DPP Vector 3D

Questions BITSAT Crash Course

1. The co-ordinates of a point which is equidistant from the points (0, 0, 0), (a, 0, 0), (0, b, 0) and (0, 0, c) are given by
(1) (
a
,
b
,
c
) (2) (−
a
,−
b
,
c
)
2 2 2 2 2 2

(3) (
a
,−
b
,
c
) (4) (−
a
,
b
,
c
)
2 2 2 2 2 2

2. If P (6,10,10), Q(1,0, −5), R(6, −10, λ) are vertices of a triangle right angled at Q, then value of λ is ….
(1) 0 (2) 1

(3) 3 (4) 2

3. If
ˆ
˙
ˆ
˙
i + 2 j + 3k̂ and
ˆ
˙
ˆ
˙
2 i − j + 4k̂ are the position vectors of the points A and B , then the position vector of the points of trisection of AB are
(1) 4 ˆ
˙
ˆ
˙
i + j +
10
k̂,
5 ˆ
˙
i +
11
k̂ (2) −
4 ˆ
˙
ˆ
˙
i − j −
10
k̂, −
5 ˆ
˙
i −
11
k̂
3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3

(3) 4 ˆ
˙
ˆ
˙
i − j −
10
ˆ
k, −
5 ˆ
˙
i −
11
ˆ
k
(4) −
4 ˆ
˙
ˆ
˙
i + j −
10
ˆ
k,
5 ˆ
˙
i −
11
ˆ
k
3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3

4. A point R with x-co-ordinate 4 lies on the line segment joining the points P (2, −3, 4) and Q(8, 0, 10). Find the co-ordinates of the point R.
(1) (4, −2, 6) (2) (2, −4, 6)

(3) (3, −4, 2) (4) (1, −3, 4)

→
5. Let ABC be a triangle whose circumcenter is at Q. If the position vectors of A, B, C and Q are
→
a ,
→
b ,
→
c and
→
a + b
→
+ c
respectively, then the position vector
4

of the orthocentre of this triangle, is :

→ →
(1) −(
→ →
a + b + c
)
(2) →
a + b +
→
c
2

→ →
(3) →
( a + b
→
+ c ) (4) 0

6. If the line segment joining the points A, B makes projection 1, 4, 3 on X, Y and Z -axes, respectively. Then, the direction cosines of AB are
(1) 1
,
4
,
3
(2) −
1
,
4
,
3

√26 √26 √26 √26 √26 √26

(3) 1
, −
4
,
3
(4) None of these
√26 √26 √26

7. The projection of the line joining the points (3, 4, 5) and (4, 6, 3) on the line joining the points (−1, 2 4) and (1, 0, 5) is
(1) 4/3 (2) 2/3
(3) −4 /3 (4) 1/2
8. If direction cosines of two lines are proportional to (2, 3, −6) and (3, −4, 5), then the acute angle between them is
(1) cos
−1
(
49
) (2) cos
−1
(
18√2
)
36 35

(3) 96° (4) cos

−1
(
18
)
35

9. Find the length of the projection of the line segment joining the points P(3, -1, 2) and Q(2, 4, -1) on the line with direction-ratios < -1, 2, -2 >.
(1) 17

3
(2) 13

(3) 12

3
(4) None of these
10. If the direction ratio of two lines are given by 3lm − 4ln + mn = 0 and l + 2m + 3n = 0, then the angle between the line is
(1) π

6
(2) π

(3) π

3
(4) π

11. The direction cosines of the projection of the line 1

2
(x − 1)= −y = z + 2 on the plane 2x + y − 3z = 4 are equal to
(1) (
2
,
−1
,
1
) (2) (
−2
,
1
,
1
)
√6 √6 √6 √6 √6 √6

(3) (
2
,
1
,
−1
) (4) (
−2
,
−1
,
−1
)
√6 √6 √6 √6 √6 √6

12. The point on the line x−2

=
y+3
=
z+5
at a distance of 6 from the point (2, − 3, − 5) is
1 −2 −2

(1) (3, −5, − 3) (2) (4, − 7, −9)

(3) (0, 2, − 1) (4) (−3, 5, 3)

13. Foot of perpendicular drawn from the point P (2, 3, 4) to the straight line
y−3
x−1

2
=
3
=
z−3

6
is
(1) (2, 6, 18) (2) (−
27
,−
16
,
17
)
49 49 49

(3) (
71
,
131
,
213
) (4) (
71
,
131
,
213
)
49 49 49 343 343 343

14. The image of the point (1, 2, 3) in lie

y−1 z−1
x

2
=
3
=
3
is
(1) (1,
5
,
5
) (2) (1,
9
,
11
)
2 2 4 4

(3) (1, 3, 2) (4) (3, 1, 2)

15. The shortest distance between the lines x−3
=
y−8
=
z−3
and
x+3
=
y+7
=
z−6
is
3 −1 1 −3 2 4

(1) √30 (2) 2√30

(3) 5√30 (4) 3√30

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16. Two lines

y+1 y−2
x−3

1
=
3
=
z−6

−1
and x+5

7
=
−6
=
z−3

4
intersects at the point R. The reflection of R in the xy -plane has coordinates
(1) (2, −4, −7) (2) (2, −4, 7)

(3) (2, 4, 7) (4) (−2, 4, 7)

−
17. The Cartesian equation of the plane whose vector equation is ˆ ˆ ˆ
γ =(1 + λ − μ) i +(2 − λ) j +(3 − 2λ + 2μ)k where λ, μ are scalars is
(1) 2x + y = 5 (2) 2x − y = 5

(3) 2x − z = 5 (4) 2x + z = 5

18. The equation of line of intersection of the planes 4x + 4y − 5z = 12, 8x + 12y − 13z = 32 can be written as
y
(1) (2)
x y−1 z−2 x z−2
= = = =
2 3 4 2 3 4

(3) (4)
x−1 y−2 z
= =
2 3 4 x−1 y−2
z
= =
2 −3 4

19. A plane meets the coordinate axes at P , Q and R such that the centroid of the triangle is (3, 3, 3) . The equation of the plane is ?
(1) x + y + z = 9 (2) x + y + z = 1

(3) x + y + z = 3 (4) 3 x + 3 y + 3 z = 1

20. The direction ratios of the normal to the plane passing through the points (1, − 2, 3), (−1, 2, − 1) and parallel to the line x−2
=
y+1
=
z
are proportional to
2 3 4

(1) 2, 3, 4 (2) 4, 0, 7

(3) −2, 0, − 1 (4) 2, 0, − 1

21. The equation of the plane passing through the point (−1, 3, 2) and perpendicular to each of the planes x + 2y + 3z = 5 and 3x + 3y + z = 0 , is
(1) 7x − 8y + 3z − 25 = 0 (2) 7x − 8y + 3z + 25 = 0

(3) −7x + 8y − 3z + 5 = 0 (4) 7x − 8y − 3z + 5 = 0

22. The equation of the plane containing the line of intersection of the planes 2x − y = 0 and y − 3z = 0 and perpendicular to the plane 4x + 5y − 3z − 8 = 0 is
(1) 28x − 17y + 9z = 0 (2) 28x + 17y + 9z = 0

(3) 28x − 17y + 9x = 0 (4) 7x − 3y + z = 0

23. If the plane 2x − y + 2z + 3 = 0 has the distances 1

3
and 2

3
units from the planes 4x − 2y + 4z + λ = 0 and 2x − y + 2z + μ = 0 , respectively, then the
maximum value of λ + μ is equal to:
(1) 9 (2) 15

(3) 13 (4) 5

24. The equation of plane passing through the line of intersection of the planes x + 2y + 3z = 2 and x– y + z = 3 and perpendicular the plane x– y + z– 3 = 0 is:
(1) 5x – 11y + z = 17 (2) x + 8y + 7z = 0

(3) x + 7y + 8z = 0 (4) 5x + 4y + 11z = 9

25. The foot of the perpendicular from (0, 0, 0) on the plane 2x − 2y − 5z − 33 = 0 is at the point.
(1) (3, − 1, 0) (2) (2, − 2, − 5)

(3) (0, 0, − 7) (4) (1, 1, 1)

26. The angle between the line x−2

=
y−3
=
z−4
and the plane x + y + z = 4 is
1 2 −1

(1) sin
−1
(
√2
)
(2) cos
−1
(
√2
)
3 3

(3) tan
−1
(√
2
) (4) tan
−1
(√
13
)
13
2

27. A line is drawn from the point P (1, 1, 1) and perpendicular to a line with direction ratios 1, 1, 1 to intersect the plane x + 2y + 3z = 4 at Q. The locus of
point Q is
(1) (2)
x y−5 z+2
= = x − 2 = y − 51 = z + 21
1 −2 1

(3) x = y = z (4) None of these

28. The image of the line x−1 y−3 z−4

3
=
1
=
−5
in the plane 2x − y + z +3=0 is the line
(1) (2)
x−3 y+5 z−2 x−3 y+5 z−2
= = = =
3 1 −5 −3 −1 5

(3) (4)
x+3 y−5 z−2 x+3 y−5 z+2
= = = =
3 1 −5 −3 −1 5

29. The equation of the plane containing the lines x−1 y+1 z x y−2 z+1
= = & = =
2 −1 3 2 −1 3

(1) 8x − y + 5z − 8 = 0 (2) 8x + y − 5z − 7 = 0

(3) x − 8y + 3z + 6 = 0 (4) x + y + z − 6 = 0

30. If the straight lines x = 1 + s, y = −3 − λs, z = 1 + λs and x = t

2
, y = 1 + t, z = 2 − t with parameters s and t respectively, are coplanar, then λ Equals
(1) −2 (2) −1

(3) −
1

2
(4) 0

31. The point of intersection of the line x−1

=
y+2
=
z−3
and plane 2x − y + 3z − 1 = 0 is
3 4 −2

(1) (10, − 10, 3) (2) (10, 10, − 3)

(3) (−10, 10, 3) (4) None of these

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32. A line passing through A (1, 2, 3) and having direction ratios (3, 4, 5) meets a plane x + 2y – 3z = 5 at B, then distance AB is equal to -

(1) 9

4
(2) 11

(3) 13

4
(4) None of these
33. Lines x−2 y−3 z−4 x−1 y−4 z−5

1
=
1
=
−k
and k
=
2
=
1
are coplanar, if
(1) k = 2 (2) k = 0

(3) k = 3 (4) k = −1

y
34. The distance of the point (1, −2, 3) from the plane x − y + z − 5 = 0 measured parallel to the line is equal to
x z−1
= =
2 3 −6

(1) 1 unit (2) 2 units

(3) 3 units (4) none of these
35. If line
y+α z−β
lies in plane 2x + y + z = 5, then find the value of α + β.
x−1
= =
2 α 2

(1) −3 (2) 4

(3) 6 (4) −9

→
36. A straight line is given by ˆ ˆ ˆ
r =(1 + t) i + 3t j +(1– t)k , where t ∈ R. If this line lies in the plane x + y + cz = d , then the value of (c + d) is
(1) −1 (2) 1

(3) 7 (4) 9

37. If the line,

y+2 y
x−3

1
=
−1
=
z+λ

−2
lies in the plane, 2x − 4y + 3z = 2 , then the shortest distance between this line and the line, x−1

12
=
9
=
z

4
is
(1) 1 (2) 2

(3) 3 (4) 0

y
38. The distance of the point (1, −2, 3) from the plane x − y + z = 5 measured parallel to the line is
x z−1
= =
2 3 −6

(1) 1 (2) 2

(3) 4 (4) 2√ 3

39. The lines x = ay − 1 = z − 2 and x = 3y − 2 = bz − 2, (ab ≠ 0) are coplanar, if:

(1) b = 1, a ∈ R − {0} (2) a = 1, b ∈ R − {0}

(3) a = 2, b = 2 (4) a = 2, b = 3

40. Find the equation of the plane passing through A(−1, x−4 3−y z−2
2, 3) and B(3, − 5, 6) and parallel to the line 2
=
−4
=
5
from the following.
(1) 47x + 14y − 30z + 109 = 0 (2) 47x + 14y − 30z = 109

(3) 47x + 14y + 30z − 109 = 0 (4) None of these

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