Three Dimensional Geometry
Let $A(\alpha, 4,7)$ and $B(3, \beta, 8)$ be two points in space. If $Y Z$ plane and $Z X$-plane respectively divide the line segment joining the points $A$ and $B$ in the ratio $2: 3$ and $4: 5$, then the point $C$ which divides $A B$ in the ratio $\alpha: \beta$ externally is
$\left(\frac{16}{3}, 10,3\right)$
$\left(\frac{-16}{3}, \frac{28}{3}, \frac{19}{3}\right)$
$\left(\frac{-16}{3}, \frac{-28}{3}, \frac{-19}{3}\right)$
$\left(\frac{-16}{3}, 10, \frac{19}{3}\right)$
The direction ratios of the line bisecting the angle between the $X$-axis and the line having direction ratios $(3,-1,5)$ are
$\frac{3}{\sqrt{7}},-\frac{1}{\sqrt{7}}, \frac{5}{\sqrt{7}}$
$\frac{3+\sqrt{35}}{\sqrt{7}}, \frac{1}{\sqrt{5}},-\frac{5}{\sqrt{5}}$
$\frac{\sqrt{35}-3}{\sqrt{5}}, \frac{1}{\sqrt{5}},-\sqrt{5}$
$\frac{\sqrt{35}-3}{\sqrt{35}}, \frac{1}{\sqrt{7}}, \frac{5}{\sqrt{7}}$
If the plane $-4 x-2 y+2 z+\alpha=0$ is at a distance of two units from the plane $2 x+y-z+1=0$, then the product of all the possible values of $\alpha$ is
-23
42
-92
72
The equation of the locus of a point whose distance from $X Y$-plane is twice its distance from $Z$-axis is
$2 x^2+2 y^2-z^2=0$
$2 y^2+2 z^2-x^2=0$
$4 y^2+4 z^2-x^2=0$
$4 x^2+4 y^2-z^2=0$
If $\alpha$ is the angle between any two diagonals of a cube and $\beta$ is the angle between a diagonal of a cube and a diagonal of its face, which intersects this diagonal of the cube, then $\cos \alpha+\cos ^2 \beta=$
$\frac{5}{9}$
$\frac{2}{9}$
1
$\frac{2}{3}$
If the angle between the planes $a x-y+3 z=2 a$ and $3 x+a y+z=3 a$ is $\frac{\pi}{3}$, then the direction ratio of the line perpendicular to the plane $(a+2) x+(a-4) y+2 a z=a$ are
$(2,-1,2)$
$(2,1,-2)$
$(2,1,2)$
$(2,2,-1)$
The number of values of ' $k$ ' for which the points $(-4,9, k),(-1,6, k),(0,7,10)$ from right-angled isosceles triangle is
0
1
2
4
A line makes angles $60^{\circ}, 45^{\circ}, \theta$ with positive $X, Y, Z$ axes respectively. If $\theta$ is an acute angle, then $\tan \theta=$
$\sqrt{3}$
$\frac{1}{\sqrt{3}}$
1
2
If the foot of the perpendicular drawn from the point $(2,0,-3)$ to the plane $\pi$ is $(1,-2,0)$ and the equation of the plane $\pi$ is $a x+b y-3 z+d=0$, then $a+b+d=$
0
1
6
2
Let $\pi_1$ be the plane determined by the vectors $\hat{\mathbf{i}}+\hat{\mathbf{j}}$. $\hat{\mathbf{i}}+\hat{\mathbf{k}}$ and $\pi_2$ be the plane determined by the vectors $\hat{\mathbf{j}}-\hat{\mathbf{k}}, \hat{\mathbf{k}}-\hat{\mathbf{i}}$. Let $\mathbf{a}$ be a non-zero vector parallel to the line of intersection of the planes $\pi_1$ and $\pi_2$. If $\mathbf{b}=\hat{\mathbf{i}}+\hat{\mathbf{j}}-\hat{\mathbf{k}}$, then the angle between the vectors $\mathbf{a}$ and $\mathbf{b}$ is
$\cos ^{-1}\left(\sqrt{\frac{2}{3}}\right)$
$\frac{\pi}{2}$
$\cos ^{-1}\left(\frac{1}{\sqrt{3}}\right)$
$\cos ^{-1}\left(\frac{\sqrt{2}}{3}\right)$
If $m: n$ is the ratio in which the point $\left(\frac{8}{5},-\frac{1}{5}, \frac{8}{5}\right)$ divides the segment joining the points $(2, p, 2)$ and $(p,-2, p)$, where $p$ is an integer than $\frac{3 m+n}{3 n}=$
$p$
$2 p$
$3 p$
$4 p$
If $(\alpha, \beta \gamma)$ is the foot of the perpendicular drawn from a point $(-1,2,-1)$ to the line joining the points $(2,-1,1)$ and ( $1,1-2$ ), then $\alpha+\beta+\gamma=$
2
$-\frac{1}{7}$
0
$\frac{3}{14}$
If $A(2,1,-1), B(6,-3,2), C(-3,12,4)$ are the vertices of a $\triangle A B C$ and the equation of the plane containing the $\triangle A B C$ is $53 x+b y+c z+d=0$, then $\frac{d}{b+c}=$
-5
1
4
-15
Let $A$ be a point having position vector $\hat{\mathbf{i}}-3 \hat{\mathbf{j}}$ and $\mathbf{r}=(\hat{\mathbf{i}}-3 \hat{\mathbf{j}})+t(\hat{\mathbf{j}}-2 \hat{\mathbf{k}})$ be a line. If $P$ is a point on this line and is at a minimum distance from the plane $\mathbf{r} .(2 \hat{\mathbf{i}}+3 \hat{\mathbf{j}}+5 \hat{\mathbf{k}})=0$, then the equation of the plane through $P$ and perpendicular to $A P$, is
$\mathbf{r} \cdot(-\hat{\mathbf{j}}+2 \hat{\mathbf{k}})=8$
$\mathbf{r} \cdot(\hat{\mathbf{j}}+\hat{\mathbf{k}})=4$
$\mathbf{r} \cdot(\hat{\mathbf{i}}+\hat{\mathbf{j}}+\hat{\mathbf{k}})=8$
$\mathbf{r} \cdot(\hat{\mathbf{i}}-\hat{\mathbf{j}})=12$
If $L$ is a line common to the planes $3 x+4 y+7 z=1$, $x-y+z=5$, then the direction ratios of the line $L$ are
$(16,0,-1)$
$(11,4,-7)$
$(2,5,1)$
$(4,-7,11)$
If the points $(1,1, \lambda)$ and $(-3,0,1)$ are equidistant from the plane $3 x+4 y-12 z+13=0$, then the values of $\lambda$ are
$-1, \frac{7}{3}$
$1, \frac{-7}{3}$
$-1, \frac{-7}{3}$
$1, \frac{7}{3}$
The shortest distance between the lines
$ \begin{aligned} & \mathbf{r}=(3 \hat{\mathbf{i}}-5 \hat{\mathbf{j}}+2 \hat{\mathbf{k}})+t(4 \hat{\mathbf{i}}+3 \hat{\mathbf{j}}-\hat{\mathbf{k}}) \text { and } \\ & \mathbf{r}=(\hat{\mathbf{i}}+2 \hat{\mathbf{j}}-4 \hat{\mathbf{k}})+s(6 \hat{\mathbf{i}}+3 \hat{\mathbf{j}}-2 \hat{\mathbf{k}}) \text { is } \end{aligned} $
7
8
9
12
If $A(0,3,4), B(1,5,6), C(-2,0,-2)$ are the vertices of a $\triangle A B C$ and the bisector of angle $A$ meets the side $B C$ at $D$, then $A D=$
$\frac{\sqrt{21}}{5}$
$\frac{\sqrt{42}}{10}$
10
4
If the direction cosines of two lines satisfy the equation $2 l+m-n=0, l^2-2 m^2+n^2=0$ and $\theta$ is the angle between the lines, then $\cos \theta=$
$\frac{1}{5}$
$\frac{\pi}{4}$
$\frac{2}{3}$
$\frac{\pi}{3}$
If the equation of the plane passing through the points $(2,1,2),(1,2,1)$ and perpendicular to the plane $2 x-y+2 z=1$ is $a x+b y+c z+d=0$, then $\frac{a+b}{c+d}=$
0
1
-1
2
If the line joining the points $\hat{\mathbf{i}}+2 \hat{\mathbf{j}}$ and $\hat{\mathbf{j}}-2 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$ intersects the plane passing through the points $2 \hat{\mathbf{i}}-\hat{\mathbf{j}}, 2 \hat{\mathbf{j}}+3 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$ and $\hat{\mathbf{k}}-2 \hat{\mathbf{i}}$ at $\mathbf{r}$, then $\mathbf{r} \cdot(\hat{\mathbf{i}}+\hat{\mathbf{j}}+\hat{\mathbf{k}})=$
15
5
3
7
The vector equation of a plane passing through the line of intersection of the planes $\mathbf{r} \cdot(\hat{\mathbf{i}}-2 \hat{\mathbf{k}})=3, \mathbf{r} \cdot(2 \hat{\mathbf{j}}+\hat{\mathbf{k}})=5$ and the point $\hat{\mathbf{i}}+2 \hat{\mathbf{j}}+3 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$ is
$\mathbf{r} \cdot(\hat{\mathbf{i}}+4 \hat{\mathbf{j}})=13$
$\mathbf{r} \cdot(\hat{\mathbf{i}}+6 \hat{\mathbf{j}}+\hat{\mathbf{k}})=18$
$\mathbf{r} \cdot(\hat{\mathbf{i}}+2 \hat{\mathbf{j}}-\hat{\mathbf{k}})=8$
$\mathbf{r} \cdot(\hat{\mathbf{i}}+8 \hat{\mathbf{j}}+2 \hat{\mathbf{k}})=23$
The points $A(-1,2,3), B(2,-3,1)$ and $C(3,1,-2)$
are collinear
form an isosceles triangle
form a right-angled triangle
form a scalene triangle
The directions cosines of the line making angles $\frac{\pi}{4}, \frac{\pi}{3}$ and $\theta\left(0<\theta<\frac{\pi}{2}\right)$ respectively with $X, Y$ and $Z$ axes are
$\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}, \frac{1}{2}, \frac{1}{2}$
$\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}, \frac{1}{2}, \frac{\sqrt{3}}{2}$
$\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}, \frac{1}{2}, \frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}$
$\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}, \frac{\sqrt{3}}{2}, \frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}$
If the equation of the plane passing through the point $(3,2,5)$ and perpendicular to the planes $2 x-3 y+5 z=7$ and $5 x+2 y-3 z=11$ is $x+b y+c z+d=0$, then $2 b+3 c+d=$
0
35
1
20
The circumradius of the triangle formed by the points $(2,-1,1),(1,-3,-5)$ and $(3,-4,-4)$ is
$\frac{\sqrt{35}}{2}$
$\frac{\sqrt{25}}{3}$
$\sqrt{41}$
$\frac{\sqrt{41}}{2}$
Let $A(2,3,5), B(-1,3,2)$ and $C(\lambda, 5, \mu)$ be the vertices of $\triangle A B C$. If the median through the vertex $A$ is equally inclined to the coordinate axes, then
$5 \lambda-8 \mu=0$
$8 \lambda-5 \mu=0$
$10 \lambda-7 \mu=0$
$7 \lambda-10 \mu=0$
Equation of the plane passing through the origin and perpendicular to the planes $x+2 y-z=1$ and $3 x-4 y+z=5$ is
$x+2 y-5 z=0$
$x-2 y+5 z=0$
$x+2 y+5 z=0$
$3 x+y-5 z=0$
- Line $L_1$ passes through the point $\hat{\mathbf{i}}+\hat{\mathbf{j}}$ and $\hat{\mathbf{k}}-\hat{\mathbf{i}}$. Line $L_2$ passes through the point $\hat{\mathbf{j}}+2 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$ and is parallel to the vector $\hat{\mathbf{i}}+\hat{\mathbf{j}}+\hat{\mathbf{k}}$. If $x \hat{\mathbf{i}}+y \hat{\mathbf{j}}+z \hat{\mathbf{k}}$ is the point of intersection of the lines $L_1$ and $L_2$, then $(y-x)=$
$2 z$
$-2 z$
$z$
$-z$
The point in the $X Y$ - plane which is equidistant from the points $A(2,0,3), B(0,3,2)$ and $C(0,0,1)$ has the coordinates
$(3,2,0)$
$(2,3,0)$
$(2,0,8)$
$(0,3,1)$
If the direction ratio of two lines $L_1$ and $L_2$ are given by $(1,-2,2)$ and $(-2,3,-6)$ respectively, then the direction ratios of the line which is perpendicular to the linesh and $L_2$ are
$(1,-2,3)$
$(-2,3,5)$
$(6,2,-1)$
$(2,-1,3)$
If the image of the point $A(1,1,1)$ with respect to the plane $4 x+2 y+4 z+1=0$ is $B(\alpha, \beta, \gamma)$, then $\alpha+\beta+\gamma=$
-2
$-\frac{28}{9}$
$\frac{55}{36}$
$\frac{35}{16}$
Assertion (A) For the lines $\mathbf{r}=\mathbf{a}+t \mathbf{b}$ and $\mathbf{r}=\mathbf{p}+s \mathbf{q}$, if $(\mathbf{a}-\mathbf{p}) \cdot(\mathbf{b} \times \mathbf{q}) \neq 0$, then the two lines are coplanar.
Reason $(\mathrm{R})|(\mathbf{a}-\mathbf{p}) \cdot(\mathbf{b} \times \mathbf{q})|$ is $|\mathbf{b} \times \mathbf{q}|$ times the shortest distance between the lines $\mathbf{r}=\mathbf{a}+t \mathbf{b}$ and $\mathbf{r}=\mathbf{p}+s \mathbf{q}$.
(A) is true, (R) is true and (R) is correct explanation to (A)
(A) is true, (R) is true and (R) is not the correct explanation to (A)
(A) is true, (R) is false
(A) is false, (R) is true
The locus of a point at which the line joining the points $(-3,1,2),(1,-2,4)$ subtends a right angle, is
$x^2+y^2+z^2+2 x+y-6 z-3=0$
$x^2+y^2+z^2+2 x-y-6 z+3=0$
$x^2+y^2+z^2+2 x+y-6 z+3=0$
$x^2+y^2+z^2-2 x+y-6 z+3=0$
If $A(1,2,3), B(2,3,-1), C(3,-1,-2)$ are the vertices of a $\triangle A B C$, then the direction ratios of the bisector of $\angle A B C$ are
$(4,1,1)$
$(3,5,2)$
$(1,4,1)$
$(2,-3,-5)$
Let $A=(2,0,-1), B=(1,-2,0), C=(1,2,-1)$ and $D=(0,-1,-2)$ be four points.
If $\theta$ is the acute angle between the plane determined by $A, B, C$ and the plane determined by $A, C, D$, then $\tan \theta=$
$\sqrt{\frac{14}{5}}$
$\frac{3}{\sqrt{14}}$
$\frac{3}{\sqrt{5}}$
$\frac{\sqrt{5}}{3}$
If $A(0,1,2), B(2,-1,3)$ and $C(1,-3,1)$ are the vertices of a triangle, then the distance between its circumcentre and orthocentre is
$\frac{3}{\sqrt{2}}$
$\frac{3}{2}$
3
$\frac{9}{2}$
If the direction cosines of two lines satisfy the equations $l-2 m+n=0, l m+10 m n-2 n l=0$ and $\theta$ is the angle between the lines, then $\cos \theta=$
$\frac{\pi}{6}$
$\frac{8}{\sqrt{70}}$
$\frac{\pi}{3}$
$\frac{20}{3 \sqrt{70}}$
If $(2,-1,3)$ is the foot of the perpendicular drawn from the origin $(0,0,0)$ to a plane, then the equation of that plane is
$2 x+y-3 z+6=0$
$2 x-y+3 z-14=0$
$2 x-y+3 z-13=0$
$2 x+y+3 z-10=0$
If $A(2,-1,1), B(2,5,1)$ and $C(0,-2,3)$ are the vertices of a triangle. If $D$ is the point of intersection of the side $B C$ and the internal angular bisector of angle $A$, then $A D=$
$\frac{5}{\sqrt{7}}$
$\frac{3}{\sqrt{2}}$
$\frac{\sqrt{3}}{2}$
$\frac{4}{\sqrt{3}}$
A plane $\pi$ given by $a x+b y+11 z+d=0$ is perpendicular to the planes $2 x-3 y+z=4$, $3 x+y-z=5$ and the perpendicular distance from the origin to the plane $\pi$ is $\sqrt{6}$ units. If all the intercepts made by the plane $\pi$ on the coordinate axes are positive, then $d=$
$a b$
$-2 a b$
$4 a b$
$-3 a b$
For a positive real number $p$, if the perpendicular distance from a point $-\hat{\mathbf{i}}+p \hat{\mathbf{j}}-3 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$ to the plane $\mathbf{r} \cdot(2 \hat{\mathbf{i}}-3 \hat{\mathbf{j}}+6 \hat{\mathbf{k}})=7$ is 6 units, then $p=$
$\frac{4}{5}$
$\frac{5}{6}$
6
5
If $Q(\alpha, \beta, \gamma)$ is the harmonic conjugate of the point $P(0,-7,1)$ with respect to the line segment joining the points $(2,-5,3)$ and $(-1,-8,0)$, then $\alpha-\beta+\gamma=$
4
3
2
1
On a line with direction cosines $l, m, n, A\left(x_1, y_1, z_1\right)$ is a fixed point. If $B=\left(x_1+4 k l, y_1+4 k m, z_1+4 k n\right)$ and $C=\left(x_1+k l, y_1+k m, z_1+k n\right)(k>0)$, then the ratio in which the point $B$ divides the line segment joining $A$ and $C$ is
$1: 2$
$1:-4$
$4:-3$
$4: 3$
If the line of intersection of the planes $2 x+3 y+z=1$ and $x+3 y+2 z=2$ makes an angle $\alpha$ with the positive $X$-axis, then $\cos \alpha=$
$\frac{1}{\sqrt{3}}$
$\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}$
$\frac{1}{2}$
$\frac{\sqrt{3}}{2}$
$\hat{\mathbf{i}}-2 \hat{\mathbf{j}}$ is a point on the line parallel to the vector $2 \hat{\mathbf{i}}+\hat{\mathbf{k}}$. If $\hat{\mathbf{i}}+2 \hat{\mathbf{j}}$ is a point on the plane parallel to the vectors $2 \hat{\mathbf{j}}-\hat{\mathbf{k}}$ and $\hat{\mathbf{i}}+2 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$, then the point of intersection of the line and the plane is
$-\frac{1}{3}(\hat{\mathbf{i}}+6 \hat{\mathbf{j}}+2 \hat{\mathbf{k}})$
$\frac{1}{3}(\hat{\mathbf{i}}+6 \hat{\mathbf{j}}+2 \hat{\mathbf{k}})$
$-\frac{1}{3}(\hat{\mathbf{i}}-6 \hat{\mathbf{j}}+2 \hat{\mathbf{k}})$
$\frac{1}{3}(\hat{\mathbf{i}}-6 \hat{\mathbf{j}}+2 \hat{\mathbf{k}})$
Angle between a diagonal of a cube and a diagonal of its face which are coterminus is
$\frac{\pi}{2}$
$\cos ^{-1}\left(\sqrt{\frac{2}{3}}\right)$
$\cos ^{-1}\left(\frac{1}{\sqrt{3}}\right)$
$\cos ^{-1}\left(\frac{\sqrt{3}}{2}\right)$
A plane $\pi$ is passing through the points $A(1,-2,3)$ and $B(6,4,5)$. If the plane $\pi$ is perpendicular the plane $3 x-y+z=2$, then the perpendicular distance from $(0,0,0)$ to the plane $\pi$ is
$\frac{63}{\sqrt{594}}$
$\frac{32}{\sqrt{594}}$
$\frac{72}{\sqrt{435}}$
$\frac{23}{\sqrt{135}}$
The point of intersection of the lines represented by $\mathbf{r}=(\hat{\mathbf{i}}-6 \hat{\mathbf{j}}+2 \hat{\mathbf{k}})+\mathbf{t}(\hat{\mathbf{i}}+2 \hat{\mathbf{j}}+\hat{\mathbf{k}})$ and $\mathbf{r}=(4 \hat{\mathbf{j}}+\hat{\mathbf{k}})+\mathbf{s}(2 \hat{\mathbf{i}}+\hat{\mathbf{j}}+2 \hat{\mathbf{k}})$ is
$8 \hat{\mathbf{i}}+9 \hat{\mathbf{j}}+10 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$
$8 \hat{\mathbf{i}}+8 \hat{\mathbf{j}}+7 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$
$8 \hat{\mathbf{i}}+9 \hat{\mathbf{j}}+8 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$
$8 \hat{\mathbf{i}}+8 \hat{\mathbf{j}}+9 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$
If the four points $(6,2,4),(1,3,5),(1,-2,3)$ and $(6, k, 2)$ are coplanar, then $k=$
-5
4
-3
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