}+9 \hat{\mathbf{j}}-12 \hat{\mathbf{k}})$
$(17 \hat{\mathbf{i}}-9 \hat{\mathbf{j}}+12 \hat{\mathbf{k}})$
$(17 \hat{\mathbf{i}}-\hat{\mathbf{j}}+10 \hat{\mathbf{k}})$
$(7 \hat{\mathbf{i}}-\hat{\mathbf{j}}-10 \hat{\mathbf{k}})$
If $A(1,2,3), B(2,-3,1), C(3,2,-1)$ are three vertices of a tetrahedron $A B C D$ and $G\left(\frac{5}{2}, \frac{3}{2}, \frac{9}{4}\right)$ is its centroid, then the point which divides $G D$ in the ratio $1: 2$ is
$(6,1,3)$
$\left(3, \frac{8}{3}, 3\right)$
$\left(\frac{1}{3}, \frac{2}{3}, 1\right)$
$\left(3, \frac{8}{3}, \frac{7}{2}\right)$
Let $D$ be the foot of the perpendicular drawn from the point $A(2,0,3)$ to the line joining the points $B(0,4,1)$ and $C(-2,0,4)$. Then, the ratio in which $D$ divides $B C$ is
$3: 2$
$2 \sqrt{6}: \sqrt{17}$
$18: 11$
$16: 9$
Let $6 x-3 y+2 z-6=0$ be the given plane. If $a, b$ and $c$ are the intercepts made by the plane on $X, Y$ and $Z$-axes, respectively; $l, m$ and $n$ are the direction cosines of a normal drawn to the plane and $p$ is the perpendicular distance from the origin to the plane, then $|a l+b m+c n|=$
$p$
$2 p$
$3 p$
$4 p$
Let a plane $P$ has the points $\hat{\mathbf{i}}, \hat{\mathbf{j}}$ and $\hat{\mathbf{i}}+\hat{\mathbf{j}}+\hat{\mathbf{k}}$. Let $L$ be the line through the point $A$ and parallel to the vector $\hat{\mathbf{i}}-\hat{\mathbf{j}}+\hat{\mathbf{k}}$. If the plane $P$ and line $L$ intersect at a point $B(0,3,2)$ and the distance from $A$ to $B$ is 3 units, then equations of the normal to the plane $P$ through $A$ are
$\frac{x-3}{1}=\frac{y}{1}=\frac{z-5}{-1}$
$\frac{x+3}{1}=\frac{y-6}{1}=\frac{z-1}{-1}$
$\frac{x+3}{1}=\frac{y}{1}=\frac{z-5}{-1}$
$\frac{x+3}{1}=\frac{y-6}{-1}=\frac{z+1}{1}$
Let $\pi_1^{\prime}$ be the plane passing through the point $2 \hat{\mathbf{i}}-\hat{\mathbf{j}}+\hat{\mathbf{k}}$ and perpendicular to the vector $a \hat{\mathbf{i}}+2 \hat{\mathbf{j}}-3 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$ and $\pi_2$ be the plane passing through the point $\hat{\mathbf{i}}+2 \hat{\mathbf{j}}-\hat{\mathbf{k}}$ and perpendicular to the vector $\hat{\mathbf{i}}-2 \hat{\mathbf{j}}+\hat{\mathbf{k}}$. If $\theta$ is the angle between the planes $\pi_1$ and $\pi_2$ and $\cos \theta=-\sqrt{\frac{3}{7}}$, then the integral value of $a$ is
-2
-1
2
1



$\mathbf{A B}=\mathbf{n}=\mathbf{b}-\mathbf{a}=-5 \hat{\mathbf{i}}-3 \hat{\mathbf{j}}+11 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$
$ P(x, y, z)=\left(\frac{4 \times \frac{1}{2}+3 \times 1}{4+3}, \frac{4 \times \frac{1}{2}+3 \times 0}{4+3}\begin{aligned} , \left.\frac{4 \times\left(-\frac{1}{4}\right)+3\left(\frac{2}{3}\right)}{4+3}\right) \end{aligned}\right.$

