Maths Class Xi Introduction To 3 Dimensional Geometry Practice Paper 11
Maths Class Xi Introduction To 3 Dimensional Geometry Practice Paper 11
SECTION – A
Questions 1 to 10 carry 1 mark each.
1. What is the perpendicular distance of the point (6, 7, 8) from xy-plane?
(a) 8 units (b) 7 units (c) 6 units (d) 5 units
2. Find the distance between the points P(1, –3, 4) and Q(–4, 1, 2).
(a) √5 units (b) 5√3 units (c) 3√5 units (d) 2√2 units
3. Find the equation of the set of the points P such that its distances from the points A(3, 4, –5) and B(–
2, 1, 4) are equal.
(a) 10x + 6y – 18z – 29 = 0 (b) 10x + 18y – 6z – 29 = 0
(c) 5x + 3y – 9z – 29 = 0 (d) 10x + 6y – 18z – 45 = 0
4. M is the foot of the perpendicular drawn from the point A(6, 7, 8) on the yz-plane. What are the
coordinates of point M?
(a) (6, 0, 0) (b) (6, 7, 0) (c) (6, 0, 8) (d) (0, 7, 8)
5. L is the foot of the perpendicular drawn from a point (3, 5, 6) on x-axis. The coordinates of L are
(a) (3, 0, 0) (b) (0, 6, 0) (c) (0, 0, 5) (d) (0, 5, 6)
6. Determine the point in yz-plane which is equidistant from three points A(2, 0, 3), B(0, 3, 2) and C(0,
0, 1).
(a) (0, 1, 3) (b) (1, 0, 3) (c) (0, 2, 3) (d) (0, 3, 1)
7. The two vertices of a triangle are (4, 2, 1) and (5, 1, 4). If the centroid is (5, 2, 3), then the third vertex
is
(a) (3, 4, 5) (b) (6, 2, 3) (c) (6, 3, 2) (d) (6, 3, 4)
8. If the distance between the points (a, 0, 1) and (0, 1, 2) is √27, then the value of a is
(a) 5 (b) ±5 (c) –5 (d) None of these
For Q9 and Q10, a statement of assertion (A) is followed by a statement of reason (R). Choose the
correct answer out of the following choices.
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
(c) A is true but R is false.
(d) A is false but R is true.
10. Assertion (A): The points A(1, –1, 3), B(2, –4, 5) and C(5, –13, 11) are collinear.
Reason (R): If AB + BC = AC, then A, B, C are collinear.
SECTION – B
Questions 11 to 14 carry 2 marks each.
11. Three consecutive vertices of a parallelogram ABCD are A (3, –1, 2), B (1, 2, –4) and C(–1, 1, 2).
Find the fourth vertex.
12. Find the ratio in which the line segment joining the points (2, 4, 5) and (3, 5, – 4) is divided by the
XY-plane.
13. Find the point on z-axis which is equidistant from (1, 5, 7) and (5, 1, – 4).
14. Find the coordinates of a point which divides the line segment joining the points (5, 4, 2) and (– 1, –
2, 4) in the ratio 2 : 3 externally.
SECTION – C
Questions 15 to 17 carry 3 marks each.
15. Determine the point on XY-plane which is equidistant from three points A (2, 0, 3), B (0, 3, 2) and C
(0, 0, 1).
16. Find the equation of the set of points P such that PA2 + PB2 = 2k2, where A and B are the points (3, 4,
5) and (– 1, 3, – 7) respectively.
17. Show that the points (–2, 6, –2), (0, 4, –1), (–2, 3, 1) and (–4, 5, 0) are vertices of a square.
SECTION – D
Questions 18 carry 5 marks.
18. (a) Using section formula, prove that the three points (– 2, 3, 5), (1, 2, 3) and (7, 0, – 1) are collinear.
(b) Centroid of a triangle with vertices (a, 1, 3), (– 2, b, – 5) and (4, 7, c), is origin. Find the values
of a, b, c.
19. A parent decorates his son’s room for his birthday celebration. During the decoration he arranged the
balloons hanging from the ceiling. Now assuming balloons as points in space, they lie on the same
line and the co-ordinate for three balloons (points) are A(3, 2, -4), B(5, 4, -6) and C(9, 8, -10).
20. Ravi makes a plan to gift his friend a hand made pen-stand of the trapezoidal shape given in the
figure:
The vertices of the pen-stand are A(–2, 3, 2), B(3, 4, 6), C(2, 5, 8), D(–1, 4, 3), E(1, 3, 4) F(4, 5, 7),
G(3, 6, 9) and H(1, 6, 7).
On the basis of above information, answer the following:
(i) Find the coordinates of the point which divides the line segment EH in 2 : 1. (1)
(ii) Find the length of foot of perpendicular drawn from C on y-axis. (1)
(iii)Find the ratio in which the line segment joining the vertices E and F is divided by yz-plane
externally. (2)