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EXERCISE – II MULTIPLE CORRECT (OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS)
5. The equations of the planes through the origin which
1. Equation of the plane passing through A(x1, y1, z1)
x 1 y 3 z 1
x x 2 y y2 z z2 are parallel to the line and
and containing the line is 2 1 2
d1 d2 d3
5
x x1 y y1 z z1 distance from it are
3
(A) x 2 x1 y 2 y1 z 2 z1 = 0
d1 d2 d3 (A) 2x + 2y + z = 0 (B) x + 2y + 2z = 0
(C) 2x – 2y + z = 0 (D) x – 2y + 2z = 0
x x 2 y y 2 z z2
(B) x1 x 2 y1 y 2 z1 z 2 = 0 6. If the edges of a rectangular parallelopiped are
d1 d2 d3
3, 2, 1 then the angle between a pair of diagonals is
x d1 y d2 z d3 given by
(C) x1 y1 z1 =0
x2 y2 z2 6 3 2
(A) cos–1 (B) cos–1 (C) cos–1 (D) None of these
7 7 7
x y z
(D) x1 x 2 y1 y 2 z1 z 2 = 0
d1 d2 d3
x y z x y z
7. Consider the lines and the
2 3 5 1 2 3
2. The equation of the line
x + y + z – 1 = 0, 4x + y – 2z + 2 = 0 written in the equation of the line which
symmetrical form is x y z
(A) bisects the angle between the lines is
3 3 8
x 1 y 2 z 0 x y z
(A) (B) x y z
1 2 1 1 2 1 (B) bisects the angle between the lines is
1 2 3
x 1/ 2 y 1 z 1/ 2 x 1 y 2 z 2 (C) passes through origin and is perpendicular to the
(C) (D)
1 2 1 2 1 2 given lines is x = y = –z
(D) None of these
3. The acute angle that the vector 2 î 2 ĵ k̂ makes 8. The direction cosines of the lines bisecting the angle
between the lines whose direction cosines are
with the plane contained by the two vectors 2 î 3 ĵ k̂
1 , m1, n1 and 2 ,m2, n2 and the angle between
and î ĵ 2k̂ is given by these lines is , are
1 2 m1 m 2 n1 n 2
1 1 (A) , ,
(A) cos –1 (B) sin –1
3 3 cos cos cos
2 2 2
1 2 m1 m2 n1 n 2
(C) tan–1 2 (D) cot–1 2 (B) , ,
2 cos 2 cos 2 cos
2 2 2
4. The ratio in which the sphere x2 + y2 + z2 = 504 2 m1 m 2 n1 n 2
(C) 1 , ,
divides the line joining the points (12, –4, 8) and sin sin sin
(27, –9, 18) is 2 2 2
2 m1 m 2 n1 n 2
(A) 2 : 3 internally (B) 3 : 4 internally (D) 1 , ,
(C) 2 : 3 externally (D) 3 : 4 externally 2 sin 2 sin 2 sin
2 2 2
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x y z
9. The equation of line AB is . Through a
2 3 6
point P(1, 2, 5), line PN is drawn perpendicular to AB
and line PQ is drawn parallel to the plane 3x + 4y + 5z = 0
to meet AB is Q. Then
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(A) co-ordinate of N is , ,
49 49 49
x 1 y 2 z 5
(B) the equation of PN is
3 176 89
9
(C) the co-ordinates of Q is 3, ,9
2
x 1 y 2 z 5
(D) the equation of PQ is
4 13 8
10. The planes 2x – 3y – 7z = 0, 3x – 14y – 13z = 0
and 8x – 31y – 33z = 0
(A) pass through origin (B) intersect in a common line
(C) form a triangular prism (D) None of these
11. If the length of perpendicular drawn from origin
on a plane is 7 units and its direction ratios are
–3, 2, 6, then that plane is
(A) –3x + 2y + 6z – 7=0 (B) –3x + 2y + 6z – 49=0
(C) 3x – 2y – 6z – 49=0 (D) –3x + 2y – 6z – 49=0
12. Let a perpendicular PQ be drawn from P(5, 7, 3)
x 15 y 2 z 6
to the line when Q is the foot.
3 8 5
Then
(A) Q is (9, 13, –15) (B) PQ = 14
(C) the equation of plane containing PQ and the given
line is 9x – 4y – z – 14 = 0
(D) None of these
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