MOUNT CARMEL PU COLLEGE – DEPT OF MATHEMATICS
THREE DIMENSIONAL GEOMETRY
1. For any line, if a, b, c are direction ratios of a line, then number of sets of direction
ratios
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) infinitely many sets
2. Let a, b, c are direction ratios and l, m ,n are the direction cosines of a line, such
l m n
that = = = k, then k is equal to
a b c
1 1
(a) ± (b) ± (c) ± 𝑎2 + 𝑏 2 + 𝑐 2 (d) ± √𝑎2 + 𝑏 2 + 𝑐 2
√𝑎2 +𝑏2 +𝑐 2 𝑎2 +𝑏2 +𝑐 2
⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ , then direction angles of the
3. If α, β, γ are direction angles of a directed line 𝑂𝑃
directed line 𝑃𝑂⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ are
𝜋 𝜋 𝜋
(a) α, β, γ (b) - α, - β, - γ (c) π - α, π - β, π - γ (d) - α, - β, - γ
2 2 2
4. If a line makes angles α, β, γ with the positive direction of the co ordinate axes,
then sin2α + sin2β + sin2γ is
(a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 0 (d) -1
5. If a line makes angles α, β, γ with the positive direction of the co ordinate axes,
then cos2α + cos2β + cos2γ is
(a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 0 (d) -1
6. A line makes equal angles with co ordinate axes, then direction cosines of the
lines are
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
(a) ±1, ±1, ±1 (b) ± ,± ,± (c) ,- ,- (d) ± , ± , ±
√3 √3 √3 √3 √3 √3 3 3 3
𝜋 3𝜋 𝜋
7. If a line makes , . with x, y, z axes respectively then its direction cosines are
2 4 4
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
(a) 0, - , (b) 0, - ,- (c) 1, , (d) 0, ,
√2 √2 √2 √2 √2 √2 √2 √2
𝜋 𝜋 𝜋
8. If a line makes , . with x, y, z axes respectively then its direction cosines are
2 3 6
√3 1 1 √3 √3 1
(a) 0, - , (b) 0, , (c) 0, , (d) none of these
2 2 2 2 2 2
9. If the direction cosines of a line is k, k, k then
1 1
(a) k > 0 (b) 0 < k < 1 (c) k = 1 (d) k = or -
√3 √3
10. The direction cosines of the line passing through two points (-2, 4, -5) & (1, 2, 3)
3 2 8 3 2 8
(a) 3, -2, 8 (b) ,- , (c) -3, 2, -8 (d) ,- ,
√77 √77 √77 77 77 77
11. The direction cosines of X axis
(a) 0, 1, 0 (b) 0, 0, 1 (c) 1, 0, 0 (d) 0, 1, 1
12.The direction cosines of Y axis
(a) 0, 1, 0 (b) 0, 0, 1 (c) 1, 0, 0 (d) 1, 0, 1
13.The direction cosines of Z axis
(a) 0, 1, 0 (b) 0, 0, 1 (c) 1, 0, 0 (d) 1, 1, 0
Ms. SWETHA S R
MOUNT CARMEL PU COLLEGE – DEPT OF MATHEMATICS
14. If a line has the direction ratios 2, -1, -2 then its direction cosines
2 1 2 2 1 2
(a) -2, 1, 2 (b) , − , − or − , ,−
3 3 3 3 √2 3
2 1 2 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 1 2
(c)- , , or , , (d) , − , − or , , −
3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
15. The equation of the line through the point (5, 2, -4) and which is parallel to the
vector 3i + 2j – 8k is
𝑥−3 𝑦−2 𝑧+8
(a) 𝑟 = (5i+2j-4k)+ λ(3i+2j-8k) (b) = =
5 2 −4
𝑥+5 𝑦+2 𝑧+4
(c) 𝑟 = (3i+2j-8k)+ λ(5i+2j-4k) (d) = =
3 2 −8
𝑥−5 𝑦+4 𝑧−6
16. The cartesian equation of the line is = = , then vector equation of the
3 7 2
line is
(a) 𝑟 = (-5i+4j-6k)+ λ(3i+7j+2k) (b) 𝑟 = (5i+4j-6k)+ λ(3i+7j+2k)
(c) 𝑟 = (5i-4j+6k)+ λ(3i+7j+2k) (d) 𝑟 = (3i+7j+2k)+ λ(5i-4j+6k)
17. The equation of the lines that passes through the origin and (5, -2, 3) is
𝑥 𝑦 𝑧 𝑥 𝑦 𝑧 𝑥+5 𝑦−2 𝑧+3 𝑥−5 𝑦+2 𝑧−3
(a) = = (b) = = (c) = = (dos) = =
5 2 3 5 −2 3 5 2 3 5 2 3
18. The equation of line parallel to X axis and passing through the origin is
𝑥 𝑦 𝑧 𝑥 𝑦 𝑧 𝑥+5 𝑦−2 𝑧+3 𝑥−5 𝑦+2 𝑧−3
(a) = = (b) = = (c) = = (d) = =
0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
19. The equation of X axis is
(a) x = 0 (b) y = 0 & z = 0 (c) x = 0 & y = 0 (d) y = 0
𝑥+1 𝑦−2 𝑧+3 𝑥−1 𝑦+2 𝑧−3
20. The angle between straight line = = & = = is
7 −5 1 1 2 3
(a) 450 (b) 300 (c) 600 (d) 900
𝑥−1 𝑦−2 𝑧−3 𝑥−1 𝑦−1 𝑧−6
21. Lines = = & = = are perpendicular then k is
−3 2𝑘 2 3𝑘 1 −5
10 10 7 7
(a) - (b) (c) - (d)
7 7 10 10
𝑥−1 𝑦−2 𝑧−3 𝑥−1 𝑦−1 𝑧−6
22. Lines = = & = = are perpendicular then p is
3 2𝑝 2 3𝑝 1 5
10 10 11 11
(a) - (b) (c) - (d)
11 11 10 10
23. The angle between the lines whose direction ratios are a, b, c & b-c, c-a, a-b is
(a) 450 (b) 300 (c) 600 (d) 900
24. The angle between two diagonals of a cube is
1 2 1
(a) 𝑐𝑜𝑠 −1 ( ) (b) 𝑐𝑜𝑠 −1 ( ) (c) 𝑡𝑎𝑛−1 (√2) (d) 𝑐𝑜𝑠 −1 ( )
3 3 2
𝑥−1 𝑦−1 𝑧 𝑥−2 𝑦−1 𝑧−1
25. Two lines = = & = = are
2 −1 1 3 −5 2
(a) parallel (b) perpendicular (c) skew lines (d) lines
26. If the line makes angles 90 , 60 ,45 with positive direction of x, y, z axes
0 0 0
respectively. Find its direction cosines
1 1 1 1 1 1 √3 1
(a) 0, − , − (b) 0, , (c) 1, , (d) 0, ,
2 √2 2 √2 2 √2 2 √2
Ms. SWETHA S R
MOUNT CARMEL PU COLLEGE – DEPT OF MATHEMATICS
27. The direction ratios of a line joining the points (-2, 4, 5) and (1, 2, 3) is
(a) 3, -2, 2 (b) 3, -2, 2 (c) -3, 2, 2 (d) -3, -2, -2
28. If direction cosines of a line are (k, k, k) then k is
1 1 1
(a) (b) (c) 1 (d)
√3 2 3
29.The Shortest distance between two parallel lines 𝑟 = 𝑎1 + λ𝑏⃗1 & 𝑟 = 𝑎2 + μ𝑏⃗2
⃗1
(𝑎⃗2 −𝑎⃗1 ) 𝑥 𝑏 ⃗1
(𝑎⃗2 −𝑎⃗1 ) 𝑥 𝑏 ⃗1
(𝑎⃗2 −𝑎⃗1 ) . 𝑏 ⃗1
(𝑎⃗2 −𝑎⃗1 ) . 𝑏
(a) | | (b) (c) | | (d)
|𝑎⃗1 | |𝑎⃗1 | |𝑎⃗1 | |𝑎⃗1 |
30. Equation of Y axis is consider as
(a) x = 0 , y = 0 (b) y = 0, z = 0 (c) z = 0, x = 0 (d) none of these
31. If 𝑎 = i + j + 2k then direction cosines of 𝑎 is
1 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 1
(a) , , (b) ,− , (c) − , , (d) none
√6 √6 √6 √6 √6 √6 √6 √6 √6
32. Two lines with direction ratios 𝑎1 ,𝑏1 , 𝑐1 and 𝑎2 ,𝑏2 , 𝑐2 are parallel if
𝑎1 𝑏1 𝑐1
(a) 𝑎1 𝑎2 + 𝑏1 𝑏2 + 𝑐1 𝑐2 =0 (b) = =
𝑎2 𝑏2 𝑐2
(c) 𝑎1 𝑎2 = 𝑏1 𝑏2 = 𝑐1 𝑐2 (d) none of these
33. The direction cosines of a line parallel to X axis at a distance of 2 units are
(a) 2, 0, 0 (b) 0, 2, 0 (c) 0, 0, 2 (d) 1, 0, 0
1 1
34. If the direction cosines l, m, n of a line are 0, − , then the angle made with
√2 √2
positive direction of Y axis is
(a) 450 (b) -450 (c) 1350 (d) 2250
⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ , then direction cosines the
35. If α, β, γ are direction angles of a directed line 𝑂𝑃
⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ are
line 𝑃𝑂
(a) π - cosα, π - cosβ, π – cosγ (b) cosα, cosβ, cosγ
(c) -cosα, -cosβ, -cosγ (d) -sinα, -sinβ, -sinγ
Ms. SWETHA S R
