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3D Geometry

Er. Vineet Loomba, B.Tech. IIT Roorkee

Mathematics for JEE Main and Advanced Plus Code: VINEETLIVE

65. The shortest distance of the point (a,b,c) from the x-axis is [DCE]
(a) (a 2  b 2 ) (b) (b 2  c 2 ) (c) (c 2  a 2 ) (d) (a 2  b 2  c 2 )

66. If A(1, 2,  1) and B(1, 0, 1) are given, then the coordinates of P which divides AB externally in the ratio
1 : 2 , are
1 1
(a) (1, 4,  1) (b) (3, 4,  3) (c) (3, 4,  3) (d) None
3 3
67. The coordinates of the point which divides the join of the points (2,  1, 3) and (4,3,1) in the ratio 3 : 4
internally are given by
2 20 10 15 20 3 10 15 2 20 5 15
(a) , , (b) , , (c) , , (d) , ,
7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
68. A point moves so that the sum of its distances from the points (4,0,0) and (4,0,0) remains 10. The locus of
the point is

(a) 9 x 2  25y 2  25z 2  225 (b) 9 x 2  25y 2  25z 2  225

(c) 9 x 2  25y 2  25z 2  225 (d) 9 x 2  25y 2  25z 2  225  0
69. If a line makes angles of 30° and 45° with x-axis and y-axis, then the angle made by it with z-axis is
(a) 45° (b) 60° (c) 120° (d) None
70. If the length of a vector be 21 and direction ratios be 2, –3, 6, then its direction cosines are
2 1 2 2 3 6 2 3 6
(a) , , (b) , , (c) , , (d) None
21 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
71. If O is the origin, OP  3 with d.r.‘s 1, 2,  2 then the co-ordinates of P are
1 2 2
(a) (1, 2,  2) (b) (1, 2, 2) (c)   , ,  (d) (3, 6, – 9)
 9 9 9

72. The direction ratios of the diagonals of a cube which joins the origin to the opposite corner are (when the 3
concurrent edges of the cube are coordinate axes)
2 2 2
(a) , , (b) –1, 1, –1 (c) 2, –2, 1 (d) 1, 2, 3
3 3 3
73. A line makes angles of 45° and 60o with the positive axes of X and Y respectively. The angle made by the same
line with the positive axis of Z, is
(a) 30° or 60° (b) 60° or 90° (c) 90° or 120° (d) 60° or 120°
74. The projection of the line segment joining the points (–1, 0, 3) and (2, 5, 1) on the line whose direction ratios
are 6, 2, 3, is
(a) 10/7 (b) 22/7 (c) 18/7 (d) None
75. The projection of any line on coordinate axes be respectively 3, 4, 5, then its length is
(a) 12 (b) 50 (c) 5 2 (d) None
76. The angle between the pair of lines with direction ratios (1, 1, 2) and ( 3  1,  3  1, 4) is
(a) 30° (b) 45° (c) 60° (d) 90°
77. The angle between a line with direction ratios 2 : 2 : 1 and a line joining (3, 1, 4) to (7, 2, 12) is
(a) cos 1(2 / 3) (b) cos1(2 / 3) (c) tan 1(2 / 3) (d) None

Er. Vineet Loomba B.Tech. IIT Roorkee. 10+ yrs IIT JEE Teaching Experience
Mathematics for JEE Main and Advanced Plus Code: VINEETLIVE

78. Three lines drawn from origin with direction cosines l1, m1, n1 ; l2 , m2 , n2 ; l3 , m3 , n3 are coplanar iff
l1 m1 n1
l2 m2 n2  0 , since
l3 m3 n3
(a) All lines pass through origin (b)It is possible to find a line perpendicular to all these lines
(c) Intersecting lines are coplanar (d)None of these
79. If direction cosines of two lines OA and OB are respectively proportional to 1, –2, –1 and 3, –2, 3 then direction
cosine of line perpendicular to given both lines are
(a)  4 / 29 ,  3 / 29 ,  2 / 29 , (b)  4 / 29 ,  3 / 29 ,  2 / 29
(c)  4 / 29 ,  2 / 29 ,  3 / 29 , (d) None of these

ANSWER KEY
65b 66b 67d 68c 69d 70b 71a 72a 73d
74b 75c 76c 77a 78b 79b

Er. Vineet Loomba B.Tech. IIT Roorkee. 10+ yrs IIT JEE Teaching Experience