C-11

CH. THREE DIMENSIONAL GEOMETRY

CLASS XII MATHEMATICS Time : 1½ hrs

SECTION - A 10 × 1 = 10

1. What is the distance of point (a, b, c) from x -axis?

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

x5 y  4 z  6
2. The cartesian equation of a line is   . Write its vector form
3 7 2
 
a) r  5iˆ  4 ˆj  6kˆ   (3iˆ  7 ˆj  2kˆ ) b) r  1iˆ  2 ˆj  4kˆ   (3iˆ  7 ˆj  2kˆ)
 
c) r  4iˆ  5 ˆj  6kˆ   (3iˆ  7 ˆj  2kˆ) d) r  5iˆ  4 ˆj  6kˆ   (3iˆ  7 ˆj  2kˆ )

x  1 y  3 z 1 x  2 y 1 z
3. What is the value of  for which the lines   and   are
2 5  3 2 2
perpendicular to each other?

a) +2 b) –2 c) 2 d) 0

4. If the direction ratios of a line are 1, –2, 2 then what are the direction cosines of the line?

1 2 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 1 2 2
a) , , b) , , c) , , d) , ,
3 3 3 8 8 8 3 3 3 8 8 8

5. A line is defined by 5x – 3 = 15y + 7 = 1 – 10z. Its direction cosines are ...

6 2 3 6 2 3 6 2 3 6 2 3
a) , , b) , , c) , , d) , ,
7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7

x  2 y  5 z 1
6. The co-ordinates of the point, where the line   cuts the YZ plane
1 3 5
are ......

a) (0, 11, 9) b) (9, 11, 0) c) (0, 0, 0) d) (0, 3, 5)

7. What is the cosine of the angle which the vector 2 iˆ  ˆj  2 kˆ makes with y-axis.
1 1
a) 00 b) cos c) d) –1
7 7
 
8.   
The lines r  iˆ  ˆj  kˆ   2iˆ  3 ˆj  6kˆ and r  2iˆ  ˆj  kˆ   6iˆ  9 ˆj  18kˆ (where 
 and  are scalars) are :
a) coincident b) skew c) intersecting d) parallel
1
 For question number 9 -10 two statements are given - one labelled Assertion (A)
and the other labelled Reason (R). Select the correct answer to these questions
from the codes (a), (b), (c) and (d) as given below.

a) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is the correct explanation
of Assertion (A).

b) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true but Reason (R) is not the correct
explanation of Assertion (A).

c) Assertion (A) is true but Reason (R) is false.

d) Assertion (A) is false but Reason (R) is true.

9. Assertion (A) : The vector form of the line through the point (5, 2, –4) and which is


parallel to the vector 2iˆ  ˆj  6kˆ is 2iˆ  ˆj  6kˆ   5iˆ  2 ˆj  4kˆ 
Reason (R) : Vector equation of a line that passes through the given point whose
    
position vector is a and parallel to a given vector b is r  a   b .


10. Assertion (A) : If a line makes an angle of with each of y and z-axes, then it makes
4
a right angle with X axis.

Reason (R) : The sum of the angles made by a line with the coordinate axes is 1800.

SECTION - B 2×2=4

11. Find the equation of a line passing through (2, 0, 5) and which is parallel to line 6x – 2 =
3y + 1 = 2z – 2.

12. The cartesian equation of a line is 3x + 1 = 6y – 2 = 1 – z. Find a point on the line, its DRs
and also its vector equation.

OR

If the coordinates of the points A, B, C, D are (1, 2, 3), (4, 5, 7), (–4, 3, –6) and (2, 9, 2),
then find the angle between AB and CD.

SECTION - C 4 × 3 = 12

13. Find the angle between the lines whose direction ratios are a, b, c and b – c, c – a, a – b.

14. The points A (4, 5, 10), B(2, 3, 4) and C(1, 2, –1) are the three vertices of a parallelogram
ABCD. Find vector equation for the diagonal BD.

2 M-Ch-(Three Dimensional) A
15. Find the DRs of the line perpendicular to the lines passing through A(2, 3, –4), B(–3, 3, 2)
and C(–1, 4, 2), D(3, 5,1).

16. Find the vector equation of a line passing through the point (1, 2, –4) and perpendicular to
x  8 y  19 z  10 x  15 y  29 z  5
two lines L1    and L2   
3 16 7 3 8 5

OR

x2 y  1 z  3
Find the points on the line   at a distance of 5 units from the point
3 2 2
P(1, 3, 3).
SECTION - D 2 × 5 = 10


17. Find the shortest distance between lines 
r  6iˆ  2 ˆj  2kˆ   iˆ  2 ˆj  2kˆ  and

 
r   4iˆ  kˆ   3iˆ  2 ˆj  2kˆ .

x y 1 z  2
18. Find the image of a point P(1, 6, 3) with respect to the line  
1 2 3

OR

If the points (–1, 3, 2), (–4, 2, –2) and  5, 5,   are collinear, find the value of '  ' .
SECTION - E
Case Study Based Questions 4×1=4

19. Read the following passage and answer the questions

The equation of motion of a rocket are : x = 2t, y = –4t, z = 4t, where the time ‘t’ is given in
seconds and the distance measured is in kilometers.

3 M-Ch-(Three Dimensional) A
Based on the above information, answer the following questions.

i) What is the path of the rocket?

ii) Which of the following points lie on the path of the rocket?

a) (0, 1, 2) b) (1, –2, 2) c) (2, –2, 2) d) None of these

iii) At what distance will the rocket be from the starting point (0, 0, 0) in 10 seconds?

iv) If the position of rocket at certain instant of time is (3, –6, 6), then what will be the
height of the rocket from the ground, which is along the xy-plane?

4 M-Ch-(Three Dimensional) A
C-11
CH. THREE DIMENSIONAL GEOMETRY

CLASS XII MATHEMATICS Time : 1½ hrs

SECTION - A 10 × 1 = 10

 
1. For what value of  are the vectors a  2iˆ   ˆj  kˆ and b  iˆ  2 ˆj  3kˆ perpendicular
to each other?

5 2 5 1
a)  b) c) d)
2 5 2 2
x  5 y 1 z  6
2. What is the X coordinate of the point where the line   crosses ZX -
2 3 5
plane?

17
a) –2 b) 5 c) d) 3
3
3. Find the direction cosines of the normal to YZ plane?
a) 0, 0, 0 b) 1, 0, 0 c) 0, 1, 0 d) 0, 0, 1
4. Write equation of a line passing through (0, 1, 2) and equally inclined to co-ordinate axes.
a) x=y–1=z–2 b) x=y=z
c) x=y+1=z+2 d) x–1=y+2=z+3

5.    
Write line r  iˆ  ˆj   2 ˆj  kˆ into cartesian form.

x 1 y 1 z 1 x 1 y 1 z0
a)   b)  
2 0 1 0 2 1
x 1 y 1 z x  1 y 1 z
c)   d)  
0 2 1 0 2 1
6. W rite the equation of a line passing throug h (2, –3, 5) and parallel to line
x 1 y  2 z 1
 
3 4 1
x 3 y  4 z 1 x2 y3 z 5
a)   b)  
1 2 1 3 4 1
x 1 y  2 z 1 x2 y 3 z 5
c)   d)  
2 3 5 3 4 1
7. What is the angle between the lines 2x = 3y = –z and 6x = –y = –4z?
a) 00 b) 30 0 c) 45 0 d) 90 0

5
8. The equation of straight line passing through the point (a, b, c) and parallel to z-axis is:

x a y b z c x a y b z c
a)   b)  
1 1 0 0 1 1

x a y b z c x a y b z c
c)   d)  
1 0 0 0 0 1
For question number 9 -10 two statements are given - one labelled Assertion (A)
and the other labelled Reason (R). Select the correct answer to these questions
from the codes (a), (b), (c) and (d) as given below.
a) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is the correct explanation
of Assertion (A).
b) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true but Reason (R) is not the correct
explanation of Assertion (A).
c) Assertion (A) is true but Reason (R) is false.
d) Assertion (A) is false but Reason (R) is true.

1  x 7 y  14 z  3 7  7x y  5 6  z
9. If 11 :   12 :  
3 2p 2 3p 1 5

70
Assertion (A) : If 11  12 then p 
11
Reason (R) : If two lines with DRs a1, b1, c1 and a2, b2, c2 are perpendicular then
a1a2 + b1b2 + c1c2 = 0.

10. Assertion (A) : The acute angle between the line r  iˆ  ˆj  2kˆ   (iˆ  ˆj ) and X-axis


is
4
     
Reason (R) : If  is the acute angle between r  a1   b1 and r  a2   b2 , then

 
b1.b2
cos    
b1 b2

SECTION - B 2×2=4

11. Find the value of k so that the lines x = –y = kz and x – 2 = 2y + 1 = –z + 1 are perpendicular
to each other.

12. Find the cartesian equation of the line passing through the point (2, –1, 3) and parallel to

  
the line r  iˆ  ˆj   2iˆ  ˆj  2kˆ 
OR

Show that the line through the points (4, 7, 8), (2, 3, 4) is parallel to the line through the
points (–1, –2, 1), (1, 2, 5).
6 M-Ch-(Three Dimensional) B
 SECTION - C 4 × 3 = 12

13. Find the angle between the lines whose direction cosines are given by l + m + n = 0 and
l2 + m 2 – n2 = 0

x 3 y7 z2
14. Find the distance from the point P(3, –8, 1) to the line  
3 1 5

15. If the coordinates of the points A, B, C, D be (1, 2, 3), (4, 5, 7), (–4, 3, –6) and (2, 9, 2)
respectively, then find the angle between the lines AB and CD.

16. Find the equation of a line passing through the point (2, 0, 1) and parallel to the line whose

equation is r   2  3  iˆ   7  1 ˆj   3  2  kˆ

OR
Find the value of  , so that following lines are perpendicular to each other..

x 5 2  y 1 z x 2 y 1 1 z
  and  
5  2 5 1 1 4 3
SECTION - D 2 × 5 = 10
x 1 y  2 z  3 x  4 y 1
17. Show that the line   and   z intersect. Also find their point
2 3 4 5 2
of intersection.
OR
Find the shortest distance and the vector equation of the line of shortest distance between
the following pair of lines.
 
r  1    iˆ     2  ˆj   3  2  kˆ and r     1 iˆ   2  1 ˆj   2  1 kˆ
18. Find the vector and cartesian equations of a line passing through (1, 2, –4) and
perpendicular to the two lines.

x  8 y  19 z  10 x  15 y  29 z  5
  and  
3 16 7 3 8 5
SECTION - E
Case Study Based Questions 4×1=4

19. Read the following passage and answer the questions

A butterfly is moving in a straight path in the space. Let this path be denoted by a line 1
x 1 2 y  2 3 z  3
whose equation is   say
2 4 6

7 M-Ch-(Three Dimensional) B
Using the information given above, answer the following with reference to the line 1 :

i) What are the direction ratios of the line?

ii) If the z-coordinate of a point on this line is 7, then find the x-coordinate of the same
point on this line.
iii) Write the vector equation of the given line.
iv) Find the unit vector in the direction of the vector parallel to the given line.

8 M-Ch-(Three Dimensional) B