MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

CHAPTER – 11 THREE DIMENTIONAL GEOMETRY

Q1. The distance of a point P  a , b , c  from x-axis is:

(a) a2  c2 (b) a 2  b2 (c) b2  c 2 (d) b2  c 2

Q2. The angle which the vector r  4iˆ  8 ˆj  kˆ makes with the x-axis is:

(a) cos1 1 3 (b) cos1 1 9  (c) cos1  2 9  (d) cos1  4 9 

Q3. The direction cosines of the line segment joining the points A  5,  3,8 and B  7,  5,9  are:

(a)  2,  2,1 (b) 1 2,  1 2,1 (c)  2 3, 2 3,1 3 (d) none of these

Q4. The vertices of a triangle ABC are A  1,3, 2  , B  2,3,5 and C 3,5,  2  . Then value of B is:


(a) cos 1 1 2  
(b) cos 1 1 3  (c) cos1 1 3 (d) cos 1  23 
Q5. Three vertices of a parallelogram ABCD are A  3,  1, 2  , B 1, 2,  4  and C  1,1, 2  . Then D is:

(a)  2,  3,5 (b)  3, 4, 2  (c) 1,  2,8 (d)  2,  1,  8

Q6.The xy-plane divides the line joining the points A  1,3, 4  and B  2,  5,6  :

(a) 2 : 3 internally (b) 3 : 2 internally (c) 2 : 3 externally (d) 3 : 2 externally

Q7. If P  3, 2,  4  , Q  5, 4,  6  and R 9,8, 10  are collinear, then R divides PQ in the ratio:

(a) 3:2 internally (b) 3:2 externally (c) 2:1 internally (d) 2:1 externally

Q8. If a line makes angles  ,  and  with the axes respectively, then value of cos 2  cos 2  cos 2
is:
(a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 1 (d) 2

Q9. If a line makes angle  3 and  4 with x-axis and y-axis respectively, then the angle made by the line
with z-axis is:

(a)  2 (b)  3 (c)  4 (d) 5  12

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Q10. The angle between the two diagonals of a cube is:

(a) 300 (b) 450 

(c) cos 1 1 3  (d) cos1 1 3

x  3 y  2 z 1
Q11. The line   is:
3 1 0

(a) || to x-axis (b) || to y-axis (c) || to z-axis (d)  to z-axis

x y z x 1 y  2 z  3
Q12. The lines   and   are:
1 2 3 2 4 6

(a) coincident (b) skew (c) intersecting (d) parallel

x  7 y  17 z  6 x5 y 3 z 4
Q13. The d.r’s of the line perpendicular to the lines   and   are
2 3 1 1 2 2
proportional to:

(a) 4,5, 7 (b) 4,  5,7 (c) 4,  5,  7 (d) 4,5,7

x 1 y  3 z  2 x y7 z7
Q14. The point of intersection of the lines   and   is:
3 2 1 1 3 2

(a) 1 2,  1 2,  3 2  (b) 1 2,1 2,  3 2  (c) 1 2,  1 2,3 2  (d) none of these

x 3 y 8 z 3 x3 y 7 z 6
Q15.The shortest distance between the lines   and   is:
3 1 1 3 2 4

(a) 30 (b) 2 30 (c) 5 30 (d) 3 30

x6 y 7 z 7
Q16.The perpendicular distance of the point P 1, 2,3 from the line   is:
3 2 2

(a) 7 (b) 8 (c) 9 (d) 10

x 1 y  2 z  5
Q17. The line   meets the plane 2 x  4 y  z  3 at a point:
2 3 4

(a)  3,1,  1 (b)  3,  1,1 (c)  3,  1,  1 (d) none of these

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Q18. The intercepts made by the plane 3x  6 y  z  9 are:

(a)  3,  6,1 (b) 1 3, 2 3,1 9  (c)  3, 3 2,9  (d) none of these

Q19. The equation of the plane passing through the points A  3,5,0  , B 1,  2,5 and C  0,  5, 1 is:

(a) x  3 y  z  6  0 (b) 3x  y  z  4  0 (c) x  3 y  z  2  0 (d) none of these

Q20. Equation of plane which is parallel to plane 2 x  3 y  z  8  0 and passes through the point  1,1, 2 

is:

(a) 2 x  3 y  z  3  0 (b) 3x  2 y  z  3  0 (c) 2 x  3 y  z 1 (d) none of these

Q21. The equation of the plane through the intersection of the planes x  2 y  3z  4 and 2 x  y  z   5
and perpendicular to the plane 5x  3 y  2 z  5  0 is:

(a) 7 x  2 y  3z  81 0 (b) 23x 14 y  9 z  48  0

(c) 51x 15 y  50 z 173  0 (d) none of these

Q22. The equation of the plane through the intersection of the planes x  y  z  3  0  2 x  y  3z 1 and
x y z
parallel to the line   is:
1 2 3

(a) x  5 y  3z  7 (b) x  5 y  3z   7 (c) x  5 y  3z  7 (d) x  5 y  3z   7

Q23. A plane passes through the point P 1,1,1 and is perpendicular to each of the planes x  2 y  3z  9

and 2 x  3 y  4 z  0 . The equation of the plane is:

(a) 2 x 17 y  7 z 12 (b) 17 x  2 y  7 z 12 (c) 7 x  2 y 17 z 12 (d) none of these

Q24. A plane passes through the points P 1,  1, 2  and Q  2,  2, 2  and it is perpendicular to the plane
6 x  2 y  2 z  3 . The equation of the plane is:

(a) x  y  z  4  0 (b) x  y  2 z  4  0 (c) x  2 y  z  4  0 (d) none of these

Q25. The distance between the planes 2 x  2 y  z  2  0 and 4 x  4 y  2 z  5  0 is:

(a) 1 2 (b) 1 4 (c) 1 6 (d) none of these

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Q26. The foot of perpendicular from the point A 1,3, 4  on the plane 2 x  y  z  3  0 is:

(a) 1, 4,  3 (b) 1,  4,3 (c)  1, 4,3 (d) none of these

x 1 y  1 z x y  2 z 1
Q27. The equation of the plane containing the two lines   and   is:
2 1 3 2 3 1

(a) 8x  y  5z  7  0 (b) 8x  y  5z  7  0 (c) 8x  y  5z  7  0 (d) none of these

    
Q28. The distance of the line r  2iˆ  2 ˆj  3kˆ   iˆ  ˆj  4kˆ from the plane r . iˆ  5 ˆj  kˆ  5 is: 
5 10 25
(a) (b) (c) (d) none of these
3 3 3 3 3 3

  
Q29. The vector equation of the plane containing the line r  2iˆ  3 ˆj  4kˆ   3iˆ  2 ˆj  kˆ and the point 
iˆ  2 ˆj  3kˆ is:

 
(a) r . iˆ  3kˆ 10  
(b) r . iˆ  3kˆ 10 
(c) r . 3iˆ  kˆ 10 (d) none of these

x 3 y  4 z 5
Q30. The distance between the point  3, 4,5 and the point where the line   meets the
1 2 2
plane x  y  z 17 is:

(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) none of these

x 1 y 1 z 1
Q31. If a plane passes through a point 1,1,1 and is perpendicular to the line   , then its
3 0 4
perpendicular distance from the origin is:

(a) 3 4 (b) 4 3 (c) 7 5 (d) 1

Q32. The distance of the point  1,  5,  10  from the plane x  y  z  5 measured parallel to the line
x  2 y 1 z  2
  is:
3 4 12
(a) 12 (b) 13 (c) 14 (d) none of these

Q33. The image of the point 1,3, 4  in the plane x  y  z  5 is:

(a)  3,1,6  (b)  3,1,6  (c)  3,  1,6  (d)  3,1,  6 

Q34. A line joining points  4,  1, 2  and  3, 2,3 meets the plane at the point  10,5, 4  at 900 , the
equation of the plane is:

(a) 7 x  3 y  z  89  0 (b) 7 x  3 y  z  89  0 (c) 7 x  3 y  z  89  0 (d) none of these

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ANSWERS
1. c 2. d 3. c 4. b 5. c 6. c 7. b 8. d 9. b 10. d 11. d 12. a 13. a 14. A

15. c 16. a 17. c 18. c 19. b 20. a 21. d 22. a 23. b 24. b 25. c 26. c 27. a 28. b

29. a 30. c 31. c 32. b 33. a 34. a

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