12 - THREE DIMENSIONAL GEOMETRY Page 1

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( 1 ) If the angle between the line
1
1 x +
=
2
1 y -
=
2
2 z -
and the plane
2x - y + x + 4 = 0 is such that sin =
3
1
, then the value of is

( a )
3
5
( b ) -
5
3
( c )
4
3
( d ) -
3
4
[ AIEEE 2005 ]



( 2 ) 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
+ 6x - 8y - 2z = 13
and x
2
+ y
2
+ z
2
- 10x + 4y - 2z = 8, then a equals

( a ) - 1 ( b ) 1 ( c ) - 2 ( d ) 2 [ AIEEE 2005 ]



( 3 ) The distance between the line

r = 2
^
i - 2
^
j + 3
^
k + (
^
i -
^
j + 4
^
k ) and the
plane

r . (
^
i + 5
^
j +
^
k ) = 5 is

( a )
9
10
( b )
3 3
10
( c )
10
3
( d )
3
10
[ AIEEE 2005 ]



( 4 ) The angle between the lines 2x = 3y = - z and 6x = - y = - 4z is

( a ) 0 ( b ) 90 ( c ) 45 ( d ) 30 [ AIEEE 2005 ]



( 5 ) The plane x + 2y - z = 4 cuts the sphere x
2
+ y
2
+ z
2
- x + z - 2 = 0 in a circle
of radius

( a ) 3 ( b ) 1 ( c ) 2 ( d ) 2 [ AIEEE 2005 ]



( 6 ) A line makes the same angle with each of the X- and Z- axis. If the angle , which
it makes with the y-axis, is such that sin
2
= 3 sin
2
, then cos
2
equals

( a )
3
2
( b )
5
1
( c )
5
3
( d )
5
2
[ AIEEE 2004 ]






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( 7 ) Distance between two parallel planes 2x + y + 2z = 8 and 4x + 2y + 4z + 5 = 0 is

( a )
2
3
( b )
2
5
( c )
2
7
( d )
2
9
[ AIEEE 2004 ]



( 8 ) A line with direction cosines proportional to 2, 1, 2 meets each of the lines
x = y + a = z and x + a = 2y = 2z. The coordinates of each of the points of
intersection are given by

( a ) ( 3a, 3a, 3a ), ( a, a, a ) ( b ) ( 3a, 2a, 3a ), ( a, a, a )
( c ) ( 3a, 2a, 3a ), ( a, a, 2a ) ( d ) ( 2a, 3a, 3a ), ( 2a, a, a ) [ AIEEE 2004 ]



( 9 ) If the straight lines x = 1 + s, y = - 3 - s, z = 1 + s and x =
2
t
, y = 1 + t,
z = 2 - t, with parameters s and t respectively, are co-planar, then equals

( a ) - 2 ( b ) - 1 ( c )
2
1
- ( d ) 0 [ AIEEE 2004 ]



( 10 ) The intersection of the spheres x
2
+ y
2
+ z
2
+ 7x - 2y - z = 13 and
x
2
+ y
2
+ z
2
- 3x + 3y + 4z = 8 is the same as the intersection of one of the
spheres and the plane

( a ) x - y - z = 1 ( b ) x - 2y - z = 1
( c ) x - y - 2z = 1 ( d ) 2x - y - z = 1 [ AIEEE 2004 ]



( 11 ) The lines x = ay + b, z = cy + d and x = ay + b, z = cy + d will be perpendicular
if and only if

( a ) aa + cc + 1 = 0 ( b ) aa + cc = 0
( c ) aa + bb = 0 and ( d ) aa + bb + cc = 0 [ AIEEE 2003 ]



( 12 ) The lines
1
2 x -
=
1
3 y -
=
k
4 z
-
-
and
k
1 x -
=
2
4 y -
=
1
5 z -
are coplanar, if

( a ) k = 0 or - 1 ( b ) k = 1 or - 1
( c ) k = 0 or - 3 ( d ) k = 3 or - 3 [ AIEEE 2003 ]






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( 13 ) Two systems of rectangular axes have the same origin. If a plane cuts them at
distances a, b, c and a, b c from the origin, then

( a )
2 2 2 2 2 2
' c
1

' b
1

' a
1

c
1

b
1

a
1
+ + + + + = 0 ( b )
2 2 2 2 2 2
' c
1

' b
1

' a
1

c
1

b
1

a
1
- - + + + = 0
( c )
2 2 2 2 2 2
' c
1

' b
1

' a
1

c
1

b
1

a
1
- - - - + = 0 ( d )
2 2 2 2 2 2
' c
1

' b
1

' a
1

c
1

b
1

a
1
- - - + + = 0
[ AIEEE 2003 ]


( 14 ) The direction cosines of the normal to the plane x + 2y - 3z + 4 = 0 are

( a )
14
3
,
14
2
,
14
1
- - ( b )
14
3
,
14
2
,
14
1

( c )
14
3
,
14
2
,
14
1
- ( d )
14
3
,
14
2
,
14
1
- [ AIEEE 2003 ]


( 15 ) The radius of a circle in which the sphere x
2
+ y
2
+ z
2
+ 2x - 2y - 4z = 19 is cut by
the plane x + 2y + 2z + 7 = 0 is

( a ) 1 ( b ) 2 ( c ) 3 ( d ) 4 [ AIEEE 2003 ]



( 16 ) The shortest distance from the plane 12x + 4y + 3z = 327 to the sphere
x
2
+ y
2
+ z
2
+ 4x - 2y - 6z = 155 is

( a ) 13 ( b ) 26 ( c ) 39 ( d ) 11 [ AIEEE 2003 ]



( 17 ) The distance of a point ( 1, - 2, 3 ) from the plane x - y + z = 5 and parallel to the
line
2
x
=
3
y
=
6
z
-
is

( a ) 1 ( b ) 7 ( c ) 3 ( d ) 13 [ AIEEE 2002 ]



( 18 ) The co-ordinates of the point in which the line joining the points ( 3, 5, - 7 ) and
( - 2, 1, 8 ) and intersected by the YZ-plane are

( a )

2 ,
5
13
0, ( b )

2 ,
5
13
0, - -
( c )

5
2
,
5
13
0, - ( d )

5
2
,
5
13
0, [ AIEEE 2002 ]




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( 19 ) The angle between the planes 2x - y + 3z = 6 and x + y + 2z = 7 is

( a ) 0 ( b ) 30 ( c ) 45 ( d ) 60 [ AIEEE 2002 ]



( 20 ) If the lines
3
1 x
-
-
=
k 2
2 y -
=
2
3 z -
and
3k
1 x -
=
1
5 y -
=
5
6 z
-
-
are at right
angles, then the value of k is

( a ) -
7
10
( b ) -
10
7
( c ) - 10 ( d ) - 7 [ AIEEE 2002 ]

( 21 ) A unit vector perpendicular to the plane of

a =

k 3 j 6 i 2 - - and

b =

+ k j 3 i 4 - is

( a )
26
k j 3 i 4

+ -
( b )
7
k 3 j 6 i 2

- -

( c )
7
k 6 j 2 i 3

+ -
( d )
7
k 6 j 3 i 2

- -
[ AIEEE 2002 ]

( 22 ) A unit vector normal to the plane through the points

k 3 and j 2 , i is

( a )

+ + k 2 j 3 i 6 ( b )

+ + k 3 j 2 i
( c )
7
k 2 j 3 i 6

+ +
( d )
7
k 2 j 3 i 6


+ +
[ AIEEE 2002 ]


( 23 ) A plane at a unit distance from the origin intersects the coordinate axes at P, Q and
R. If the locus of the centroid of PQR satisfies the equation
2 2 2
z
1

y
1

x
1
+ + = k,
then the value of k is

( a ) 1 ( b ) 3 ( c ) 6 ( d ) 9 [ IIT 2005 ]



( 24 ) Two lines
2
1 x -
=
3
1 y +
=
4
1 z -
and
1
3 x -
=
2
k y -
=
1
z
intersect at a point, then
k is
( a )
2
3
( b )
2
9
( c )
9
2
( d ) 2 [ IIT 2004 ]



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( 25 ) If the line
1
1 x -
=
1
2 y -
=
2
k z -
lies exactly on the plane 2x - 4y + z = 7, then the
value of k is

( a ) 7 ( b ) - 7 ( c ) 1 ( d ) no real value [ IIT 2003 ]



( 26 ) There are infinite planes passing through the points ( 3, 6, 7 ) touching the sphere
x
2
+ y
2
+ z
2
- 2x - 4y - 6z = 11. If the plane passing through the circle of contact
cuts intercepts a, b, c on the co-ordinate axes, then a + b + c =

( a ) 12 ( b ) 23 ( c ) 67 ( d ) 47



( 27 ) The mid-points of the chords cut off by the lines through the point ( 3, 6, 7 )
intersecting the sphere x
2
+ y
2
+ z
2
- 2x - 4y - 6z = 11 lie on a sphere whose
radius =

( a ) 3 ( b ) 4 ( c ) 5 ( d ) 6



( 28 ) The ratio of magnitudes of total surface area to volume of a right circular cone with
vertex at origin, having semi-vertical angle equal to 30 and the circular base on the
plane x + y + z = 6 is

( a ) 1 ( b ) 2 ( c ) 3 ( d ) 4



( 29 ) The direction of normal to the plane passing through origin and the line of intersection
of the planes x + 2y + 3z = 4 and 4x + 3y + 2z = 1 is

( a ) ( 1, 2, 3 ) ( b ) ( 3, 2, 1 ) ( c ) ( 2, 3, 1 ) ( d ) ( 3, 1, 2 )



( 30 ) The volume of the double cone having vertices at the centres of the spheres
x
2
+ y
2
+ z
2
= 25 and x
2
+ y
2
+ z
2
- 4x - 8y - 8z + 11 = 0 and the common circle
of the spheres as the circular base of the double cone is

( a ) 24 ( b ) 32 ( c ) 28 ( d ) 36



( 31 ) A line through the point P ( 0, 6, 8 ) intersects the sphere x
2
+ y
2
+ z
2
= 36 in points
A and B. PA PB =

( a ) 36 ( b ) 24 ( c ) 100 ( d ) 64




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( 32 ) A sphere x
2
+ y
2
+ z
2
- 2x - 4y - 6z - 11 = 0 is inscribed in a cone with vertex at
( 6, 6, 6 ). The semi-vertical angle of the cone is

( a ) 15 ( b ) 30 ( c ) 45 ( d ) 60



( 33 ) The point which is farthest on the sphere x
2
+ y
2
+ z
2
= 144 from the point ( 2, 4, 4 )
is

( a ) ( 3, 6, 6 ) ( b ) ( - 3, - 6, - 6 ) ( c ) ( 4, 8, 8 ) ( d ) ( - 4, - 8, - 8 )



( 34 ) The equation of the plane containing the line x + y - z = 0 = 2x - y + 4 and passing
through the point ( 1, 1, 1 ) is

( a ) 3x + 4y - 5z = 2 ( b ) 4x + 5y - 6z = 3
( c ) x + y + z = 3 ( d ) 3x + 6y - 5z = 4



( 35 ) A plane passes through the points of intersection of the spheres x
2
+ y
2
+ z
2
= 36
and x
2
+ y
2
+ z
2
- 4x - 4y - 8z - 12 = 0. A line joining the centres of the spheres
intersects this plane at

( a ) ( 1, 1, 1 ) ( b ) ( 1, 1, 2 ) ( c ) ( 1, 2, 1 ) ( d ) ( 2, 1, 1 )



( 36 ) The area of the circle formed by the intersection of the spheres x
2
+ y
2
+ z
2
= 36 and
x
2
+ y
2
+ z
2
- 4x - 4y - 8z - 12 = 0 is

( a ) 9 ( b ) 18 ( c ) 27 ( d ) 36



( 37 ) A line joining the points ( 1, 1, 1 ) and ( 2, 2, 2 ) intersects the plane x + y + z = 9
at the point

( a ) ( 3, 4, 2 ) ( b ) ( 2, 3, 4 ) ( c ) ( 3, 2, 4 ) ( d ) ( 3, 3, 3 )



Answers

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a c b b b c c b a d a c d d c a a a d a

21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
c c d b a d a c b b d c d d b c d

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