----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Section: SR’S(TARGET) Date: 23-09-2019

Name of the Student: Duration : 23-09-2019 to 28-09-2019
sub :MATHS
PT-VIII:WEEKLY PLANNER
PT-VIII: 23.09.19 TO 28.09.19
TOPIC: 3D
DAY SLOT-I SLOT-II
Teaching: Revision of class notes/
Monday line equation, Skew synopsis/solving problems from
lines/paper discussion handout of present week syllabus
Teaching:
Tuesday Plane equation, Family of solving problems from handout
Planes, Bisector Planes
Teaching:
Wednesday Plane equation, Family of solving problems from handout
Planes, Bisector Planes
Teaching: Revision of present week
Thursday Miscellaneous problems syllabus/cumulative preparation

Friday Quiz on teaching topic Cumulative preparation

Revision of present week

Saturday Quiz on cumulative syllabus/cumulative preparation

Sunday PT-VIII(P-I&P-II) EXAM

“Study without desire spoils the memory, and it retains nothing that it
takes in.”
― Leonardo da Vinci
_________________________________________________________________________

PROBLEMS
1
SINGLE ANSWER TYPE:
 
1. Given  = 3i + j + 2k,  = i – 2j – 4k are the position vectors of point A and B.
Then the distance of point –i + j + k from the plane passing through B and
perpendicular to AB is
(A) 5 (B) 10 (C) 15 (D) 20
2. The shortest distance from the point (1, 2, 3) to x2 + y2 + z2 – xy – yz – zx = 0 is
1
(A) 1/2 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D)
2
3. The locus represented by xy + yz = 0 is
(A) A pair of perpendicular lines (B) a pair of parallel lines

(C) A pair of parallel planes (D) a pair of perpendicular planes


4.  
The distance of the point (1, 2, 3) from the plane r . 2iˆ  ˆj  2kˆ  5  0 measured

  
parallel of the line r  3iˆ  2 ˆj   iˆ  ˆj  kˆ is 
(A) 3 3 (B) 5 2 (C) 3 5 (D) 5 6
5. Let  x, y , z  be any point on the line passing through  x0 , y0 , 0  and parallel to the
vector iˆ  ˆj  kˆ. If x  y  2, then the point  x, y , z  lies on the plane which is normal
0 0

to the vector
(A) iˆ  ˆj  2kˆ (B) iˆ  ˆj  2kˆ (C) iˆ  ˆj  kˆ
(D) iˆ  ˆj  kˆ

6. 
Equation of the straight line passing through the point A c and intersecting both
          

the lines r  a  sb, r  a ' tb ' is r  c   xa  yb  zc then 
a) x  y  z  0 b) 1  x  y  z  0 c) x  y  0 d) x  z  0
7. Equation of the plane which is passing through the line of intersection of the
      
planes r.a  p & r.b  q and through the point C c is r. c  b  a  qa  pb  p  q
    
 
then the point     lies on... when c is making complementary angles with a & b
 
and a  a, b  b
x 2 y2 x 2 y2 x 2 y2
a) x 2  y 2  a 2  b2 2
b)
 2 1 c) 2  2  1 d) 2  2  1
a b b a b a
8. The plane 2x  y  2z  1 meets OX, OY, OZ at A,B,C then orthocentre of triangle
ABC is
2 1 2 1 1 2 1 3 1 3
A)  , ,  b) 1, ,1 c)  , ,  d)  , , 
9 9 9  2   13 13 13  5 5 5
9. If a plane parallel to xy – plane and through the line of intersection of the planes
2x  py  z  3  0 and x  2y  3z  7  0 is possible then p = ___
a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4
10. The distance of the point  3, 4, 5  from the plane 2x  5y  6z  16 measured parallel
x y z
to the line   is equal to
2 1 2
60 60 30 30
a) b) c) d)
11 7 7 11
11. The plane 4x  7y  4z  81  0 is rotated through a right angle about its line of
intersection with plane 5x  3y  10z  25 . The equation of the plane in its new
position is x  4y  6z  k where k is

2
 a) 48 b) 84 c) 106 d) - 73
   
ˆ 
12. Let a  2 i  3 j and b be any vector in xy – plane perpendicular to a . If a vector c in
  5 3
the same plane have lengths of projections along a and b equal to and ,
13 13

then c 
2 3 9 19 19 9 19  8 
A) i  j B) i  j C) i  j D) i j
13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13
13. The plane l x  m y  0 is rotated about its line of intersection with the xO y plane
through an angle  .Then the equation of the plane is l x  my  nz  0, where ' n '
is
A)   l 2  m2  cos  B)   l 2  m2  sin  C)   l 2  m2  tan  D)   l 2  m2  sec 
       
14. Let A a  
and B b be points on two skew lines r  a   p and r  b   q and the
 
shortest distance between the skew lines is 1, where p and q are unit vectors
1
forming adjacent sides of a parallelogram enclosing an area of units. If an angle
2
between AB and the line of shortest distance is 60 0 , then AB 
1
A) B) 2 C) 1 D)   R  0
2
15. The straight lines whose direction cosines are given by
al  bm  c n  0, f mn  g nl  hl m  0 are perpendicular if
f g h a2 b2 c2
A)   0 B)   0
a b c f g h
C) a 2  g  h   b 2  h  f   c 2  f  g   0 D) a  f 2  g 2   b  g 2  h 2   c  f 2  h 2   0
16. A variable plane makes with the coordinate planes, a tetrahedron of constant
Volume 64 k 3 . Then the locus of the centroid of tetrahedron is the surface
x y z 2
A) x y z  6 k 3 B) x y  y z  z x  6 k 2 C) x 2  y 2  z 2  8 k 2 D)    k
2 3 4
17. A variable plane passes through a fixed point (a,b,c) and meets the coordinate axes
in A,B,C.The locus of the point common to the plane through A,B,C parallel to the
coordinate planes is
(A) Axy+bzx+cxy=xyz b) axy+byz+czx=xyz
c) axy+byz+czx=abc d) bcx+acy+abz=abc
18. If the plane x=y=z intersect the plane b 2 x  (2  4 a ) y  z  1, a 2 x  (1  2b) y  z  1 ,then
the all possible values of a and b are
a) a=1,b=1 b) a=1,b=2 c) a=2,b=1 d) a=2,b=2

19. The equation of plane containing the lines r = a + b and r = b + a

(A) [r a b] = 0 (B) [r a b] = a.b (C) [r b a] = a.b (D) none of these
x 1 y  3 z  2
20. The distance of the point (3, 8, 2) from the line   measured parallel
2 4 3
to the plane 3x + 2y – 2z + 15 = 0 is
(A) 2 (B) 7 (C) 8 (D) 5
  
21. Let P be the point of intersection of the three planes r.nˆ 1  0, r.nˆ 2 = 1 and r.nˆ 3 = 2
where nˆ .nˆ and nˆ are along 2 ˆj  k,ˆ 5iˆ  12 ˆj and 3 ˆi  4kˆ respectively then the
1 2 3

projection of OP on z–axis (O being origin) is

3
 (A) 3/2 (B) 5/2 (C) 7/2 (D) 11/2
22. Let O be origin and Aa  , B b two points and if the foot of the perpendicular from


O to AB is  a   b then
A)     1 B)     1 C) 2    1 D)   2   1
23. The equation of the plane containing the line x  y  z  0  x  y  z  2 and which is
farthest from origin is
A) x  2 y  z  3  0 B) x  y  z  1 C) x  y  2 z  1  0 D) 2 x  y  z  2
24. Let  1 : 2 x  y  z  2  0 and  2 : x  2 y  z  3. A plane   0 is perpendicular to the
planes  1 and  2 and passes through the point  1, 3, 2 then the volume of the
tetrahedran formed by the plane  and the three co-ordinate planes is
A) 90 B) 80 C) 710/9 D) 800/9
x2 y2 z6
25. Let P  1, 0, 3 ,  : x  y  z  9 , L :   A lies on   0 such that PA
2 3 6
parallel to the line L and B lies on L=0 such that PB parallel to the plane  then
area of PAB equals
5 7
A) 34 B) 34 C) 5 34 D) 34
2 2
26. The angle between the lines along which the plane x  y  z  0 intersect the planes
5 x  7 y  z  0 and 7 x  5 y  11z  0
   
A) B) C) D)
6 4 3 2
x y  2 z 3
27. The equation of the line perpendicular to the line   and passing
2 3 4
through  2, 5, 7  is
x 2 y 5 z 7 x 2 y 5 z7
a)   b)  
14 123 104 14 137 204
x 2 y 5 z7
c)   d) none of these
76 137 254
28. Direction cosine of normal to the plane containing lines x  y  z and
z 1
x 1  y 1  (where d  R  1 , are
d
 1 1   1 1   1 1 
a)  ,  ,0 b)  , 0,  c) 0,  ,  d) none of these
 2 2   2 2  2 2
29. The equation of a plane through the line of intersection of 2 x  3 y  z  1  0 and
x  5 y  2 z  7  0 and parallel to the line y  0  z is
a) 7 x  5 y  15  0 b) 7 y  5 z  15  0
c) 4 x  7 y  5 z  15  0 d) 13 y  3 z  13  0
30. The sum of the squares of direction cosines of a straight line is
a) zero b) two c) one d) none of these
x  2 y 3 z  4 x 1 y  4 z  5
31. The lines   and   are coplanar if
1 1 k k 1 1
a) k  3 or  2 b) k  0 or  1 c) k  1 or  1 d) k  0 or  3
32. The lines x  y  z  3  0  2 x  y  5 z  6 and x  y  z  1  0  2 x  3 y  7 z  k will be
coplanar for k equal to
a) 10 b) 11 c) 12 d) 13
33. In a cube of side a the distance of a corner form a diagonal not passing through it,
is

4
 a a 2
a) b) c) a d) none of these
3 2 3
34. The point of intersection of the line, passing through  0, 0,1 and intersecting the
lines x  2 y  z  1,  x  y  2 z  2 and x  y  2, x  z  2 with xy plane is
5 1  2 1   5 1 
a)  ,  , 0  b) 1,1,0  c)  ,  , 0  d)   , , 0 
3 3  3 3   3 3 
35. The shortest distance of a diagonal of a unit cube and a diagonal of a face skew to
it is
(in units)
1 1 1 1
A) B) C) D)
2 3 6 2 2
36. If the plane x  y  z  1 is rotated through 900 about its line of intersection with the
plane x  2 y  3 z  0, the new position of the plane is
A) x  5 y  4 z  1 B) x  5 y  4 z  1
C) x  8 y  7 z  2 D) x  8 y  7 z  2
37. Through a point p(h,k,l) a plane is drawn at right angle to OP to meet the
coordinate axes in A, B, C.If OP = p then the area of  le ABC is (where ‘O’ is the
origin) (in square units)
p p5 2 p5 p5
A) B) C) D)
hkl 2hkl hkl 4hkl
x y z
38. The plane    1 meets the axis in A, B, C. The orthocenter of triangle must be
a b c
at ___. (Where K 4  a 2 b 2  b 2 c 2  c 2 a 2 )
 ab 2c 2 ba 2 c 2 ca 2b 2   a3 b3 c 3   a 2 b2 c 2   a2 b2 c2 
A)  4
, 4
, 4 
B)  2 , 2 , 3  C)  , ,  D)  2 , 2 , 2 
 K K K  K K K  K K K K K K 
39. The angle between the straight lines whose direction cosines are given by
2  2m  n  0 , mn  n  m  0 , is
  
a) b) c) d) none of these
2 3 4
40. The planes 3x  y  z  1  0,5x  y  3z  0 intersect in the line PQ. The equation of
the plane through the point (2,1, 4) and perpendicular to PQ is
a) x  y  2z  5 b) x  y  2z  5 c) x  y  2z  5 d) x  y  2z  5
41. A variable plane which remains at a constant distance 3p from the origin cuts the
coordinate axes at A, B, C. The locus of centroid of the triangle ABC is
x 2  y 2  z 2  kp2 , where k is equal to
a) 1 b) 2 c) 4 d) none of these
42. The direction ratios of the line x  y  z  5  0  x  3y  6 are
3 1 2 2 4 1
a) 3,1, 2 b) 2, 4,1 c) , , d) , ,
14 14 14 41 41 41

43. The equation of the plane through the points (2, 3,1) and (4, 5,3) are parallel to
x  axis is
a) x  z  1  0 b) 4x  y  11  0 c) y  4z  7  0 d) none of these
44. Perpendicular distance of the point (3,4,5) from the y-axis is
a) 34 b) 41 c) 4 d) 5

5
45. The line joining the origin and the point  2,1,2 makes angles 1, 2 and 3 with the
positive direction of the coordinate axes, then the value of cos21  cos22  cos23 is
a)  1 b) 1 c) 2 d) 2
46. In a three dimensional co-ordinate system P, Q and R are images of a point
A  a, b, c  in the x  y , the y  z and the z  x planes respectively. If G is the centroid
of triangle PQR then area of triangle AOG is (O is the origin)
2 2 2 2
a) 0 b) a 2  b 2  c 2 c)
3

a b c  d) none of
these
47. A straight line passes through the point  2, 1, 1 . It is parallel to the plane
x y z 5
4 x  y  z  2  0 and is perpendicular to the line   . The equation of the
1 2 1
straight line is
x  2 y 1 z 1 x  2 y 1 z  1
a)   b)  
4 1 1 4 1 1
x  2 y 1 z 1 x  2 y 1 z  1
c)   d)  
1 1 3 1 1 3
48. The shortest distance between the lines 2 x  y  z  1,3 x  y  2 z  2 and x  y  z.
1 3 3
a) b) 2 c) d)
2 2 2
x 1 y  1 z  10
49. The reflection of the point P(1, 0, 0) in the line   is
2 3 8
A) (3, 4, 2) B) (5, 8, 4) C) (1, 1, 10) D) (2, 3, 8)
MULTIPLE ANSWER TYPE:
x y 1 z 1
50. The coordinates of a point on the line   at a distance 11 from the
2 3 1
point
(1, –1, 1) are
 10 8 2   1 2 3 
(A) (2, –4, 2) (B) (1, –2, 4)
(C)   , ,  (D)  , , 
 7 7 7 7 7 7
x 1 y  1 z  3
51. The equation of projection of the line   in the plane x + 2y + z = 6
2 1 4
is/are
(A) x + 2y + z – 6 = 0 (B) 9x – 2y – 5z + 4 = 0 (C) x – 2y – z + 6 = 0 (D) 9x +
y – 5z + 4 = 0
52. The angle between the lines x  2 y  3 z  0, 3 x  2 y  z  0 and the y – axis is
1 1  2 
A) sec 1 3 B) 2sec 3 C) cos 1   D) 2sec 1  4 
2  6 
53. The line x  2y  z  3, 6x  8y  3z  13 is parallel to the plane  x  y  z  0
A) for   0,   2 b) for   1,   2 c) for     1 d) for     1

54. Consider the line x  y  z and the line 2 x  y  z 1  0  3 x  y  2 z  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 2nd line parallel to 1st line is y  z  1  0

6
 3
D) The shortest distance between the two lines is
2
55. The planes ax  4y  z  0 ¸ 2y  3z  1  0 , 3x  bz  2  0
A) Will meet at a point if ab  15 B) Will meet on a line if ab = 15, a = 3
C) Will have no common point if ab = 15, a  3
D) Will have no common point if ab  15, b  5

56. The shortest distance between the diagonals of a rectangular parallelepiped whose
side are a,b,c and the edges not containing the diagonal will be
ab bc ca a
A) b) c) d) when each side is of length ‘a’
2 2 2 2 2 2
a b b c c a 2

57. A line with direction cosines proportional to 2, 1, 2 meets the line x  y  a  z at P

and the line x  a  2 y  2 z at Q. If the mid point R of line segment joining P and Q
lies on x  2 y  z  14 then
A) R  4, 3, 4 B) Q is nearer to origin than P
C) PQ  6 D) OQ  3
x  2 y 1 z  3
58. The coordinates of the point on the line   which are at a distance
3 2 2
3 2 from the point 1, 2, 3  .
 56 43 111   47 42 56 
a)  2, 1, 3  b)  2,1, 4 
c)  , ,  d)  , , 
 17 17 17   11 11 11 
59. Equation of the plane passing through A  x1 , y1 , y1  and containing the line
x  x2 y  y 2 z  z 2
  is
d1 d2 d3
x  x2 y  y2 z  z2 x  x1 y  y1 z  z1
a) x2  x1 y2  y1 z2  z1  0 b) x  x2 y  y2 z  z2  0
d1 d2 d3 d1 d2 d3
x  d1 y  d2 z  d3 x y z
c) x2  x1 y2  y1 z2  z1  0 d) x1  x2 y1  y2 z1  z2  0
d1 d2 d3 d1 d2 d3
x  1 y 1 z  1 x  4 y  0 z 1
60. The lines   and  
3 1 0 2 0 3
a) are non coplanar b) are coplanar
c) intersecting at  4, 0, 1 d) intersecting at 1,1, 1
61. The equation of planes bisecting the angle between the planes 2 x  y  2 z  3  0 and
3 x  2 y  6 z  8  0 is/are
a) 5 x  y  4 z  45  0 b) 5 x  y  4 z  3  0
c) 23 x  13 y  32 z  45  0 d) 23 x  13 y  32 z  5  0
x y z
62. The equation of the lines of shortest distance between the lines   and
2 3 1
x  2 y 1 z  2
  are
3 5 2
x  62 / 3 y  31 z  31/ 3
a) 3  x  21  3 y  92  3 z  32 b)  
1/ 3 1/ 3 1/ 3

7
 x  21 y  92 / 3 z  32 / 3 x  2 y  3 z 1
C)   d)  
1/ 3 1/ 3 1/ 3 1/ 3 1/ 3 1/ 3
63. If OABC is a tetrahedron such that OA2  BC 2  OB 2  CA2  OC 2  AB 2 then
A) OA is r to BC B) OB is  r to CA
C) OC is  r to AB D) AB is  r to BC

x3
64. The direction ratios of lines intersecting the line  y  3  z at an angle 600 are.
2
A) 1,1, 2 B) 1,2,-1 C) 1,-1,2 D) 1,-2,1

PASSAGE TYPE:
PASSAGE- 1
i) Let 1: a1x + b1y + c1z + d 1 = 0 ;
2 : a2x + b2y + c2z + d2 = 0
3 : a3x + b3y + c3z + d3 = 0
These planes may (i) intersect in a common line
ii) may form a triangular prism
iii) may intersect in a point
b1 c1 d1 a1 c1 d1
Let 1 = b 2 c2 d2 ; 2  a 2 c2 d2
b3 c3 d3 a3 c3 d3
a1 b1 d1 a1 b1 c1
3 = a 2 b2 d2 ; 4  a 2 b2 c2 . If 4  0, then planes intersect in a point. If 4 = 0,
a3 b3 d3 a3 b3 c3
then none of 1, 2 and 3 is zero then the planes form a triangular prism and if 4
= 0 and one of 1, 2, 3 is zero, then the planes intersect in a line.

65. Let the equation of planes be x – y + z + 1 = 0, x + 3y + 2z – 3 = 0 and

3x + y + z – 2 = 0. The above three planes intersect in a point if  is not equal to
(A) 3 (B) 2 (C) 4 (D) – 4

66. The above three planes in Q.36 from a triangular prism if  is

(A) 2 (B) 4 (C) 3 (D) –4

67. The above three planes in Q.36 intersect along a line of  is

(A) –2 (B) 3 (C) –3 (D) none of these
PASSAGE - 2
Two straight lines in space are called coplanar if they are parallel or they intersect,
otherwise the lines are called non coplanar or skew lines. Let the equation of two skew
        
lines in vectors from be r  a  t b and r  a '  s b '. The vector n  b  b ' is perpendicular to
both lines, and therefore parallel to their common perpendicular PP '. Let the points
 
represented by the position vectors a and a ' are A and A ' respectively. The length P of

this common perpendicular is equal to the length of the projection of A ' A on n.

8
           
Hence, P  

n. a  a '

  

b  b '. a  a '

 
b b ' a  a '
 

n bb' bb '
This distance p represents the shortest distance between these line. The condition
   
that the above lines are intersecting is vanishing of P, that is b b ' a  a '   0.
 
68. A line is drawn through a point A  6, 2,2  in the direction of the vector i  2 j  2 k
and another line through a point A '   4,0,  1 in the direction of the vector
3i  2 j  2 k . Then a unit vector in direction of the common perpendicular to two
lines is
1    1 1  1   
A) i  j  k B) 2 i  2 j  k C)
   2 i  2 j  k
 D) i jk  
3 3 3 3

69. A rectangular parallelopiped has sides of length a, b, c. The shortest distance of the
edge of length ' a ' from the diagonal not meeting it is
a2 a b  c bc a2
A) B) C) D)
a 2  b2  c 2 a 2  b2  c 2 b2  c 2 b2  c 2

70. The shortest distance between two opposite sides of a regular tetrahedron of edge
length ' d ' is
2d
A) d B) 2 d C) D) 3 d
2

PASSAGE-3
Line L1 has direction cosines l1 , m1 , n1 another line L2 has direction cosines l2 , m2 , n2
are connected by relations al  bm  cn  0 , ul 2  vm 2  wn 2  0 , Answer the following
questions.
ll
71. The value of 1 2 must equal to
m1m2
c 2u  a 2 w c 2v  b2 w b2 w  c 2v b 2u  c 2 v
A) B) C) D)
b2 w  c 2v a 2 v  b 2u c 2u  a 2 w c 2u  a 2 w

72. Lines L1 and L2 will be perpendicular if

A) a  b  c  u  v  w  0 B) a 2  b 2  c 2  u 2  v 2  w2
2 2 2 2 2 2
C) a (v  w)  b (w  u)  c (u  v)  0 D) a (v  w)  b (w  v)  c (u  v)  1

73. Lines L1 and L2 will be parallel if

9
 a 2 b2 c 2 1 1 1 1 1 1
A)   0 B)      0
u v w a b c u v w
u v w 1 1 1 1 1 1
C) 2  2  2  0 D)       0
a b c a b c u v w
MATCHING TYPE
74. Match the Following:
Column -I Column -II
(A) If the plane ax  by  cz  0 contains the line (p) 0
x  a y  2d z c b
  , then is equal to
a b c d
(B) The distance of the point 1,  2,3 from the plan (q) 1
x y z 1
x  y  z  5  0 measured parallel to   is equal to
2 3 6
(C) x 2 y 3 4 z x 1 y  4 z  5 (r) 2
If the straight lines   and  
1 1 k k 2 1
Intersect then k is equal to
(D) Value (s) of k for which the planes kx  4 y  z  0, 4 x  ky  2 z  0 (s) 1
and 2 x  2 y  z  0 intersect in a straight line. 3
75. Points A(0, 6, 8) and B(15, 20, 0) are given. Let P  ,0,0 is a point on x-axis such
that PA  PB is minimum
Column-I Column-II
a) The value of  is p) 5
b) The value of PA2  PB 2 is q) 10
c) The perpendicular distance of origin from the r) 15
plane passing through the points A, P and B is
d, then 3d is
d) The image of origin on the plane passing the s) 20
points P, A and B is  ,  ,   , then the value of
3     is
t) 25

PREV-JEE QUESTIONS
OBJECTIVE
a) INTEGER TYPE:
1. If the distance between the plane Ax – 2y + z = d and the plane containing the
x 1 y  2 z  3 x  2 y 3 z  4
lines   and   is 6 , then d is ………..
2 3 4 3 4 5
2. 
Consider the set of eight vectors V  aiˆ  bjˆ  ck 
ˆ : a, b,c  1,1 . Three non-

coplanar vectors can be chosen from V in 2 ways. Then p is

p

3. For a point P in the plane, let d1  P  and d 2  P  be the distances of the point P
from the lines x y0 and x y 0 respectively. The area of the region R
consisting of all points P lying in the first 2  d1 ( p)  d 2 ( p )  4 is…………
4. Let P be a point in the first octant, whose image Q in the plane x + y = 3 (that is,
the line segment PQ is perpendicular to the plane x + y = 3 and the mid-point of
PQ lies in the plane x + y = 3) lies on the z-axis. Let the distance of P from the

10
 x-axis be 5. If R is the image of P in the xy -plane, then the length of PR is _____

b. multiple choice questions with one or more than one correct choice

1. Let A be vector parallel to line of intersection of planes p1 and p2 through origin. p1 is

parallel to the vectors 2ˆj  3kˆ and 4ˆj  3kˆ and p2 is parallel to ˆj  kˆ and 3iˆ  3jˆ , then the angle
between vectors A and 2iˆ  ˆj  2kˆ is
  3
(a) (b) (c)  (d) [IIT–2006]
2 4 6 4
x 1 y 1 z x 1 y 1 z
2. If the straight lines   and   are coplanar, then the plane(s)
2 k 2 5 2 k
containing these two lines is (are) [IIT- 2012]
(A) y + 2z = –1 (B) y + z = –1 (C) y – z = –1 (D) y – 2z = –1
x 1 y 1 z x 1 y 1 z
3. If the straight lines   and   are coplanar, then the
2 k 2 5 2 k
plane(s) containing these two lines is (are)
A)y+2z=-1 B)y+z=-1 C)y-z=-1 D)y-2z=-1
y z y z
4. Two lines L1 : x  5,  and L2 : x   ,  are coplanar. Then  can
3   2 1 2  
take value(s)
a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4
5. In  , consider the planes P1 : y  0 and P2 : x  z  1 . Let
3
P3 be plane, different from
P1 and P2 , which passes through the intersection of P1 and P2 . If the distance of
the point ( 0, 1, 0 ) from P3 is 1 and the distance of a point  , ,   from P3 is 2,
then which of the following relations is (are) true ?
A) 2    2   2  0 B) 2    2   4  0
C) 2    2   10  0 D) 2    2   8  0
6. In  , Let L be a straight line passing through the origin. Suppose that all the
3

points on L are at a constant distance from the two planes P1 : x  2y  z  1  0 and

P2 : 2x  y  z 1  0 . Let M be the locus of the feet of the perpendiculars drawn from
the point on L to the plane P1 . Which of the following points lie(s) on M ?
 5 2   1 1 1  5 1  1 2
A)  0, ,   B)   ,  ,  C)   , 0,  D)   , 0, 
 6 3  6 3 6  6 6  3 3
7. Let 1 : 2 + − = 3 and 2: + 2 + = 2 be two planes. Then, which of
the following statement(s) is (are) TRUE ?
A) The line of intersection of 1 and P2 has direction ratios 1, 2, −1
3x  4 1  3 y z
B) The line   is perpendicular to the line of intersection of 1 and P
9 9 3

C) The acute angle between 1 and P2 is 600

D) If 3 is the plane passing through the point (4, 2, −2) and perpendicular to the
line of intersection of 1 and P2 , then the distance of the point (2, 1, 1) from the
2
plane 3 is
3
C. Multiple choice questions with only one correct choice
x4 y2 zk
1. The value of k such that = = lies in the plane 2x – 4y + z = 7, is
1 1 2
[IIT – 2003]
(A) 7 (B) –7 (C) no real value (D) 4

11
2. If the angles of a triangle are in the ratio 4 : 1 : 1, then the ratio of the longest side to the
perimeter is

(A) 3 : 2  3  (B) 1 : 6 (C) 1 : 2  3 (D) 2 : 3 [IIT–2003]

x 1 y  1 z 1 x 3 yk z
3. If the lines = = and = = intersect, then the value of k is
2 3 4 1 2 2
[IIT – 2004]
(A) 3/2 (B) 9/2 (C) –2/9 (D) –3/2

4. A variable plane at a distance of one unit from the origin cuts the coordinates axes at A, B
1 1 1
and C. If the centroid D(x, y, z) of triangle ABC satisfies the relation 2
+ 2 + 2 = k, the
x y z
value of k is [IIT – 2005]
(A) 3 (B) 1 (C) (D) 9

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 [IIT–2006]
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 2 2

6. Let P(3, 2, 6) be a point in space and Q be a point on the line r  (i  j  2k)
  (3i  j  5k)
 then

the value of  for which the vector PQ is parallel to the plane x – 4y + 3z = 1 is
[IIT–2009]
(A) 1/4 (B) –1/4 (C) 1/8 (D) –1/8

7. The point P is the intersection of the straight line joining the points Q(2, 3, 5) and
R(1, –1, 4) with the plane 5x – 4y – z = 1. If S is the foot of the perpendicular drawn from
the point T(2, 1, 4) to QR, then the length of the line segment PS is [IIT- 2012]
1
(A) (B) 2 (C) 2 (D) 22
2
8. The equation of a plane passing through the line of intersection of the planes
2
x + 2y + 3z = 2 and x – y + z = 3 and at a distance from the point (3, 1, –1) is
3
[IIT- 2012]
(A) 5x – 11y + z = 17 (B) 2x  y  3 2  1
(C) x + y + z = 3 (D) x  2y  1  2
x y z
9. Equation of the plane containing the straight line   and perpendicular to
2 3 4
x y z x y z
the plane containing the straight lines   and   is
3 4 2 4 2 3
(A) x + 2y -2z=0 (B) 3x + 2y – 2z = 0 (C) x – 2y + z =0 D) 5x + 2y – 4z =0

10. If the distance of the point P(1,-2,1) from the plane x + 2y – 2z =  , Where  > 0,
is 5, then the foot of the perpendicular from P to the plane is
8 4 7   4 4 1  1 2 10  2 1 5
(A)  , ,   (B)  ,  ,  (C)  , ,  (D)  ,  , 
3 3 3  3 3 3 3 3 3  3 3 2

11. The point P is the intersection of the straight line joining the points Q  2,3,5  and
R 1, 1,4  with the plane 5x  4y  z  1. If S is the foot of the perpendicular drawn
from the point T  2, 1, 4  to QR, then the length of the line segment PS is
1
A) B) 2 C)2 D) 2 2
2
12. The equation of a plane passing through the line of intersection of the planes

12
 2
x  2y  3z  2 and x  y  z  3 and at a distance from the point (3, 1, -1) is
3
A) 5x  11y  z  17 B) 2x  y  3 2  1
C) x  y  z  3 D) x  2y  1  2
x  2 y 1 z
13. Perpendiculars are drawn from points on the line   to the plane
2 1 3
x  y  z  3 . The feet of perpendiculars lie on the line
x y 1 z  2 x y 1 z  2
A)   B)  
5 8 13 2 3 5
x y 1 z  2 x y 1 z  2
C)   D)  
4 3 7 2 7 5

14. From a point P   ,  ,   , perpendiculars PQ and PR are drawn respectively on the

lines y  x, z  1and y   x, z  1. If P is such that QPR is a right angle, then
the possible value(s) of  is(are)
a) 2 b) 1 c) -1 d)  2

15. Let P be the image of the point ( 3, 1, 7) with respect to the plane x  y  z  3 .
Then theequation of the plane passing through P and containing the
x y z
straight line   is
1 2 1
(A) x  y  3 z  0 (B) 3 x  z  0 (C) x  4 y  7 z  0 (D) 2 x  y  0

16. The equation of the plane passing through the point (1, 1, 1) and perpendicular to
the planes 2 x  y  2 z  5 and 6 x  6 y  2 z  7, is
a) 14 x  2 y  15 z  1 b) 14 x  2 y  15 z  27
c) 14 x  2 y  15 z  31 d) 14 x  2 y  15 z  3

(D) Match the column [IIT–2006]

Each question contains statements given in two columns which have to be matched.
Statements (a, b, c, d) in Column I have to be matched with statements (p, q, r, s) in
column II. If the correct matches are a  p, b  q, r; c  p, q and d  s, then the
correctly bubbled 4 × 4 matrix should be as follows :
p q r s
a p q r s
b p q r s
c p q r s
d p q r s

5
1. (a) Point () lie on the plane x + y + z = 2. (p)
3
Let a  ˆi  ˆj  k,
ˆ kˆ  (kˆ  a)
ˆ  0 , then is
(b) A line perpendicular to x + 2y + 2z = 0 and passes through (q) 2
(0, 1, 0). The perpendicular distance of this line from the origin is

2. Consider the linear equations ax + by + cz = 0, bx + cy + az = 0 and cx + ay + bz = 0.

Match the conditions/expressions in Column I with statements in Column II.
[IIT-2007]
Column I Column II

13
(a) a + b + c  0 and a2 + b2 + c2 = ab+ bc + ca (p) The equations represent planes
meeting only at a single point

(b) a + b + c = 0 and a2 + b2 + c2  ab+bc+ca

(q) The equations represent the line
x = y=z

(c) a + b + c  0 and a2 + b2 + c2  ab+bc+ca+bc+ca

(r) The equations represent identical
planes

(d) a + b + c = 0 and a2 + b2 + c2 = ab+ bc + ca (s) The equations represent the

whole of the three-

dimensional space
x 1 y z  3 x4 y3 z 3
3. Consider the lines L1 :   , L2 :   and the planes
2 1 1 1 1 2
P1 : 7 x  y  2 z  3, P2 :3x  5 y  6z  4 . Let 4x  by  cz  d be the equation of the plane
passing through the point of intersection of lines L1 and L2 , and perpendicular to
planes P1 and P2 .

LIST-I LIST-II
P) a  1)13
Q) b  2) 3
R) c  3)1
S) d  4) 2
Codes:

P Q R S
A) 3 2 4 1
B) 1 3 4 2
C) 3 2 1 4
D) 2 4 1 3
(E) Comprehension Type
For Problems 1 - 3 :
Consider the lines L1 : [IIT-2008]
x 1 y  2 z 1 x2 y2 z3
  , L2 :  
3 1 2 1 2 3
1. The unit vector perpendicular to both L1 and L2 is
i  7j  7k i  7j  5k i  7j  5k 7i  7j  k
(a) (b) (c) (d)
99 5 3 5 3 99
2. The shortest distance between L1 and L2 is
17 41 17
(a) 0 (b) (c) (d)
3 5 3 5 3
3. The distance of the (1, 1, 1) from the plane passing through the point (–1, –2, –1) and
whose normal is perpendicular to both the lines L1 and L2 is
12 14 13 13
(a) (b) (c) (d)
65 75 75 75
SUBJECTIVE
1. (a) Find the equation of the plane passing through the points (2, 1, 0), (5, 0, 1) and

14
 (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. [IIT–2003]

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. [IIT–2004]

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. [IIT–2004]

4. P1 and P2 are planes passing through origin. L1 and L2 are two line on P 1 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 [IIT–2004]

(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

1
perpendicular distance from, (2, 1, –1) is . [IIT–2005]
6
6. A line with positive direction cosines passes through the point P (2, –1, 2) and makes
equal angles with the coordinate axes. The line meets the plane 2x + y + z = 9 at point Q.
Find the length of the line segment PQ. [IIT-2009]

PROBLEMS ASKED IN AIEEE (OBJECTIVE)

1. The two lines x = ay + b, z = cy + d and x = ay + b, z = cy + d will be perpendicular, if
and only if [AIEEE 2003]
(A) aa + cc + 1 = 0 (B) aa + bb + cc + 1 =0
(C) aa + bb + cc = 0 (D) (a + a) (b + b) + (c + c) = 0
2. The radius of the circle in which the sphere x2 + y2 + z2 + 2x – 2y – 4z – 19 = 0 is cut by
the plane x + 2y + 2z + 7 = 0 is [AIEEE 2003]
(A) 4 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 3
3. A tetrahedron has vertices at O (0, 0, 0), A(1, 2, 1) B(2, 1, 3) and C(–1, 1, 2). then the
angle between the faces OAB and ABC will be [AIEEE 2003]
19  17 
(A) 90° (B) cos 1   (C) cos 1   (D) 30°
 35   31 

4. Two system of rectangular axes have the same origin. If a plane cuts them at distances a,
b, c and a, b, c from the origin then [AIEEE 2003]
 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
(A)      0 (B)      0
a 2 b 2 c 2 a '2 b '2 c ' 2 a 2 b 2 c 2 a '2 b '2 c ' 2
(C) 12  12  12  12  12  12  0 (D) 12  12  12  12  12  12  0
a b c a' b' c' a b c c' b' c'
5. A line with direction cosines proportional to 2, 1, 2 meets each of the lines x = y + a = z
and x + a = 2y = 2z. The co-ordinates of each of the points of intersection are given by (A)
(2a, 3a, 3a), (2a, a, a) (B) (3a, 2a, 3a), (a, a, a) [AIEEE 2004]

(C) (3a, 2a, 3a), (a, a, 2a) (D) (3a, 3a, 3a), (a, a, a)
6. The intersection of the spheres x2 + y2 + z2 + 7x – 2y – z = 13 and
x2 + y2 + z2 – 3x + 3y + 4z = 8 is the same as the intersection of one of the sphere and the
plane [AIEEE 2004]
(A) 2x – y – z = 1 (B) x – 2y – z = 1 (C) x – y – 2z = 1 (D) x – y – z = 1

15
7. If the plane 2ax – 3ay + 4ax + 6 = 0 passes through the midpoint of the line joining the
centres of the spheres x2 + y2 + z2 + 6x – 8y – 2z = 13 and x2 + y2 + z2 – 10x + 4y – 2z = 8
then a equals [AIEEE 2005]
(A) –1 (B) 1 (C) –2 (D) 2
 
8. The distance between the line r  2i  2j  3k   (i  j  4k) and the plane r.(i  5j  k)
  5 is
[AIEEE 2005]
10
(A) 10 (B) (C) 3 (D) 10
9 3 3 10 3
9. The line passing through the points (5, 1, a) and (3, b, 1) crosses the yz- plane at the
17 13 
point  0, ,  . Then [AIEEE 2007]
 2 2 
(A) a = 2, b = 8 (B) a = 4, b = 6 (C) a = 6, b = 4 (D) a = 8, b = 2.
x  2 y 1 z  2
10. Let the line   lie in the plane x + 3y – z +  = 0. Then ) equals
3 5 2
(A) (–6, 7) (B) (5, –15) (C) (–5, 5) (D) (6, –17) [AIEEE 2009]

REFER TO SYLLABUS:
Three dimensions
JEE-MAIN:
Co-ordinates of a point in space,distance between two points,section formula,direction
ratios & direction cosines,angle between two intersecting lines. Skew lines,the shortest
distance between them and its equation. Equations of a line and planes in different
forms,intersection of a line and a plane, coplaner lines.
JEE-ADVANCED:
Direction cosines and direction ratios, equation of a straight line in space, equation of a
plane, distance of a point from a plane.

Prepared & Compiled by Department of MATHEMATICS.

KEY

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
A C D A B D B A D B
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
C C C B A A A C A B
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
D B A D A C D A B C
31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
C C C D C D B A A B
41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50
B A C A A A A B C B
51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60
AC AB C AC ABCD ABCD ABC AC AC BC
61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70

16
 BC ABC ABC BC C B C B C C
71 72 73 74 75
C C A - -
74.A –R,B–Q,C–P,D–R 75. A-P; B-T; C-Q; D-S

PREV-JEE Q’S ANSWER KEY

IIT JEE PROBLEMS (OBJECTIVE)
(A)
1. 6 2. 5 3. 6 4. 8
(B)
1. BD 2. BC 3. BC 4. AD 5. BD 6. AB 7. CD
(C)
1. A 3. B 4. D 5. D 6. A
7. A 8. A 9. C 10. A 11. A
12. A 13. D 14. C 15. C 16. C
(D)
1. a  q, b  p 2. a  r, b  q, c  p, d  s 3. A
(E)
1. (b) 2. (d) 3. (c)
IIT JEE 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 6. 3 unit

PROBLEMS ASKED IN AIEEE (OBJECTIVE)

1. A 2.D 3.B 4.A 5. B
6. A 7. C 8.B 9.C 10.A

17