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CBSE 12th Mathematics
Chapter 11 (Three Dimensional Geometry
Important Questions Unsolved
SECTION - A
Question number 1 to 23 carry 1 mark each.
Q. 2: Find the Cartesian equation of the line which passes through the point (-2, 4, -5)
and is parallel to the line
𝒙+𝟑 𝟒−𝒚 𝒛+𝟖
= = .
𝟑 𝟓 𝟔
Q.3: The equation of a line are 𝟓𝒙 − 𝟑 = 𝟏𝟓𝒚 + 𝟕 = 𝟑 − 𝟏𝟎𝒛. Write the direction
cosines of the line.
Q.4: Write the direction cosines of a line equally inclined to the three coordinate
axes.
Q. 6: What is the cosine of the angle which the vector √𝟐𝒊̂ + 𝒋̂ + 𝒌̂ makes with
y-axis?
Q.7: ̂.
Write the direction cosines of the vector −𝟐𝒊̂ + 𝒋̂ − 𝟓𝒌
Q.9: If a line has direction ratios 2, -1, -2, then what are its direction cosines?
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Q.10: Write the vector equation of the plane, passing through the point (𝒂, 𝒃, 𝒄) and
̂)=𝟐
Parallel to the plane ⃗𝒓 . (𝒊̂ + 𝒋̂ + 𝒌
Q.13: Find the vector equation of a plane which is at a distance of 5 units from the
̂.
origin and its normal vector 𝟐𝒊̂ − 𝟑𝒋̂ + 𝟔𝒌
Q.15: Write the vector equation of the plane, passing through the point (𝒂, 𝒃, 𝒄) and
̂ ) = 𝟐.
⃗ . (𝒊̂ + 𝒋̂ + 𝒌
Parallel to the plane 𝒓
Q.16: Write the direction cosines of a line equally inclined to the three coordinate
axes.
Q.17: Write the distance of the following plane from the origin:
𝟐𝒙 − 𝒚 + 𝟐𝒛 + 𝟏 = 𝟎
Q.18: Write the direction-cosines of the line joining the points (1, 0, 0) and (0, 1, 1).
Q.20: Find the length of the perpendicular drawn from the origin to the plane
2x – 3y + 6z + 21 = 0.
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Q.22: The equation of a line are 𝟓𝒙 − 𝟑 = 𝟏𝟓𝒚 + 𝟕 = 𝟑 − 𝟏𝟎𝒛. Write the direction
cosines of the line.
Q.23: Find the vector equation of the plane with intercepts 𝟑, −𝟒 and 𝟐 on 𝒙, 𝒚 and
𝒛 − 𝐚𝐱𝐢𝐬 respectively.
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SECTION - B
Question number 23 to 53 carry 4 mark each.
Q.24: Find the coordinates of the point where the line through the points A (3, 4, 1) and
B (5,1, 6) crosses the XZ plane. Also find the angle which this line makes with the
XZ plane.
Q.25: Find the equation of a line passing through the point (1, 2, -4) and perpendicular
to two lines.
̂ ) + 𝝀(𝟑𝒊̂ − 𝟏𝟔𝒋̂ + 𝟕𝒌
⃗ = (𝟖𝒊̂ − 𝟏𝟗𝒋̂ + 𝟏𝟎𝒌
𝒓 ̂ ) 𝒂𝒏𝒅
̂ ) + 𝝁(𝟑𝒊̂ + 𝟖𝒋̂ − 𝟓𝒌
⃗ = (𝟏𝟓𝒊̂ + 𝟐𝟗𝒋̂ + 𝟓𝒌
𝒓 ̂ ).
Q.26: Find the equation of the plane passing through the points (-1, 2, 0), (2, 2, -1) and
parallel to the line
𝒙 − 𝟏 𝟐𝒚 + 𝟏 𝒛 + 𝟏
= =
𝟏 𝟐 −𝟏
Q. 27: A line passes through (2, -1, 3) and is perpendicular to the lines
̂ ) + 𝝀(𝟐𝒊̂ − 𝟐𝒋̂ + 𝒌
⃗ = (𝒊̂ + 𝒋̂ − 𝒌
𝒓 ̂ ) 𝒂𝒏𝒅
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Q.29: Find the vector equation of the plane through the points (2, 1, -1) and (-1,3,4) and
Perpendicular to the plane 𝒙 − 𝟐𝒚 + 𝟒𝒛 = 𝟏𝟎.
Q. 30: Find the coordinates of the point where the line through the point A (3, 4, 1) and
B (5, 1, 6) crosses the XY-plane.
Q. 31. Find the shortest distance between the following lines whose vector equations
are:
Q.33: Find the distance of the point P (6, 5, 9) from the plane determined by the point
A (3, -1, 2), B (5, 2, 4) and C (-1, -1, 6).
Q.34: Find the shortest distance between the following two lines:
̂;
⃗ = (𝟏 − 𝝀)𝒊̂ + (𝟐 − 𝝀)𝒋̂ + (𝝀 + 𝟏)𝒌
𝒓
̂ ) + 𝝁(𝟐𝒊̂ + 𝒋̂ + 𝟐𝒌
⃗ = (𝟐𝒊̂ − 𝒋̂ − 𝒌
𝒓 ̂ ).
Q. 35: Find the length and the foot of the perpendicular drawn from the point
𝒙 − 𝟏𝟏 𝒚 + 𝟐 𝒛 + 𝟖
(𝟐, − 𝟏, 𝟓) 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒆 = = .
𝟏𝟎 −𝟒 −𝟏𝟏
⃗ , ⃗𝒃 and 𝒄
Q.36: Show that the vectors 𝒂 ⃗ + ⃗𝒃, ⃗𝒃 + 𝒄
⃗ are coplanar if 𝒂 ⃗ and 𝒄
⃗ +𝒂
⃗ are
coplanar.
Q.37: Find the Vector and Cartesian equation of the line through the point (1, 2, -4)
and perpendicular to the two lines.
̂ ) + 𝝀(𝟑𝒊̂ − 𝟏𝟔𝒋̂ + 𝟕𝒌
⃗ = (𝟖𝒊̂ − 𝟏𝟗𝒋̂ + 𝟏𝟎𝒌
𝒓 ̂ ) and
̂ ) + 𝝁(𝟑𝒊̂ + 𝟖𝒋̂ − 𝟓𝒌
⃗ = (𝟏𝟓𝒊̂ + 𝟐𝟗𝒋̂ + 𝟓𝒌
𝒓 ̂)
Q .38: Find the distance between the point (-1, -5, -10) and the point of intersection of
line
𝒙−𝟐 𝒚+𝟏 𝒛−𝟐
= = 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐞 𝒙 − 𝒚 + 𝒛 = 𝟓
𝟑 𝟒 𝟏𝟐
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Q.39: Show that the lines
𝒙+𝟏 𝒚+𝟑 𝒛+𝟓 𝒙−𝟐 𝒚−𝟒 𝒛−𝟔
= = 𝒂𝒏𝒅 = =
𝟑 𝟓 𝟕 𝟏 𝟑 𝟓
Intersect. Also, find their point of intersection.
Q.41: Find the vector equation of the plane which contains the line of intersection of
̂ ) − 𝟒 = 𝟎 and 𝒓
⃗ . (𝒊̂ + 𝟐𝒋̂ + 𝟑𝒌
the planes 𝒓 ̂ ) + 𝟓 = 𝟎 and which is
⃗ . (𝟐𝒊̂ − 𝟐𝒋̂ − 𝒌
perpendicular to the plane 𝒓 ⃗ . (5 𝒊̂ + 𝟑 𝒋̂ − 𝟔 𝒌 ̂ ) + 0.
Q.42: Find the vector and Cartesian equations of the line passing through the point (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
Q.44: Find the Cartesian equation of the plane passing through the points A(0, 0, 0)
and B (3, -1, 2) and parallel to the line:
𝒙−𝟒 𝒚+𝟑 𝒛+𝟏
= = .
𝟏 −𝟒 𝟕
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Q.46: Find the equation of the plane passing through the points (-1, 2, 0), (2, 2, -1) and
parallel to the line
𝒙 − 𝟏 𝟐𝒚 + 𝟏 𝒛 + 𝟏
= =
𝟏 𝟐 −𝟏
Q. 47: A line passes through (2, -1, 3) and is perpendicular to the lines
̂ ) + 𝝀(𝟐𝒊̂ + 𝟐𝒋̂ − 𝒌
⃗ = (𝒊̂ + 𝒋̂ − 𝒌
𝒓 ̂ ) 𝒂𝒏𝒅
̂ , 𝐛 = 𝐢̂ 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜 = 𝐜𝟏 𝐢̂ + 𝐜𝟐 𝐣̂ + 𝐜𝟑 𝐤
Q.49: Let 𝐚⃗ = 𝐢̂ + 𝐣̂ + 𝐤 ̂ , then
⃗ , 𝐛 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜 𝐜𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐫.
(a) Let 𝐜𝟏 = −𝟏 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝟐 = 𝟐, 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝟑 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐚
(b) If 𝐜𝟐 = −𝟏 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝟑 = 𝟏,
⃗ , 𝐛 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜 𝐜𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐫.
𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐧𝐨 𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝟏 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐚
Q.50: Find the vector equation of the line passing through the point A(1, 2, -1) and
parallel to the line 𝟓𝒙 − 𝟐𝟓 = 𝟏𝟒 − 𝟕𝒚 = 𝟑𝟓𝒛.
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SECTION - C
Question number 54 to 76 carry 6 mark each.
Q.54: Find the equation of the plane determined by the points A (3, -1, 2), B (5, 2, 4)
and C (-1, -1, 6). Also find the distance of the point P(6, 5, 9) from the plane.
Q.55: Find the equation of plane which contains the line of intersection of the planes
⃗ . (𝒊̂ + 𝟐𝒋̂ + 𝟑𝒌
𝒓 ̂ ) − 𝟒 = 𝟎, 𝒓 ̂ ) + 𝟓 = 𝟎 and which is perpendicular to
⃗ . (𝟐𝒊̂ + 𝒋̂ − 𝒌
the plane 𝒓 ̂ ) + 𝟖 = 𝟎.
⃗ . (𝟓𝒊̂ + 𝟑𝒋̂ − 𝟔𝒌
Q.56: The point A(4, 5, 10), B(2, 3, 4) and C(1, 2, -1) are three vertices of a
parallelogram ABCD. Find the vector equations of the sides AB and BC and also
find the coordinates of point D.
Q.57: Find 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.
Q.58: Find the equation of the plane passing through three points with position vectors
̂ , −𝟐𝒊̂ − 𝒋̂ + 𝒌
𝒊̂ + 𝒋̂ − 𝟐 𝒌 ̂ and 𝒊̂ + 𝟐𝒋̂ + 𝒌
̂ .Also find the coordinates of the point of
̂ + 𝝀(𝟐𝒊̂ − 𝟐𝒋̂ + 𝒌).
⃗ = 𝟑𝒊̂ − 𝒋̂ − 𝒌
intersection of this plane and the line 𝒓
Q.59: Find the equation of the plane through the line of intersection of
⃗ . (𝟐𝐢̂ − 𝟑𝐣̂ + 𝟒𝐤
𝒓 ̂ ) = 𝟏 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝒓
⃗ . (𝐢̂ − 𝐣̂) + 𝟒 = 𝟎 and perpendicular to the plane
̂ ) + 𝟖 = 𝟎. Hence find whether the plane thus obtained contains the
⃗ . (𝟐𝐢̂ − 𝐣̂ + 𝐤
𝒓
line 𝒙 − 𝟏 = 𝟐𝒚 − 𝟒 = 𝟑𝒛 − 𝟏𝟐.
Q.60: 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
Q.61: Find the equation of the plane determined by the point A(3, -1, 2), B(5, 2, 4) and
C(-1, -1, 6) and hence find the distance between the plane and the point P(6, 5, 9).
Q.62: Find the distance between the point (7,2,4) and the plane determined by the
points A (2,5,-3), B (-2, -3,5) and C (5,3, -3)
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Q.63: Find the distance of the point (-1, -5, -10) from the point of intersection of the line
⃗𝒓 . (𝒊̂ − 𝒋̂ + 𝒌̂ ) = 𝟓.
Q.64: If lines
𝒙−𝟏 𝒚+𝟏 𝒛−𝟏 𝒙−𝟑 𝒚−𝒌 𝒛
= = 𝒂𝒏𝒅 = =
𝟐 𝟑 𝟒 𝟏 𝟐 𝟏
Intersect, then find the value of 𝒌 and hence find the equation of the plane
containing these lines.
Q.65: Find the coordinate of point P where the line through A (3, -4, -5) and B (2, -3, 1)
crosses the plane passing through three points L (2, 2, 1), M (3, 0, 1) and N (4, -1,
0). Also, find the ratio in which P divides the line segment AB.
Q.66: Find the distance of the point P(3, 4, 4) from the point, where the line joining the
points A(3, -4, -5) and B(2, -3, 1) intersects the plane 𝟐𝒙 + 𝒚 + 𝒛 = 𝟕.
Q.67: Find the coordinates of the point where the line through the points (3,-4,-5) and
(2, -3, 1), crosses the plane determined by the points (1,2,3), (4,2,-3) and (0,4,3).
Q.68: A variable plane which remains at a constant distance 3p from the origin cuts
the coordinate axes at A, B, C. Show that the locus of the centroid of triangle
ABC is
𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏
+ + =
𝒙 𝟐 𝒚 𝟐 𝒛 𝟐 𝒑𝟐
Q.69: Find the coordinates of the foot of the perpendicular and the perpendicular
distance of the point P (3, 2, 1) from the plane 𝟐𝒙 − 𝒚 + 𝒛 + 𝟏 = 𝟎. Find also, the
image of the point in the plane.
Q.70: Find the distance of the point (-1, -5, -10), from the point of intersection of the
̂ ) + 𝝀(𝟑𝒊̂ + 𝟒𝒋̂ + 𝟐𝒌
⃗ = (𝟐𝒊̂ − 𝒋̂ + 𝟐𝒌
line 𝒓 ̂ ) 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒆 𝒓 ̂ = 𝟓. )
⃗ . (𝒊̂ − 𝒋̂ + 𝒌
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Q. 72: Find the equation of the plane passing through the line of intersection of the
⃗ . (𝒊̂ + 𝟑𝒋̂) − 𝟔 = 𝟎 𝒂𝒏𝒅
𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝒓
Q.73: Find the vector equation of the line passing through the point (1, 2, 3) and
parallel to the planes
⃗⃗ . (𝒊̂ − 𝒋̂ + 𝟐𝒌̂ ) = 𝟓
𝒓
𝒂𝒏𝒅 ⃗⃗ . (𝟑𝒊̂ + 𝒋̂ + 𝒌̂ ) = 𝟔.
𝒓
Q.74: Find the equation of the plane through the line of intersection of the planes
𝒙 + 𝒚 + 𝒛 = 𝟏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝟐𝒙 + 𝟑𝒚 + 𝟒𝒛 = 𝟓 which is perpendicular to the plane
𝒙 − 𝒚 + 𝒛 = 𝟎. Also find the distance of the plane obtained above from the origin.
Q.75: Find the distance of the point (2, 12, 5) from the point of intersection of the line
̂ + 𝝀(𝟑𝒊̂ + 𝟒𝒋̂ + 𝟐𝒌
⃗ = 𝟐𝒊̂ − 𝟒𝒋̂ + 𝟐𝒌
𝒓 ̂ ) and the plane
̂ = 𝟎.
⃗ . (𝒊̂ − 𝟐𝒋̂ + 𝒌
𝒓
Q.76: Find the position vector of the foot of perpendicular and the perpendicular
distance from the point P with position vector 𝟐𝒊̂ + 𝟑𝒋̂ + 𝟒𝒌 ̂ to the plane
̂ ) − 𝟐𝟔 = 𝟎. Also, find image of P in the plane.
⃗ . (𝟐𝒊̂ + 𝒋̂ + 𝟑𝒌
𝒓