Three Dimensional Geometry
If the points $A(1,3,5), B(2,4,6), C(4,5, k)$ form a right angled triangle then the number of possible values of $k$ is
2
3
0
1
Let $A=(3,4,0), B=(4,4,4), C=(-6,2,3)$ and $D=(1,1,2)$. If $\theta$ is the acute angle between the lines $A B$ and $C D$, then $\cos \theta=$
$\frac{4}{17 \sqrt{3}}$
$\frac{3}{17 \sqrt{3}}$
$\frac{12}{17 \sqrt{3}}$
$\frac{11}{17 \sqrt{3}}$
A plane containing two lines whose direction ratios are $(-1,2,1)$ and $(1,3,2)$ passes through the point $(2,1, k)$. If this plane also passes through the point $(3,-1,4)$, then $k=$
5
3
6
-3
If $P$ is a point on the line parallel to the vector $2 \hat{\mathbf{i}}-3 \hat{\mathbf{j}}-6 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$ and passing through the point $A$ whose position vector is $\hat{\mathbf{i}}+2 \hat{\mathbf{j}}-2 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$ and $A P=21$, then the position vector of $P$ can be
$6 \hat{\mathbf{i}}-9 \hat{\mathbf{j}}-18 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$
$6 \hat{\mathbf{i}}+9 \hat{\mathbf{j}}-18 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$
$-5 \hat{i}+11 \hat{j}+16 \hat{k}$
$5 \hat{\mathbf{i}}-11 \hat{\mathbf{j}}+16 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$
The cartesian equation of the plane passing through the point $(1,-2,3)$ and perpendicular to the vector $-\hat{\mathbf{i}}+2 \hat{\mathbf{j}}-3 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$, is
$-x+2 y-3 z=14$
$x-2 y+3 z=14$
$x+2 y-3 z=14$
$-x+2 y+3 z=14$
Let $A(1,2,3), B(-1,4,6), C(0,-6,4)$ and $D(1,1,1)$ be the vertices of a tetrahedron, $G$ be its centroid and $G_1$ be the centroid of its face $B C D$. Then, $\frac{A G_1}{A G}=$
$\frac{5}{3}$
$\frac{4}{3}$
$\frac{7}{6}$
$\frac{5}{4}$
If a line $L$ is common to the planes $x-y+z+2=0$ and $2 x+y-2 z+5=0$ then the direction cosines of the line $L$ are
$\left(\frac{1}{\sqrt{26}}, \frac{4}{\sqrt{26}}, \frac{3}{\sqrt{26}}\right)$
$\left(\frac{1}{3}, \frac{2}{3}, \frac{2}{3}\right)$
$\left(\frac{1}{\sqrt{3}}, \frac{1}{\sqrt{3}}, \frac{1}{\sqrt{3}}\right)$
$\left(\frac{-1}{6}, \frac{5}{6}, \frac{\sqrt{10}}{6}\right)$
Let the foot of the perpendicular drawn from the point $(1,2,3)$ to a plane be $(-1,3,-2)$. Then, the perpendicular distance from the origin to the plane is
$\frac{5}{\sqrt{30}}$
$\sqrt{\frac{15}{2}}$
$\frac{2}{\sqrt{15}}$
$\frac{1}{\sqrt{3}}$
If P divides the line segment joining the points $A(1,2,-1)$ and $B(-1,0,1)$ externally in the ratio 1 : 2 and $Q=(1,3,-1)$, then $PQ=$
If the direction cosines of a line are $\left(\frac{a}{\sqrt{83}}, \frac{5}{\sqrt{83}}, \frac{c}{\sqrt{83}}\right)$ and $c-a=4$, then $ca=$
Let the plane $\pi$ pass through the point (1, 0, 1) and perpendicular to the planes $2x + 3y - z = 2$ and $x - y + 2z = 1$. Let the equation of the plane passing through the point (11, 7, 5) and parallel to the plane $\pi$ be $ax + by - z - d = 0$. Then, ${a \over b} + {b \over d} = $
$D, E, F$ are respectively the points on the sides $B C, C A$ and $A B$ of a $\triangle A B C$ dividing them in the ratio $2: 3,1: 2,3: 1$ internally. The lines $\mathbf{B E}$ and $\mathbf{C F}$ intersect on the line $\mathbf{A D}$ at $P$. If $\mathbf{A P}=x_1 \cdot \mathbf{A} \mathbf{B}+y_1 \cdot \mathbf{A C}$, then $x_1+y_1=$
If the equation of the plane passing through the point $A(-2,1,3)$ and perpendicular to the vector $3 \hat{i}+\hat{j}+5 \hat{k}$ is $a x+b y+c z+d=0$, then $\frac{a+b}{c+d}=$
If $x$-coordinate of a point $P$ on the line joining the points $Q(2,2,1)$ and $R(5,2,-2)$ is 4, then the $y$-coordinate of $P=$
If $(2,3, c)$ are the direction ratios of a ray passing through the point $C(5, q, 1)$ and also the mid-point of the line segment joining the points $A(p,-4,2)$ and $B(3,2,-4)$, then $c \cdot(p+7 q)=$
If the equation of the plane which is at a distance of $1 / 3$ units from the origin and perpendicular to a line whose directional ratios are $(1,2,2)$ is $x+p y+q z+r=0$, then $\sqrt{p^2+q^2+r^2}=$
The point of intersection of the lines $\mathbf{r}=2 \mathbf{b}+t(6 \mathbf{c}-\mathbf{a})$ and $\mathbf{r}=\mathbf{a}+s(\mathbf{b}-3 \mathbf{c})$ is
If the point $(a, 8,-2)$ divides the line segment joining the points $(1,4,6)$ and $(5,2,10)$ in the ratio $m: n$, then $\frac{2 m}{n}-\frac{a}{3}=$
If $(a, b, c)$ are the direction ratios of a line joining the points $(4,3,-5)$ and $(-2,1,-8)$, then the point $P(a, 3 b, 2 c)$ lies on the plane
The $x$-intercept of a plane $\pi$ passing through the point $(1,1,1)$ is $\frac{5}{2}$ and the perpendicular distance from the origin to the plane $\pi$ is $\frac{5}{7}$. If the $y$-intercept of the plane $\pi$ is negative and the $z$-intercept is positive, then its $y$-intercept is
The equation of the plane passing through $3 \hat{\mathbf{i}}+2 \hat{\mathbf{j}}+6 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$ and parallel to the vectors $2 \hat{\mathbf{i}}+\hat{\mathbf{j}}+\hat{\mathbf{k}}$ and $\hat{\mathbf{i}}-\hat{\mathbf{j}}+\hat{\mathbf{k}}$ is
The direction cosines of the line joining the points $(-2,4,-5)$ and $(1,2,3)$ are
The points (2, 3, 4), ($-$1, $-$2, 1) and (5, 8, 7) are
The sum of intercepts of the plane $4 x+3 y+2 z=2$ on the coordinate axes is
If the lines, $\frac{x-3}{2}=\frac{y-2}{3}=\frac{z-1}{\lambda}$ and $\frac{x-2}{3}=\frac{y-3}{2}=\frac{z-2}{3}$ are coplanar, then $\sin ^{-1}(\sin \lambda)+\cos ^{-1}(\cos \lambda)$ is equal to
The line passing through $(1,1,-1)$ and parallel to the vector $\hat{\mathbf{i}}+2 \hat{\mathbf{j}}-\hat{\mathbf{k}}$ meets the line $\frac{x-3}{-1}=\frac{y+2}{5}=\frac{z-2}{-4}$ at $A$ and the plane $2 x-y+2 z+7=0$ at $B$. Then $A B$ is equal to
If the vertices of the triangles are (1, 2, 3), (2, 3, 1), (3, 1, 2) and if H, G, S and I respectively denote its orthocentre, centroid, circumcentre and incentre, then H + G + S + I is equal to
A(2, 3, 4), B(4, 5, 7), C(2, $-$6, 3) and D(4, $-$4, k) are four points. If the line AB is parallel to CD, then k is equal to
If the direction cosines of two lines are $\left( {{2 \over 3},{2 \over 3},{1 \over 3}} \right)$ and $\left( {{5 \over {13}},{{12} \over {13}},0} \right)$, then identify the direction ratios of a line which is bisecting one o the angle between them.
$X$ intercept of the plane containing the line of intersection of the planes $x-2 y+z+2=0$ and $3 x-y-z+1=0$ and also passing through $(1,1,1)$ is
Let $L_1$ (resp, $L_2$ ) be the line passing through $2 \hat{\mathbf{i}}-\hat{\mathbf{k}}$ (resp. $2 \hat{\mathbf{i}}+\hat{\mathbf{j}}-3 \hat{\mathbf{k}})$ and parallel to $3 \hat{\mathbf{i}}-\hat{\mathbf{j}}+2 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$ ( resp. $\hat{\mathbf{i}}-2 \hat{\mathbf{j}}+\hat{\mathbf{k}}$ ). Then the shortest distance between the lines $L_1$ and $L_2$ is equal to
If the points (2, 4, $-$1), (3, 6, $-$1) and (4, 5, $-$1) are three consecutive vertices of a parallelogram, then its fourth vertex is
$A(-1,2-3), B(5,0,-6)$ and $C(0,4,-1)$ are the vertices of a $\triangle A B C$. The direction cosines of internal bisector of $\angle B A C$ are
If the projections of the line segment AB on xy, yz and zx planes are $\sqrt{15},\sqrt{46},7$ respectively, then the projection of AB on Y-axis is
Find the equation of the plane passing through the point $(2,1,3)$ and perpendicular to the planes $x-2 y+2 z+3=0$ and $3 x-2 y+4 z-4=0$.
The ratio in which the YZ-plane divides the line joining (2, 4, 5) and (3, 5, $-$4) is
The direction cosines of a line which makes equal angles with the coordinate axes are
Let $O$ be the origin and $P$ be a point which is at a distance of 3 units from the origin. If the direction ratios of $\overline{O P}$ are $(1,-2,-2)$, then the coordinates of $P$ are
If $A(4,7,8), B(2,3,4)$ and $C(2,5,7)$ are the vertices of $\triangle A B C$, then the length of the internal bisector of the angle $A$ is
$\frac{1}{2} \sqrt{34}$
$\frac{1}{3} \sqrt{34}$
$\frac{2}{3} \sqrt{34}$
$\frac{3}{8} \sqrt{17}$
For scalars $\lambda, \mu$ if the vector equation of a plane is $\mathbf{r}=(2+3 \lambda-\mu) \hat{\mathbf{i}}+(1-2 \lambda+3 \mu) \hat{\mathbf{j}}+(-2+2 \lambda+\mu) \hat{\mathbf{k}}$, then its Cartesian equation is
$8 x-5 y-7 z+35=0$
$8 x-5 y+7 z-35=0$
$8 x+5 y-7 z+35=0$
$8 x+5 y-7 z-35=0$
The position vectors of the points $A$ and $B$ are respectively $\hat{\mathbf{i}}+2 \hat{\mathbf{j}}$ and $2 \hat{\mathbf{i}}+\hat{\mathbf{j}}+\hat{\mathbf{k}}$. If the points $P$ and $Q$ are respectively the orthogonal projections of $A$ and $B$ on the plane $x+y+z=3$, then $P Q=$
$\frac{2 \sqrt{2}}{\sqrt{3}}$
$\frac{\sqrt{3}}{2}$
$\frac{\sqrt{5}}{7}$
$\frac{\sqrt{7}}{2}$
If $A(4,3,2), B(5,4,6), C(-1,-1,5)$ are the vertices of a triangle, then the coordinates of the point in which the bisector of the angle $A$ meet the side $B C$ is
$\left(\frac{22}{8}, \frac{17}{8}, \frac{45}{8}\right)$
$\left(\frac{17}{8}, \frac{22}{8}, \frac{45}{8}\right)$
$\left(\frac{-22}{8}, \frac{-17}{8}, \frac{45}{8}\right)$
$\left(\frac{-17}{8}, \frac{22}{8}, \frac{45}{8}\right)$
Assertion (A) The direction ratios of line $L_1$ are 2, 5, 7 and those of line $L_2$ are $\frac{4}{\sqrt{19}}, \frac{10}{\sqrt{19}}, \frac{14}{\sqrt{19}}$. The lines $L_1, L_2$ are parallel.
$\boldsymbol{\operatorname { R e a s o n }}(R)$ The direction ratios of a line $L_1$ are $a_1, b_1, c_1$ and those of another line $L_2$ are $a_2, b_2, c_2$. The lines $L_1$ and $L_2$ are parallel if $a_1 a_2+b_1 b_2+c_1 c_2=0$
The correct option among the following is
(A) is true, (R) is true and (R) is the correct explanation for (A).
(A) is true, (R) is true but (R) is not the correct explanation for (A).
(A) is true but (R) is false.
(A) is false but (R) is true.
If $\frac{x-4}{1}=\frac{y-2}{1}=\frac{z-7}{2}$ lies in the plane $a x+b y+z=7$, then $a+b=$
-2
3
5
7
The shortest distance between the skew-lines $\mathbf{r}=(-\hat{\mathbf{i}}+3 \hat{\mathbf{k}})+t(2 \hat{\mathbf{i}}+3 \hat{\mathbf{j}}+6 \hat{\mathbf{k}})$ and $\mathbf{r}=(3 \hat{\mathbf{i}}+\hat{\mathbf{j}}-\hat{\mathbf{k}})+s(2 \hat{\mathbf{i}}-\hat{\mathbf{j}}+2 \hat{\mathbf{k}})$ is
$\frac{10}{\sqrt{17}}$
$\frac{22}{\sqrt{17}}$
9
8
$\Pi_1, \Pi_2, \Pi_3$ are three planes which are respectively parallel to the $Y Z, Z X$ and $X Y$ planes at distances $a, b$ and $c$ forming a rectangular parallelopiped. $d_1$ is a diagonal of the face of $X Y$-plane not passing through the origin and $d_2$ is a diagonal of the plane $\Pi_2$ coterminous with $d_1$. If none of the coordinates of the vertices of the parallelopiped are negative, then the angle between $d_1$ and $d_2$ is
$\cos ^{-1}\left(\frac{a^2}{\sqrt{a^2+b^2} \sqrt{a^2+c^2}}\right)$
$\cos ^{-1}\left(\frac{a}{a^2+b^2+c^2}\right)$
$\frac{\pi}{2}$
$\sin ^{-1}\left(\frac{a^2}{\sqrt{a^2+b^2} \sqrt{b^2+c^2}}\right)$
The obtuse angle between the lines whose direction ratios are determined by the equations $a+b+c=0$, $2 a b+2 a c-b c=0$ is
$\frac{5 \pi}{4}$
$\frac{2 \pi}{3}$
$\frac{7 \pi}{6}$
$\frac{6 \pi}{5}$
A plane meets the coordinate axes at $A, B, C$ respectively such that the centroid of the $\triangle A B C$ is $(2,3,5)$. Then, the equation of that plane is
$3 x+3 y+3 z=10$
$6 x+9 y+15 z=1$
$2 x+3 y+5 z=1$
$15 x+10 y+6 z=90$
Let $\Pi$ be a plane containing the points $(0,-5,-1),(1,-2,5),(-3,5,0)$ and $L$ be a line passing through the point $(0,-5,-1)$ and parallel to the vector $\hat{\mathbf{i}}+5 \hat{\mathbf{j}}-6 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$. Then the length of the projection of the unit normal vector to the plane $\Pi$ on the line $L$ is
$\frac{133 \sqrt{2}}{\sqrt{31}}$
$\frac{14}{\sqrt{682}}$
$\frac{133}{\sqrt{31}}$
$\frac{268}{2 \sqrt{32}}$
If the line passing through the points $(a, 2,-4)$ and $(5,3, b)$ crosses the $Z X$-plane at the point $(-a+2 b, 0, a+b)$, then $14 a+7 b$
35
73
-35
-23





