Ganganagar, Bangalore
MATHEMATICS
SUBJECT
CLASS Topic : THREE DIMENSIONAL GEOMETRY
II PUC – A1, A2,
B1, B2
CHPTER 11 - THREE DIMENSIONAL GEOMETRY
SECTIONS MARKS NO OF TOTAL MARKS
QUESTIONS
PART A 1mk 2 2
PART B 2mk 1 2
PART D 5mk 1 5
TOTAL MARKS 09
PART A – 1 MARK QUESTIONS
𝑥−5 𝑦−4 𝑧−6
1. Write the vector form of the equation of the line is 3
= 7
= 2
.
𝑥−1 2𝑧+3
2. Find the direction ratio of the line = 3𝑦 = .
2 4
3. If the line has direction ratios 2,-1,-2 then determine its direction cosines.
4. If a line makes an angle 900 , 600 𝑎𝑛𝑑 300 with positive directions of x,y and z axis
respectively, find its direction cosines.
5. If a line makes an angle 900 , 1350 𝑎𝑛𝑑 450 with the x,y and z-axis respectively, find its
direction cosines.
6. Find the direction cosines of a line which makes equal angles with the positive coordinate
axis.
7. Write the direction cosines of x-axis.
8. Write the direction cosines of y-axis.
9. Write the direction cosines of z-axis.
10. Write the direction cosines of negative x-axis.
11. Find the directions cosines of the line passing through the two points (-2,4,-5) and 1,2,3).
12. Show that the points A(2,3,-4) , B(1,-2,3) and C(3,8,-11) are collinear.
PART B - 2 MARK QUESTIONS
13. Find the Cartesian equation of line parallel to x-axis and passing through origin.
14. Find the angle between the lines whose direction ratios are a, b, c and b-c, c-a, a-b.
̂ and
15. Find the angle between two pair of lines 𝑟⃗ = 3𝑖̂ + 5𝑗̂ − 𝑘̂ + 𝜆(𝑖̂ + 𝑗̂ + 𝑘)
̂.
𝑟⃗ = 7𝑖̂ + 4𝑗̂ + 𝜇(2𝑖̂ + 2𝑗̂ + 2𝑘)
𝑥−2 𝑦−1 𝑧+3 𝑥+2 𝑦−4 𝑧−5
16. Find the angle between two pairs of lines = = and = = .
2 5 −3 −1 8 4
𝑥−5 𝑦+2 𝑧 𝑥 𝑦 𝑧
17. Show that the lines 7
= −5
= 1 𝑎𝑛𝑑 1
= 2 = 3 are perpendicular to each other.
18. Find the equation of a line which passes through the point (1,2,3) and parallel to the vector
3𝑖̂ + 2𝑗̂ − 2𝑘̂ both in vector and Cartesian form.
19. Find the equation of a line in vector and Cartesian form that passes through the point with
position vector 2𝑖̂ − 𝑗̂ + 4𝑘̂ and is in direction of 𝑖̂ + 2𝑗̂ − 𝑘̂ .
20. Find the vector and Cartesian equation of a line through the point (-2,4,-5) and parallel to
𝑥+3 𝑦−4 𝑧+8
the line = = .
3 5 6
̂ and
21. Find the shortest distance between the lines 𝑙1 : 𝑟⃗ = 𝑖̂ + 𝑗̂ + 𝜆(2𝑖̂ − 𝑗̂ + 𝑘)
̂.
𝑙2 : 𝑟⃗ = 2𝑖̂ + 𝑗̂ − 𝑘̂ + 𝜇(3𝑖̂ − 5𝑗̂ + 2𝑘)
22. Find the shortest distance between the lines 𝑙1 : 𝑟⃗ = 6𝑖̂ + 2𝑗 ̂ ̂ and
+ 2𝑘̂ + 𝜆(𝑖̂ − 2𝑗̂ + 2𝑘)
𝑙2 : 𝑟⃗ = −4𝑖̂ − 𝑘̂ + 𝜇(3𝑖̂ − 2𝑗̂ − 2𝑘) ̂.
23. Find the shortest distance between the lines 𝑙 : 𝑟⃗ = 𝑖̂ + 2𝑗 ̂ ̂ and
− 4𝑘̂ + 𝜆(2𝑖̂ + 3𝑗̂ + 6𝑘)
1
̂.
𝑙2 : 𝑟⃗ = 3𝑖̂ + 3𝑗̂ − 5𝑘̂ + 𝜇(2𝑖̂ + 3𝑗̂ + 6𝑘)
24. Find the value of p so that the lines
1−𝑥 7𝑦−14 𝑧−3 7−7𝑥 𝑦−5 𝑍−5
3
= 2𝑝
= 2
𝑎𝑛𝑑 3𝑝
= 1
= 5
are at right angles.
25. If the lines
𝑥−1 𝑦−2 𝑧−3 𝑥−1 𝑦−1 𝑍−6
−3
= 2𝑘
= 2
𝑎𝑛𝑑 3𝑘
= 1
= −5
are perpendicular, find the value of k.
PART D - 5 MARKS QUESTIONS
26. Derive the Equation of the line in space passing through a point and parallel to the vector.
27. Derive the formula for shortest distance between two skew lines.
28. Derive the formula for distance between two parallel lines.