Miscellaneous Exercise Question Bank Level - 1

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1. Find the equation of a line passing through b and perpendicular to the vectors c and d .

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2. Find the equation of a line passing through a point a and parallel to the line of intersection of the planes
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r  n1  p1 and r  n 2  p 2 .

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3. Find the equation of a line passing through the point a and parallel to the plane r  n  p and
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perpendicular to the line r  c  tb.

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4. Find the condition that the lines r  a  t (b  c ), r  b  p(c  a ) may intersect. Accepting that condition,
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find the point of intersection. ( a ,b and c are any three non-coplanar vectors)

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5. Find the equation a plane which is parallel to two given vectors c and d and passing through a given
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point b.

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6. Find the equation a plane passing through three given points whose p.v.s are a ,b and c .

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7. Find the equation a plane containing the line r  a  t b and parallel to the vector c.

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8 Find the equation a plane passing through the points a and b and parallel to the vector c.

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9 Find the equation a plane containing the line r  a  t b and passing through a point c.

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10. Find the equation a plane containing the lines r  a1  t b1 and r  a 2  t b2.

11. Find the equation a plane passing through the line of intersection of the two planes
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r  n1  p1 and r  n 2  p 2 and containing the point b.

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12. Find the equation a plane containing the line r  a  t b and perpendicular to the plane r  c  q.

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13. The shortest distance between the lines r  a  t b and r  a  s c is ( b, c are non-collinear):
 
  b c
(A) 0 (B) b c (C)  (D) None of these
|a |

MEQB 1 Level – 1 | Three Dimensional Geometry

Paragraph for Questions 14 – 15

Consider a plane x  y  z  1 and the point A(1,2, 3) . A line L has the equation x  1  3r, y  2  r, z  3  4r .

14. The coordinate of a point B of line L, such that AB is parallel to the plane is:

(A) (10,  1,15) (B) (5, 4,  5) (C) (4, 1, 7) (D) (–8, 5, –9)

15. Equation of the plane containing the line L and the point A has the equation:

(A) x  3y  5  0 (B) x  3y  7  0 (C) 3x  y  1  0 (D) 3x  y  5  0

16. If the perpendicular distance of the point (6, 5, 8) from the Y-axis is 5  units, then  is equal to:

x 3 y 8 z 3 x 3 y 7 z 6
17. If the shortest distance between the lines   and   is  30 units,
3 1 1 3 2 2

then the value of  is:

18. If xy-plane divide the join of point (2, 3, 4) and (1, –1, 5) in the ratio  : 1 , then the integer  should be

equal to:

x y 1 z x k y k z 2
19. The number of real values of k for which the lines   and   are coplanar,
1 k 1 2k 3k  1 k

is:

x 2 y 1 z 3
20. Find the point on the line   at a distance of 3 2 from the point (1, 2, 3).
3 2 2

MEQB 2 Level – 1 | Three Dimensional Geometry

 Miscellaneous Exercise Question Bank Level - 2
*21. Given the equations of the line 3x  y  z  1  0 and 5x  y  3z  0 . Then, which of the following is
correct?
1 5
x y z
(A) Symmetrical form of the equations of line is  8  8
2 1 1
1 5
x y
(B) Symmetrical form of the equations of line is 8  8  z
1 1 2
(C) Equation of the plane through (2, 1, 4) and perpendicular to the given lines is 2x  y  z  7  0
(D) Equation of the plane through (2, 1, 4) and perpendicular to the given lines is x  y  2z  5  0

*22. Equation of the line through the point (1, 1, 1) and intersecting the lines
2x  y  z  2  0  x  y  z  1 and x  y  z  3  0  2x  4y  z  4
(A) x  1  0, 7x  17y  3z  134  0 (B) x  1  0, 9x  15y  5z  19  0
y 1 z 1
(C) x  1  0,  (D) x  2y  2z  1  0, 9x  15y  5z  19  0
1 3

*23. Which of the following statements is/are correct?

(A) If n  a  0, n  b  0 and n  c  0 for some non-zero vector n, then [abc] = 0

(B) There exist a vector making angles 30  and 45  with x-axis and Y-axis
(C) Locus of point for which x = 3 and y = 4 is a line parallel to the Z-axis whose distance from the
Z-axis is 5
(D) The vertices of regular tetrahedron are O, A, B, C where ‘O’ is the origin. The vector OA + OB +
OC is perpendicular to the plane ABC

*24. Which of the following is/are correct about a tetrahedron?

(A) Centroid of a tetrahedron lies on lines joining any vertex to the centroid opposite face
(B) Centroid of a tetrahedron lies on the lines joining the mid-point of the opposite face
(C) Distance of centroid from all the vertices are equal
(D) None of the above

*25. A variable plane cutting coordinate axes in A, B, C is at a constant distance from the origin. Then the
locus of centroid of the  ABC is:

(A) x 2  y 2  z 2  16 (B) x 2  y 2  z 2  9

1
1  1 1  
(C)  2  2  2 0 (D) X Y  0
9  x y z 

MEQB 3 Level – 2 | Three Dimensional Geometry

 x  x1 y  y1 z  z1
*26. Equation of any plane containing the line   is A( x  x1 )  B(y  y1 )  C(z  z1 )  0 ,
a b c
then pick correct alternatives.
A B C
(A)   is true for the line to the perpendicular to the plane
a b c
(B) A(a  3)  B(b  1)  C(c  2)  0
(C) 2aA  3bB  4 cC  0
(D) Aa  Bb  Cc  0

x 2 y 1 z 1
*27. The line   intersects the curve x 2  y 2  r 2 , z  0 then:
3 2 1
(A) Equation of the plane through (0, 0, 0) perpendicular to the given line is 3x  2y  z  0

(B) r  26
(C) r=6
(D) r=7

*28. A vector equally inclined to the vectors i  j  k and i  j  k then the plane containing them is:

i  j  k j  k
(A) (B) (C) 2 i (D) i
3

*29. Consider the plane through (2, 3, –1) and at right angles to the vector 3i  4 j  7k from the origin is:
(A) The equation of the plane through the given point is 3x  4y  7z  13  0
1
(B) perpendicular distance of plane from origin
74
13
(C) perpendicular distance of plane from origin
74
21
(D) perpendicular distance of plane from origin
74

*30. Let A be vector parallel to line of intersection of planes P1 and P2. Plane P1 is parallel to the vectors

2 j  3k and 4 j  3k and that P2 is parallel to j  k and 3i  3 j , then the angle between vector A and a

given vector 2i  j  2k is:

   3
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2 4 6 4
*31. Consider the lines x  y  z and the line 2x  y  z  1  0  3x  y  2z  2 , then:
1
(A) the shortest distance between the two lines is
2
(B) the shortest distance between the two lines is 2
(C) plane containing 2 nd
line parallel to 1 line is y  z  1  0
st

3
(D) the shortest distance between the two lines
2

MEQB 4 Level – 2 | Three Dimensional Geometry

*32. If p1, p2, p3 denote the perpendicular distances of the plane 2x  3y  4z  2  0 from the parallel planes.
(A) p1  8 p2  p 3  0 (B) p 3  16 p 2

(C) 8 p2  p1 (D) p1  2p2  3p3  29

*33. The points A(4, 5, 10), B(2, 3, 4) and C(1, 2, –1) are three vertices of a parallelogram ABCD, then:

(A) Vector equation of AB is 2iˆ  3 ˆj  4kˆ  (iˆ  ˆj  3kˆ )

x 2 y 3 z 4
(B) Cartesian equation of BC is  
1 1 5
(C) Coordinates of D are (3, 4, 5)
(D) ABCD is a rectangle

*34. The line x  y  z meets the plane x  y  z  1 at the point P and the sphere x 2  y 2  z 2  1 at the

points R and S, then:

2
(A) PR + PS = 2 (B) PR  PS  (C) PR = PS (D) PR + PS = RS
3
*35. The volume of a right triangular prism ABCA1B1C1 is equal to 3. Find the coordinates of the vertex A1, if
the coordinates of the base vertices of the prism are A(1, 0,1), B (z ,0,0) and C (0,1,0) :
(A) (–2, 0, 2) (B) (0, –2, 0) (C) (0, 2, 0) (D) (2, 2, 2)

x 1 y3 z 1
*36. Let a plane pass through origin and is parallel to the line   such that distance between
2 1 2
5
plane and the line is . Then, equation of the plane is:
3
(A) x  2y  2z  0 (B) x  2y  2z  0 (C) 2x  2y  z  0 (D) x y  z  0

x y z 1
*37. If the line   intersects the line 32 x  3(1  2 )y  z  3   {62 x  3(1  2)y  2z } then point
1 2 3 2
(,,1) lie on the plane:
(A) 2x  y  z  4 (B) x y z  2 (C) x  2y  0 (D) 2x  y  0

Paragraph for Questions 38 - 41

Let A(1,2,3), B(0, 0, 1) and C(1,1, 1) are the vertices of  ABC .
38. The equation of internal angle bisector through A to side BC is:

(A) r  i  2 j  3k  (3i  2 j  3k ) (B) r  i  2 j  3k  (3i  4 j  3k )

(C) r  i  2 j  3k  (3i  3 j  2k ) (D) r  i  2 j  3k  (3i  3 j  4k )

39. The equation of altitude through B to side AC is:

(A) r  k  t (7i  10 j  2k ) (B) r  k  t ( 7i  10 j  2k )

(C) r  k  t (7i  10 j  2k ) (D) r  k  t (7i  10 j  2k )

40. The equation of median through C to side AB is:

(A) r   i  j  k  p(3i  2k ) (B) r   i  j  k  p(3i  2k )

(C) r   i  j  k  p( 3i  2k ) (D) r   i  j  k  p(3i  2 j )

MEQB 5 Level – 2 | Three Dimensional Geometry

41. The area of (ABC ) is equal to:

9 17 17 7
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2 2 2 2

Paragraph for Questions 42 – 45

Consider a triangular pyramid ABCD the position vector of whose angular points are A(3, 0, 1), B(–1, 4, 1),
C(5, 2, 3) and D(0, –5, 4). Let G be the point of intersection of the medians of the  BCD .
42. The length of the vector AG is:

51 51 59
(A) 17 (B) (C) (D)
3 9 4
43. Area of the  ABC (in sq units) is:
(A) 24 (B) 8 6 (C) 4 6 (D) None of these

44. The length of the perpendicular from the vertex D on the opposite face is:
14 2 3
(A) (B) (C) (D) None of these
6 6 6

45. Equation of the plane ABC is:

(A) x  y  2z  5 (B) x  y  2z  1 (C) 2x  y  2z  4 (D) x  y  2z  1

Paragraph for Questions 46 – 48

If a  6i  7 j  7k, b  3i  2 j  2k , P (1,2,3)

46. The position vector of L, the foot of the perpendicular from P on the line r  a   b is:

(A) 6i  7 j  7k (B) 3i  2 j  2k

(C) 3i  5 j  9k (D) 9i  9 j  5k

47. The image of the point P in the line r  a   b is:

(A) (11, 12, 11) (B) (5, 2, –7) (C) (5, 8, 15) (D) (17, 16, 7)

48. If A is the point with position vector a then area of the triangle PLA in sq. units is equal to:
7 17 7
(A) 3 6 (B) (C) 17 (D)
2 2

Paragraph for Questions 49 – 51

A(2,2,3) and B(13, 3,13) and L is a line through A.
49. A point P moves in the space such that 3 PA  2 PB , then the locus of P is:

(A) x 2  y 2  z 2  28 x  12y  10 z  247  0

(B) x 2  y 2  z 2  28 x  12y  10 z  247  0

(C) x 2  y 2  z 2  28 x  12y  10 z  247  0

(D) x 2  y 2  z 2  28 x  12y  10 z  247  0

MEQB 6 Level – 2 | Three Dimensional Geometry

50. Coordinates of the point P which divides the join of A and B in the ratio 2 : 3 internally are:
 33 2   32 12 17 
(A)  ,  ,9  (B) (4,0,7) (C)  , ,  (D) (20, 0, 35)
 5 5   5 5 5 
 

51. Equation of a line L, perpendicular to the line AB is:

x 2 y 2 z 3 x 2 y2 z 3
(A)   (B)  
15 5 10 3 13 2
x 2 y 2 z 3 x 2 y2 z 3
(C)   (D)  
3 13 2 15 5 10

Paragraph for Questions 52 – 54

The vector equation of a plane is a relation satisfied by position vectors of all the points on the plane. If P is a
plane and n is a unit vector through origin which is perpendicular to the plane P then vector equation of the

plane must be r  n  d where d represents perpendicular distance of plane p from origin.

52. If A is a point vector a then perpendicular distance of A from the plane r  n  d must be:
(A) | d  a n | (B) | d  a n | (C) |a  d | (D) | d  a |

53. If b be the foot of perpendicular from A to the plane r  n  d then b must be:

(A) a  ( d  a  n )n (B) a  (d  a  n )n (C) a  a  n (D) a  a  n

54. The position vector of the image of the point a in the plane r  n  d must be (d  0) :

(A) a  n (B) a  2(d  a  n )n (C) a  2(d  a  n )n (D) a  d ( a  n )

Paragraph for Questions 55 – 57

The line of greatest slope on an inclined plane P1 is that line in the plane which is perpendicular to the line of
intersection of plane P1 and a horizontal plane P2.
55. Assuming the plane 4x  3y  7z  0 to the horizontal, the direction cosines of the line of greatest slope in
the plane 2x  y  5z  0 are:
 3 1 1   3 1 1 
(A)  , ,  (B)  , , 
 11 11 11   11 11 11 
   
 3 1 1   1 3 1 
(C)  , ,  (D)  , , 
 11 11 11   11 11 11 
  

56. The equation of a line of greatest slope can be:

x y z x y z x y z x y z
(A)   (B)   (C)   (D)  
3 1 1 3 1 1 3 1 1 1 3 1

57. The coordinates of a point on the plane 2x  y  5z  0 is 11 units away from the line of intersection of
the given two planes are:
(A) (3,1, 1) (B) (3,1,1) (C) (3,  1,1) (D) (1, 3,  1)

MEQB 7 Level – 2 | Three Dimensional Geometry

Paragraph for Questions 58 – 60
Given four points A(2, 1, 0), B(1, 0, 1), C(3, 0, 1) and D(0, 0, 2). Point D lies on a line L orthogonal to the plane
determined by the points A, B and C.
58. The equation of the plane ABC is:
(A) x y z 3  0 (B) y  z 1  0
(C) x  z 1  0 (D) 2y  z  1  0

59. The equation of the line L is:

(A) r  2k  (i  k ) (B) r  2k  (2 j  k )

(C) r  2k  ( j  k ) (D) None of these

60. The perpendicular distance of D from the plane ABC is:

1 1
(A) 2 (B) (C) 2 (D)
2 2

61. If the planes x  cy  bz  0, cx  y  az  0 and bx  ay  z  0 pass through a line then the values of

a 2  b 2  c 2  2abc is:

62. If the triangle ABC whose vertices are A(–1, 1, 1), B(1, –1, 1) and C(1,1, 1) is projected on xy-plane, then
the area of the projected triangles is:

63. The equation of a plane which bisects the line joining (1, 5, 7) and (–3, 1, –1) is x  y  2z   , then
 must be:

64. If the circumcentre of the triangle whose vertices are (3, 2, –5) (–3, 8, –5) and (–3, 2, 1) is (1, ,  3) the
integer  must be equal to:

65. Let the equation of the plane containing line x  y  z  4  0  x  y  2z  4 and parallel to the line of
intersection of the planes 2x  3y  z  1 and x  3y  2z  2 be Ay  Bz  C  0 . Then the values of
| A  B  C  4|is:

66. Let P(a, b, c) be any point on the plane 3x  2y  z  7 , then find the least value of 2(a 2  b2  c 2 ) .

67. The plane denoted by P1 : 4 x  7y  4z  81  0 is rotated through a right angle about its line of

intersection with the plane P2 : 5x  3y  10z  25 . If the plane in its new position be denoted by P, and

k 
the distance of this plane from the origin is d, then the value of   (where [•] represents greatest integer
 2 
less than or equal to k) is:

x 2 2y  3 3z  4
68. The distance of the point P(–2, 3, –4) from the line   measured parallel to the plane
3 4 5
4 x  12y  3z  1  0 is d, then find the value of (2d  8) :

MEQB 8 Level – 2 | Three Dimensional Geometry

69. The position vectors of the four angular points of a tetrahedron OABC are (0, 0, 0), (0, 0, 2), (0, 4, 0) and
(6, 0, 0), respectively. A point P inside the tetrahedron is at the same distance ‘r’ from the four plane faces
of the tetrahedron. Then, the value of 9r is:

70. Value of  for the planes x  y  z  1  0 , x  3y  2z  3  0, 3x  y  z  2  0 to form a triangular

prism must be:

71. If the lattice point P(x ,y, z ); x, y, z  0 and x ,y, z  I with least value of z such that the ‘P’ lies on the

planes 7x  6y  2z  272 and x  y  z  16 , then the value of (x  y  z  42) is equal to:

72. Let G1,G 2 and G 3 be the centroids of the triangular faces OBC, OCA and OAB of a tetrahedron OABC. If

V1 denotes the volume of tetrahedron OABC and V2 that of the parallelepiped with OG1, OG2 and OG3 as

three concurrent edges, then the value of 4V1/V2 is (where O is the origin)

73. A variable plane which remains at a constant distance p from the origin cuts the coordinate axes in A, B,
k
C. The locus of the centroid of the tetrahedron OABC is x 2y 2  y 2z 2  z 2 x 2  x 2y 2z 2 , then 5 2k is:
p2

74. If the coordinates (x, y, z) of the point S which is equidistant from the points O(0, 0, 0), A(n5, 0, 0)
B(0, n4, 0), C(0, 0, n) obey the relation 2(x  y  z )  1  0 . If n  Z , then |n|= _____ (|•| is the modulus

function).

75. A line passes through (2, –1, 3) and is perpendicular to the lines r  (i  j  k )  (2i  2 j  k ) and

r  (2i  j  3k )  (i  2 j  2k ) obtain its equation.

x 3 y3 z
76. Find the equations of the two lines through the origin which intersect the line   at angle
2 1 1

of each.
3
x 2 y 1 z 0
77. Vertices B and C of  ABC lie along the line   . Find the area of the triangle given that
2 1 4
A has coordinates (1, –1, 2) and line segment BC has length 5.
x 2 y 1 z 2
78. Prove that the distance of the point of intersection of the line   and the plane
3 4 12

x  y  z  5 from the point (–1, –5, –10) is 13.

79. Find the equation of the plane through the intersection of the planes x  3y  6  0 and 3x  y  4z  0 ,

whose perpendicular distance from the origin is unity.

80. Find the equation of the image of the plane x  2y  2z  3  0 in the plane x  y  z  1  0 .

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81. Consider the following four pairs of line in Column I and match them with one or more entries in
Column II.
Column I Column II
A. L1 : x  1  t , y  t , z  2  5t p.
Non-coplanar lines
L 2 : r  (2,1  3)  (2,2, 10)

B. x 1 y 3 z 2 x 1 y 6 z 2 q.
L1 :   ; L2 :   Lines lie in a unique plane
2 2 1 2 1 1
C. L1 : x  6t , y  1  9t , z  3t r. Infinite planes containing both
L 2 : x  1  2s, y  4  3s, z  s the lines

D. x y 1 z 2 x 3 y2 z 1 s. Lines are not intersecting at a

L1 :   ; L2 :  
1 2 3 4 3 2 unique point

82. Match the statements of Column I with values of Column II.

Column I Column II
A. x 1 y 1 z 1 p.
If the line   lies in the plane 6
1 2  sin 1
25
3x  2y  5z  0, then  is equal to
B. If (3, , ) is a point on the line q.
7
2x  y  z  3  0  x  2y  z  1 , then    is equal 
5
to
C. The angle between the line x  y  z and the plane r.
–3
4x  3y  5z  2 is
D. The angle between the planes x  y  z  0 and s. 8
cos 1
3x  4y  5z  0 75

83. Consider the lines given by L1 : x  3y  5  0 L 2 : 3 x  ky  1  0 and L 3 : 5x  2y  12  0 .

Column I Column II
A. p. 6
L1, L 2 and L 3 are concurrent if k   9,  ,5
5
B. One of L1, L 2 and L 3 is parallel to atleast one of the q. 6
k  , 9
other two, if 5

C. r. 5
L1, L 2 and L 3 form a triangle, if k 
6
D. s. k=5
L1, L 2 and L 3 do not form a triangle, if
k=0

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84. A variable plane cuts the x, y and z-axes at the points, A, B and C, respectively such that the volume of
the tetrahedron OABC remain constant equal to 32 cu units and O is the origin of the coordinate system.

Column I Column II
A. The locus of the centroid of the tetrahedron is p. xyz  24
B. The locus of the point equidistant from O, A, B and C q.
( x 2  y 2  z 2 )  192 xyz
is
C. The locus of the foot of perpendicular from origin to r.
xyz  3
the plane is
D. If PA, PB and PC are mutually perpendicular, then s.
( x 2  y 2  z 2 )3  1536 xyz
the locus of P is

85. Match the statements of Column I with values of Column II.

Column I Column II
A. The area of the triangle whose vertices are (0, 0, 0) (3, p.
0
4, 7) and (5, 2, 6) is
B. The smallest radius of the sphere passing through (1, q. 70
0, 0), (0, 1, 0) and (0, 0, 1) is 3
C. The value(s) of  for which the triangle with vertices r.
2
A(6,10,10) B(1, 0,  5) and C(6, 10, ) will be a right
3
angled triangle (right angled at A) is/are
D. d is the perpendicular distance from (1, 3, 4) to s.
3
x 1 y 1 z d 65
  , then value of 2
1 1 1 2 3

86. Match the statements of column I with value of Column II. Consider the cube:
Column I Column II
A. p. 2
Angle between any two-solid diagonal cos1
6
B. q.  1
Angle between a solid diagonal and a plane cos1   
 2
 
C. r. 1
Angle between plane diagonals of adjacent faces cos 1
3
D. s. 1
The values of |a × b|
2

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