LEVEL–II

1. Let PM be the perpendicular from the point (1, 2, 3) to the XY plane. If OP makes angle  with
the positive direction of z-axis and OM makes and  angle with the positive direction of x-axis
where O is the origin, then find  and  .

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2. Find the vector of the plane that contains the lines r  ( î  ĵ)   ( î  2 ĵ  k̂ ) and

r  ( î  ĵ)   (  î  ĵ  2k̂ ) .

3. Prove that three concurrent line with direction numbers  1 , m1 , n1 ;  2 , m 2 , n 2 ,  3 , m 3 , n 3 are

1 m1 n1
coplanar if  2 m2 n 2 = 0.
3 m3 n3

4. From a point P( , ,  ) , PM is drawn perpendicular to the straight line through the origin whose
direction cosines are , m, n and is produced to P such that PM  PM . If P is
        
(, , ) , show that    2(  m  n ) .
 m n

5. A plane meets the coordinate axes in A, B, C, such that the centroid of the triangle ABC is at the
point (a, b, c). Find the equation of the plane.

6. Find the equation of the plane which passes through the axis and is perpendicular to the
x 1 y  2 z  3
line   .
cos  sin  0

7. Find the locus of the point whose distance from the line x = y = – z is twice its distance from the
plane x – y + z = 0.

8. Show that the origin lies in the acute or obtuse angle between the planes ax + by + cz + d = 0
and a x  by  cz  d  0 ,where d, d are both positive, according as aa  bb  cc  0 or > 0.

9. Through a point P( , ,  ) a plane is drawn at right angles to OP, to meet the axes in A, B,C.
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Prove that the area of the triangle ABC is , where OP = p.
2
y z
10. Show that the equation to the plane containing the line   1, x  0 and parallel to the line
b c
5. A plane passes through (1, –2, 1) and is perpendicular to two planes 2x – 2y + z = 0, x – y + 2z
= 4. The distance of the plane from the point (1, 2, 2) is
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 2 2

Match the column

(a) Point () lie on the plane x + y + z = 2.
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 î   ĵ  k̂ , k̂s i(k̂ neâh)t  ,0
a t eL P()
(b) A line perpendicular to x + 2y + 2z = 0 and 3 passes through

(0, 1, 0). The perpendicular distance of this line from the origin is (Q) 2

PROBLEMS (SUBJECTIVE)

1. (a) Find the equation of the plane passing through the points (2, 1, 0), (5, 0, 1) and (4, 1, 1).
(b) If P is the point (2, 1, 6) then the point Q such that PQ is perpendicular to the plane in (a)
and the mid-point of PQ lies on it.

2. Find the equation of plane passing through (1, 1, 1) & parallel to the lines L1, L2 having direction
ratios (1, 0, –1), (1, –1, 0). Find the volume of tetrahedron formed by origin and the points where
these planes intersect the coordinate axes.

3. A parallelopiped ‘S’ has base points A, B, C and D and upper face points A, B, C and D. This
parallelopiped is compressed by upper face ABCD to form a new parallelopiped ‘T’ having
upper face points A, B, C and D. Volume of parallelopiped T is 90 percent of the volume of
the parallelopiped S. Prove that the locus of A, is a plane.

4. P1 and P2 are planes passing through origin. L1 and L2 are two line on P1 and P2 respectively such
that their intersection is origin. Show that there exists points A, B, C, whose permutation A, B, C
can be chosen such that
(i) A is on L1, B on P1 but not on L1 and C not on P1
(ii) A is on L2, B on P2 but not on L2 and C not on P2.

5. Find equation of plane passing through line 2x + y + z – 3 = 0, 3x + y + z = 5, whose

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perpendicular distance from, (2, 1, –1) is .
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PROBLEMS
1. Two systems of rectangular axes have the same origin. If a plane cuts them at distance a, b, c and
a', b', c' from the origin, then
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
(A) 2
 2  2  2  2  2 0 (B) 2
 2  2  2  2  2 0
a b c a b c a b c a b c
9. 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  6 x  8 y  2 z  13 and x 2  y 2  z 2  10 x  4 y  2 z  8 then a equals

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

10. The distance between the line r  2iˆ  2 ˆj  3kˆ   (iˆ  ˆj  4kˆ) and the plane r.(iˆ  5 ˆj  kˆ)  5 is

10 3 10 10
(A) (B) (C) (D)
3 10 3 3 9

x 1 y 1 z  2
11. If the angle  between the line   and the plane
1 2 2
2x - y +  z  4  0 is such that sin = 1/3 the value of  is
4 3 5
(A) (B) 3/4 (C) (D)
3 5 3

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

(A) 30° (B) 45° (C) 90° (D) 0°

13. The plane x + 2y - z = 4 cuts the sphere x2 + y2 + z2 - x + z - 2 = 0 in a circle of radius

(A) 2 (B) 2 (C) 1 (D) 3

14. The two lines x = ay + b, z = cy + d; and x = ay + b, z = c + d are perpendicular to each other
of

a c a c
(A) aa + cc = 1 (B)   1 (C)  1 (D) aa + cc = – 1
a c  a c 

15. The image of the point (– 1, 3, 4) in the plane x – 2y = 0 is

 17 19  17 19 
(A) (15, 11, 4) (B)   3 ,  3 ,1 (C) (8, 4, 4) (D)   3 ,  3 ,4 
   
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(A) (B)
19 2

33
(C) (D) 33
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9. The straight lines whose direction cosines are given by a  bm  cn  0, fmn  gn  hm  0
are perpendicular if
f g h
(A)   0 (B) ( a / f )  ( b / g)  ( c / h)  0
a b c
(C) (af )  ( bg)  (ch) (D) ( a / f )  ( b / g)  ( c / h)

10. In three-dimensional space, the equation 3y + 4z = 0 represents

(A) a plane containing x-axis (B) a plane containing y-axis
(C) a plane containing z-axis (D) a line with direction ratios 0, 3, 4

11. If the line x = ay + b, z = cy + d and the line x = x  a y  b , z  cy  d  are perpendicular, then
(A) aa   bb   1 (B) aa   cc  1
(C) aa   bb   0 (D) none of these

12. Perpendicular is drawn from the point (0, 3, 4) to the plane 2x - 2y + z = 10. The coordinates of
the foot of the perpendicular are
(A) (-8/3, 1/3, 16/3) (B) (8/3, 1/3, 16/3)
(C) (8/3, -1/3, 16/3) (D) (8/3, 1/3, -16/3)

13. A straight line passes through the point (2, -1, -1). It is parallel to the plane 4x + y + z + 2 = 0
and is perpendicular to the line x/1 = y/(-2) = (z - 5)/1. The equation of the straight line are
(A) (x - 2)/4 = (y + 1)/1 = (z + 1)/1 (B) (x + 2)/4 = (y - 1)/1 = (z - 1)/3
(C) (x - 2)/(- 1) = (y + 1)/1 = (z + 1)/3 (D) (x + 2)/(-1) = (y - 1)/1 = (z - 1)/3

14. A directed line segment angles  , ,  with the coordinate axes. The value of  cos2 is always
equal to
(A) -1 (B) 1
(C) -2 (D) 2

15. Lines OA and OB are drawn from O  (0, 0, 0) with direction cosines proportional to (1, -2, -1)
and (3, -2, 3) respectively. The direction ratios of the normal to the plane OAB are
(A) (4, 3, -2) (B) (- 4, 3, - 2)
(C) (4, -3, -2) (D) (4, 3, 2)

16. The plane ax + by + cz = d, meets the coordinate axes at the points A, B and C respectively. Area
of triangle ABC is equal to
 (A) –10 (B) 5 (C) –5 (D) 10

3. The direction cosines of the normal to the plane 2x + 3y – 6z = 5 are

2 2 6 2 3 6
(A) 2, 3, –6 (B) , , (C) , , (D) none of these
3 3 7 5 5 5

4. If the points (1, 1, k) and (–3, 0, 1) be equidistant from the plane 3x + 4y – 12z + 13 = 0
then k =
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) none of these

5. The point dividing the line joining the points (1, 2, 3) and (3, –5, 6) in the ratio 3 : –5 is
  25 3   25  3   25 3 
(A)  2, ,  (B)   2, ,  (C)  2, ,  (D) none of these
 2 2  2 2   2 2

6. Direction ratios of the normal to the plane passing through the points (2, 1, 3) and the point of
intersection of the planes x + 2y + z = 3 and 2x – y – z = 5 are
(A) 13, 6, 1 (B) 4, 3, 2 (C) 4, 3, 2 (D) none of these

7. If  1 , m1 , n1 and  2 , m 2 , n 2 are DC of the two lines inclined to each other at an angle  , then the
DC of the internal bisector of the angle between these lines are
 1   2 m1  m 2 n 1  n 2   1   2 m1  m 2 n 1  n 2
(A) , , (B) , ,
     
2 sin 2 sin 2 sin 2 cos 2 cos 2 cos
2 2 2 2 2 2
 1   2 m1  m 2 n 1  n 2  1   2 m1  m 2 n1  n 2
(C) , , (D) , ,
     
2 sin 2 sin 2 sin 2 cos 2 cos 2 cos
2 2 2 2 2 2

8. The angle between the lines whose direction ratios are a, b, c are b – c, c – a, a – b is
1  1  1  1 
(A) cos   (B) sin   (C) 00 (D) 900
 abc   abc 

9. The equation of the plane which is parallel to y–axis and cuts off intercepts of length 2 and 3 from
x–axis and z–axis is
(A) 3x +2z = 1 (B) 3x + 2z = 6 (C) 2x + 3z = 6 (D) 3x + 2z = 0

10. The sum of the square of the direction cosines of a line is

(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) Constant (D) Variable

11. If the centroid of a triangle whose vertices are (a, 1, 3), (–2, b, –5) and (4, 7, c) be the origin then
the values of a, b, c are
(A) –2, –8, –2 (B) 2, 8, –2 (C) –2, –8, 2 (D) 7, –1, 0
More than one
 
1. Consider the planes r .n1  d1 and r .n 2  d 2 then
 
(A) they are perpendicular if n1.n 2 = 0
   
(B) intersect in a line parallel to n1  n 2 if n1 is not parallel to n 2
 
 n1.n 2 
(C) angle between then is cos–1  | n | | n | 
 1 2 

(D) none of these

 
2. The circle | r | = 5, r . ( î  ĵ  k̂ ) = 3 3
(A) has its centre at  3, 3, 3  (B) is of radius 3
(C) is of radius 4 (D) lies in the plane x + y + z = 3 3 ,

3. If p1, p2, p3 denotes the perpendicular distances of the plane 2x – 3y + 4z + 2 = 0 from the
parallel planes, 2x – 3y + 4z + 6 = 0, 4x – 6y + 8z + 3 = 0 and 2x – 3y + 4z – 6 = 0
respectively, then
(A) p1 + 8p2 – p3 = 0 (B) p3 = 16p2
(C) 8p2 = p1 (D) p1 + 2p2 + 3p3 = 29

4. The equation of the plane which contains the lines

 
r  î  2ˆj  k̂   ( î  2 ĵ  k̂ ) and r  î  2 ĵ  k̂  ( î  ĵ  3k̂ ) must be

(A) r .(7 î  4ˆj  k̂ )  0 (B) 7(x – 1) – 4(y – 2) – (z +1) = 0
 
(C) r .( î  2ˆj  k̂ )  0 (D) r .( î  ĵ  3k̂ )  0

     
5. The plane containing the lines, r  a  ta ' and r  a 'sa
   
(A) must be parallel to a  a ' (B) must be the perpendicular to a  a '
      
(C) must be [ r , a , a ' ] (D) ( r  a ).(a  a ' )  0

W I. The vertices of a triangle ABC are A  (2, 0, 2), B  ( 1, 1, 1) and C  (1,  2, 4) . The
points D and E divide the sides AB and CA in the ratio 1 : 2 respectively. Another point F is
taken in space such that perpendicular drawn from F on  ABC , meets the triangle at the
point of intersection of the line segment CD and BE, say P. If the distance of F from the plane
of the  ABC is 2 units, then

6. The position vector of P, is

(A) î  ĵ  3k̂ (B) î  ĵ  3k̂
(C) 2î  ĵ  3k̂ (D) î  ĵ  3k̂
13. Distance of the centroid from the plane ABC is
4 4 4
(A) (B) 4 3 (C) (D)
3 3 5
W III 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 n̂ is a unit vector through origin which is perpendicular to the plane

P, then vector equation of the plane must be r .n̂ = d, where d represents perpendicular
distance of the plane P from origin.
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14. If A is a point with position vector a , then perpendicular distance of A from the plane r .n̂ =d
must be
  
(A) | d  a . n̂ | (B) | d  a . n̂ | (C) || a |  d | (D) none of these

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15. The position vector of the image of the point a in the plane r .n̂ = d must be (d 0)
    
(A) – a . n̂ (B) a  2(d  a . n̂ )n̂ (C) a  2(d  a . n̂ )n̂ (D) none of these

  
16. The distance of the point a from the planer r .n̂ = d measured parallel to the line r = b  tc
must be
  
| d  a . n̂ |  | d  a . n̂ |  | d  a . n̂ |   
(A)  |c| (B)  | c | (C)  |b| (D) [b c n̂ ]
| c.n̂ | | b.n̂ | | c.n̂ |

W IV In the following questions an Assertion (A) is given followed by a Reason (R).

(A) Both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion
(B) Both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion
(C) Assertion is true but Reason is false
(D) Assertion is false but Reason is true
17. Assertion : The direction ratio of line joining origin and point (x, y, z) must be x, y, z.
x y
Reason : If P is a point (x, y, z) in space and OP = r then directions cosines of OP are , ,
r r
z
.
r

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18. Assertion : If the vector a and c are non collinear, then the lines
         
r  6a  c  ( 2c  a ) and r  a  c  ( a  3c ) are coplanar..

Reason : There exist and such that the two values of r become same.

19. True/False
(i) The length of the line segment whose projections on the coordinate axes are of magnitudes
12, 4, 3 is 19.

(ii) The foot of the perpendicular from (a, b, c) on the line x = y = z is the point (r, r, r) where
3r = a + b + c.
 2î  ĵ  k̂
1. 2. 13
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(B)
1. BD

(C)
1. A 3. B 4. D 5. D

PROBLEMS
(SUBJECTIVE)

q
1. (i) x + y – 2z = 3 (ii) Q (6, 5 – 2) 2. x + y + z = 3; cubic units
2

5. 62x + 29y + 19z – 105 = 0

PROBLEMS

1. C 2. C 3. B 4. A 5.
A
6. B 7. C 8. D 9. B 10.
C
11. D 12. C 13. C 14. A 15.
D

SET–I

1. C 2. C 3. C 4. A 5. B

6. C 7. C 8. C 9. A 10. A

11. B 12. B 13. C 14. A 15. A

16. B 17. A 18. B 19. B 20. B

SET–II

1. B 2. B 3. C 4. B 5. B